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Little Woodbury Complex
(Little Woodbury Culture)
[CP].
(Little Woodbury Culture)
[CP].
Middle Iron Age communities living in central southern England in the 3rd and 2nd centuries
bc
. The culture was named by Frank Hodson in 1964 on the basis of material from Gerhard
BERSU'S
1938–9 excavations at Little Woodbury near Salisbury, Wiltshire, but is not widely used.
bc
. The culture was named by Frank Hodson in 1964 on the basis of material from Gerhard
BERSU'S
1938–9 excavations at Little Woodbury near Salisbury, Wiltshire, but is not widely used.
living floor
[Ge].
[Ge].
Scatter of stone tools, animal bones, and other artefacts suggestive of an occupation area.
Livy
(Titus Livius)
[Na].
(Titus Livius)
[Na].
Roman historian born around 60 bc whose major work documents the history of Rome in 142 books. Of particular relevance to archaeologists of proto-historic Europe are his accounts of the sack of Rome at the hands of the Gauls and of subsequent Roman campaigns in Gaul and against the Cumbri. Livy died around ad 12.
llama
[Sp].
[Sp].
Domesticated camelid (Lama glama; native species are guaraco and vicuña) found on the high grassland Andean plains of South America. Domesticated by
c.
5000 bc. Used as a food source and as a beast of burden. Capable of carrying loads of up to about 60kg.
c.
5000 bc. Used as a food source and as a beast of burden. Capable of carrying loads of up to about 60kg.
Llano
[CP].
[CP].
Largely obsolete term for the earliest Palaeo-Indian big game hunting communities in North America between 10000 and 9000 bc.
Llantwit-Stogursey Industry
[CP].
[CP].
One of the regional industries within the Ewart Park Phase of the British late Bronze Age found in South Wales and the Bristol Channel area. It is named after hoards discovered at Llantwit Major in South Glamorgan and Stogursey in Somerset. Amongst its distinctive products are three-ribbed South Wales-style socketed axes.
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