ProZ.com global directory of translation services
 The translation workplace
Ideas
KudoZ home » English to Portuguese » Archaeology

axe quarry

Portuguese translation: pedra de/para machado ( machado de pedra)


Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs
(or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:axe quarry
Portuguese translation:pedra de/para machado ( machado de pedra)
Entered by: Gouveia
Options:
- Contribute to this entry
- Include in personal glossary

14:30 Oct 21, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Archaeology
English term or phrase: axe quarry
Não tenho informações a respeito. Trata-se de uma legenda.
Gouveia
pedra de/para machado ( machado de pedra)
Explanation:
Sug.


- 1993), 123, 585-597 Palaeoenvironmental investigations directly associated with a neolithic axe 'quarry' on Beinn Lawers, near Killin, Perthshire, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0028-646X(199303)123%3A3%3C585%3APIDAWA%3E2...

Selected response from:

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 14:21
Grading comment
Obrigada pela ajuda!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3picareta
Teresa Borges
4pedreira (para fabrico) de machados
Artur Jorge Martins
3pedra de/para machado ( machado de pedra)
Marcos Antonio


  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pedra de/para machado ( machado de pedra)


Explanation:
Sug.


- 1993), 123, 585-597 Palaeoenvironmental investigations directly associated with a neolithic axe 'quarry' on Beinn Lawers, near Killin, Perthshire, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0028-646X(199303)123%3A3%3C585%3APIDAWA%3E2...



Marcos Antonio
Local time: 14:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
Obrigada pela ajuda!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
picareta


Explanation:
Diria assim...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 31 mins (2008-10-21 15:01:57 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Esqueci-me de exemplificar.

A construção teve seu início por volta de 3000 a.C., quando homens do período Neolítico cavaram uma vala circular com cerca de 97 metros de diâmetro, utilizando chifres de cervos como picaretas.
Ver http://pt.wikibooks.org/wiki/História_e_Epistemologia_da_Fís...

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 19:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Filipe
2 mins
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
59 mins
  -> Obrigada!

agree  Henrique Magalhaes
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pedreira (para fabrico) de machados


Explanation:
Quarry - Pedreira, neste caso específico o local de onde se extraía a principal matéria-prima para o fabrico de machados de pedra. Ver ligação abaixo.


    Reference: http://www.english-lakes.com/history.html
Artur Jorge Martins
Portugal
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Return to KudoZ list


KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.



See also: