Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Las laminas y laminitas
English translation:
Blades and bladelets
Added to glossary by
martamp
Sep 5, 2010 09:38
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
Spain
Las laminas y laminitas
Spanish to English
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Archaeology
rockshelters
Las laminas y laminitas constituyen en las diversas ocupaciones alrededor del 1% de la muestra y se documenta únicamente a partir de la ocupación IV.2.
Before this the author lists other minral resources managed during archaeological occupations. What I can't find is the exact nomenclature for "laminas y laminitas"...."chips and???"
Before this the author lists other minral resources managed during archaeological occupations. What I can't find is the exact nomenclature for "laminas y laminitas"...."chips and???"
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | Blades and bladelets |
martamp
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| 4 | Laminas and thinner layers |
neilmac
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| 4 | sheets and flakes |
Carrie Comer
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Sep 16, 2010 15:52: martamp Created KOG entry
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Blades and bladelets
Those are the right terms if you are speaking about lithic industry, flint knapping, etc., as I suppose you are
Example sentence:
Blade-bladelet industries are found all over the subcontinent of India
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Carrie Comer
: good point. if you're talking about lithic industry this is definitely the right answer. gracias por la buena respuesta--mejor que la mia!
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Laminas and thinner layers
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/328720/lamina
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-05 10:54:25 GMT)
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The term lamina is sometimes applied to a unit less than one centimetre in thickness. Thus, lamination consists of thin units ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-05 10:54:25 GMT)
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The term lamina is sometimes applied to a unit less than one centimetre in thickness. Thus, lamination consists of thin units ...
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Carrie Comer
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sheets and flakes
when talking about mineral deposits, especially in an archaeological dig, these are the terms I would use.
Discussion
comprising of layers of minerals;
Randgold Resources - Glossary of terms - [ Traducir esta página ]Kriging. an interpolation method that minimises the estimation error in the determination of mineral resources;. Laminae. comprising of layers of minerals; ...
www.randgoldresources.com/randgold/content/.../page7045 - En caché