tell and tépé

English translation: tell and tepe

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French term or phrase:tell et tépé
English translation:tell and tepe
Entered by: Francis MARC

21:00 Jan 10, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / archaeology
French term or phrase: tell and tépé
Ainsi la formation des tells ou des tépés, ces collines artificielles constituées par l'accumulation successive d'habitats sans cesse reconstruits sur les décombres de l'établissement précédent.
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Local time: 13:47
tell and tepe
Explanation:
Mesopotamia: INDEX to sections on geography, climate, people, ... - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Lesser gods. Assyriology; Tell, tepe or höyuk. Prehistory in Mesopotamia:
Neolithic (Stone Age): Isolated settlements from 9000BC onwards: ...
saturn.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/m_index.html - 9k

Reference Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Archeology
Domaine(s)
  – Archéologie
 
tell Source

tell Source

OBS – Colline artificielle du
Proche-Orient.

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Note added at 2003-01-10 21:06:35 (GMT)
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Mesopotamia: Early cultures - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Tell is an Arabic language word, Tepe is Farsi (Persian ... refer to \"Basic chronology for Mesopotamia\" and the chronological chart \"Early Civilizations in ...
members.aol.com/emciv/34102f07.htm - 28k

Root Entry - [ Traduire cette page ]
... prior to LC4 at sites such as Arslantepe, Tell Brak, Tepe Gawra, and ... 4. Throughout Greater Mesopotamia there was considerable variation in the period of ...
www.science.widener.edu/ssci/mesopotamia/ - 54k -
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 15:47
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4 +1tell and tepe
Francis MARC
4mounds/ancient settlements
AllisonK (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tell and tepe


Explanation:
Mesopotamia: INDEX to sections on geography, climate, people, ... - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Lesser gods. Assyriology; Tell, tepe or höyuk. Prehistory in Mesopotamia:
Neolithic (Stone Age): Isolated settlements from 9000BC onwards: ...
saturn.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/m_index.html - 9k

Reference Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Archeology
Domaine(s)
  – Archéologie
 
tell Source

tell Source

OBS – Colline artificielle du
Proche-Orient.

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Note added at 2003-01-10 21:06:35 (GMT)
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Mesopotamia: Early cultures - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Tell is an Arabic language word, Tepe is Farsi (Persian ... refer to \"Basic chronology for Mesopotamia\" and the chronological chart \"Early Civilizations in ...
members.aol.com/emciv/34102f07.htm - 28k

Root Entry - [ Traduire cette page ]
... prior to LC4 at sites such as Arslantepe, Tell Brak, Tepe Gawra, and ... 4. Throughout Greater Mesopotamia there was considerable variation in the period of ...
www.science.widener.edu/ssci/mesopotamia/ - 54k -

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 15:47
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louise Dupont (X)
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mounds/ancient settlements


Explanation:
refers to formations with an archaeological value, also "artificial hills" as mentioned later in the sentence

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Note added at 2003-01-10 21:10:31 (GMT)
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found the words as \"tell\" and \"tepe\" as well, but figured a more descriptive definition might come in handy......

AllisonK (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 14:47
Native speaker of: English
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