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labret lip or cheek plug
lahar volcanic mudflow
langi coral, slab-terraced earthen burial mound built for the nobility of Tonga
laterite a clay formed by weathering of rocks in the tropics, used for bricks
latte stone pillar foundation for a chiefly house with raised floors, built in the Mariana Islands, Micronesia
lens thin stratigraphic layer
Levallois technique method of stone flaking associated with Mousterian in which the core pebble was shaped in advance so that it would provide a flake of predetermined size and shape
lexicostatistics a method of core vocabulary comparison between related languages
lingam phallus-shaped rock symbolizing the god Shiva
Li Yul Tibetan text with details of Khotanese history
loess fine, wind-blown silt
lost-wax method method of casting metal, in which a wax original is replaced by molten metal in a clay mold
luminescence dating dating method that relies indirectly on radioactive decay, employing heat or light to release trapped electrons; related to electron spin resonance dating
lunate crescent-shaped microlith
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