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English translation: adobe bricks

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French term or phrase:	pains d'adobe
English translation:	adobe bricks
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11:27 Jun 10, 2007

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Social Sciences - Archaeology / Excavations

French term or phrase: pains d'adobe

Taken from a tax on an archaeological find in north Africa:

"L’organisation générale du rempart, en particulier son tracé au sol donc le plan qu’on peut en tirer, n’ont pas été très sensiblement modifiés au cours des temps : on était tenu par le tracé de "l’enclos" initial et pas les contingences de la structuration des irrigations. Parmi les modifications techniques qui permettent de distinguer les époques de construction, figure l’emploi de matériaux différents : pains d’adobe, blocs moulés, tâbiya montée en coffrage...."

Neil Rear KudoZ activity Questions: 382 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 33 United Kingdom
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adobe bricks

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adobes are the mud & straw bricks used by the Southwest amerindians to build their pueblos

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Thanks very much, Jean-Jacques!
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adobe bricks

jlrsnyder

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adobe bricks

jean-jacques alexandre

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adobe blocks

Penny Hewson

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adobe bricks

Explanation:
adobe is a building material made from sun-dried earth and straw

jlrsnyder
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adobe blocks

Explanation:
I think they can also just be called adobe bricks

Penny Hewson
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adobe bricks

Explanation:
adobes are the mud & straw bricks used by the Southwest amerindians to build their pueblos

jean-jacques alexandre
France
Local time: 18:01
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Thanks very much, Jean-Jacques!

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