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English translation: vegetable/plant impressions

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Italian term or phrase:	impronte vegetali
English translation:	vegetable/plant impressions
Entered by:	simon tanner

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08:08 Nov 25, 2008

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Art/Literary - Archaeology / Iron Age pottery

Italian term or phrase: impronte vegetali

Description of a fragment of Iron Age pottery:

Sulla superficie esterna, impronte vegetali concentriche dovute ad un rivestimento vegetale (cestino?).

The meaning is clear enough, but can anyone help me out with the technical term for it?

Thanks!

simon tanner KudoZ activity Questions: 177 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 819 Italy
Local time: 01:45

vegetable impressions

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Wioletta Gołębiewska
Poland
Local time: 01:45

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thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

vegetable impressions

Wioletta Gołębiewska

plant remains

Ivana UK

concentric impressions made by plant materials

Joseph Tein

plant/vegetable fossil

Peter Cox

Discussion entries: 1

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

vegetable impressions

Explanation:
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Wioletta Gołębiewska
Poland
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks!

7 mins confidence:

concentric impressions made by plant materials

Explanation:
I think this is what it means, and may be the most straightforward way of saying it.

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-11-25 08:21:47 GMT)
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I find a matching phrase from an article by the American Geophysical Union (not archaeology, I know): "Deeply gouged sole marks *made by plant material* attest to deposition from sediment-charged hyperpycnal flows..."

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-11-25 08:28:21 GMT)
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PLANT IMPRINTS - I'm going to change my suggested answer. I think this is more concise, and there are many more examples of this phrase in Google, in the context of pottery.

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Note added at 38 mins (2008-11-25 08:47:29 GMT)
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An even better possibility is 'plant impressions' -- more google hits.

"When studying archaeological deposits in the Sahara, plant impressions in the clay of pottery. give the best indication as to the presence of a plant at a ... "

" He examined plant impressions in pottery from the Neolithic site of Anau in southwestern Turkistan."

" Burnt material and plant impressions in baked mud suggested the nature of the floor."

"The plant impressions of the early neolithic. pottery in Denmark and southern Sweden ..... "

Hope these suggestions help!

"Plant impressions in Bronze Age pottery from Yemen Arab Republic. "

Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 16:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

plant/vegetable fossil

Explanation:
Alternative

Peter Cox
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

plant remains

Explanation:
Paleobotany, also spelled as palaeobotany (from the Greek words paleon = old and "botany", study of plants), is the branch of paleontology or paleobiology dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments, and the evolution of both the plant kingdom and life in general.

or, more specifically, "plant fossils" as suggested by Peter

A plant fossil is any preserved part of a plant that has long since died. Such fossils may be prehistoric impressions that are many millions of years old, or bits of charcoal that are only a few hundred years old. Prehistoric plants are various groups of plants that lived before recorded history (before about 3500 BC).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleobotany

Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 14

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