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

lanceolados

English translation: in the form of a lance (narrow and sharp at its tip)


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)
Spanish term or phrase:lanceolados
English translation:in the form of a lance (narrow and sharp at its tip)
Entered by: Gad Kohenov
Options:
- Contribute to this entry
- Include in personal glossary

18:25 May 24, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology
Spanish term or phrase: lanceolados
limandes, cordiformes, discoidales, naviformes
They are all words used to describe a percutor (which I've translated as hammerstone). I think it has to do with the shape. Any ideas? Thanks.
AFerroni
Spain
Local time: 20:04
in the form of a lance (narrow and sharp at its tip)
Explanation:
Just like a leaf. Google hits for it.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2007-05-24 18:31:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

In fact in Enghlish it's called Lanceolate.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 34 mins (2007-05-24 18:59:56 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Cordiform is heart shaped (Cardia is ancient Greek for heart).

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 35 mins (2007-05-24 19:00:47 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Discoidal is in the form of a disc, of course.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 38 mins (2007-05-24 19:04:15 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Maybe limado = smooth?

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 41 mins (2007-05-24 19:06:52 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Found limandes for hatchets. It is flat or even.
Selected response from:

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 21:04
Grading comment
Thanks for all of your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3lanceolate (narrow and pointed at the end)
Smartranslators
4in the form of a lance (narrow and sharp at its tip)
Gad Kohenov
3spear-shaped
Marina Soldati


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
spear-shaped


Explanation:
s1txt
- [ Traduzca esta página ]
In the bottom of the canoe he found "a spear-shaped slate object," and "an ... On the other hand, in the same crannog, a hammerstone broken in two was found ...
www.gutenberg.org/files/20902/20902.txt - 187k - En caché - Páginas similares
JSTOR: Report on the Exploration of Brixham Cave, Conducted by a ...
- [ Traduzca esta página ]
In general outline it closely resembles the spear-shaped implements from the valley gravels of France and England. The point is symmetrically chipped, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0261-0523(1873)163%3C471%3AROTEOB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4 - Páginas similares
[PDF]
Hidden History of the Human Race
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
A spear-shaped hatchet, made of iron, was found imbedded in clay at 40 feet; and. stone pipes and pottery have been unearthed at depths varying from 10 to ...
images.indymedia.org/imc/newmexico/michael_a._cremo___richard_l._thompson_-_the_hidden_history_of_the_hum... -


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/lanceolado
Marina Soldati
Argentina
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.

Asker: Do you also know what the other four mean? Thanks.

Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in the form of a lance (narrow and sharp at its tip)


Explanation:
Just like a leaf. Google hits for it.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2007-05-24 18:31:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

In fact in Enghlish it's called Lanceolate.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 34 mins (2007-05-24 18:59:56 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Cordiform is heart shaped (Cardia is ancient Greek for heart).

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 35 mins (2007-05-24 19:00:47 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Discoidal is in the form of a disc, of course.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 38 mins (2007-05-24 19:04:15 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Maybe limado = smooth?

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 41 mins (2007-05-24 19:06:52 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Found limandes for hatchets. It is flat or even.

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 21:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks for all of your help!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you.

Asker: Do you also know what the other four mean? Thanks.

Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lanceolate (narrow and pointed at the end)


Explanation:
Lanceolado | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon- [ Traduzca esta página ]Portuguese English dictionary. lanceolado adj. lanceolate, narrow and pointed at the end (of a leaf, etc.) Translation. Translate: ...
www.babylon.com/definition/Lanceolado/English - 6k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

Stone Age New York- [ Traduzca esta página ]Hammerstone. Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 6:17 PM by nielsk8417 | 0 Comments ... These points come in different shapes, such as, lanceolate, triangular, ...
nlcommunities.com/communities/stoneagenewyork/default.aspx?Ajax_CallBack=true - 27k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

Stone Age New YorkThe wider shape of the pentagonal fluted point had the advantage of producing a bigger wound in a hunted animal than the narrower lanceolate shaped Clovis ...
nlcommunities.com/communities/stoneagenewyork/atom.aspx - 15k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de nlcommunities.com ]



CA-MNT-1918, Artifacts- [ Traduzca esta página ]Lanceolate. One large, complete example of the lanceolate type (specimen 6-15) was ... CA-MNT-1918 yielded one whole hammerstone (specimen 1-06) which was ...
cla.calpoly.edu/~tljones/CA-MNT-1918,%20Artifacts.htm - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 horas (2007-05-25 07:47:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

cordiforme: cordiform, cordate, heart-shaped
limandes: "Limandes". No se traduce ya que es un término derivado del fránces que indica forma de lenguado. Como mucho puedes poner flatfish. Son hachas elípticas de talla bifacial, más o menos planas.
discoidales: slab-like, disk-shaped
naviformes: naviform


JSTOR: Most Ancient Egypt: Chapter II. Paleolithic Man in Egypt- [ Traduzca esta página ]MOST ANCIENT EGYPT symmetry of shape by secondary flaking of Acheulian type. ... shaped bifaces predominate, followed in order of frequency by limandes, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2968(196407)23%3A3%3C145%3AMAECIP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L - Páginas similares

JSTOR: Handaxe Industries in Israel and the Near East- [ Traduzca esta página ]The ovaloids decrease sharply and consequently handaxes of a rounded shape (discoidals, ovaloids and limandes) comprise only half of the corresponding types ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-8243(197006)2%3A1%3C1%3AHIIIAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de links.jstor.org ]

[PDF] EP D RMIQFormato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
sont caracttrists par un pourcentage Clevt de limandes. porteuses de papillomes. Importance ... low and seldom of a high prismatic shape. The spindle- ...
www.ices.dk/products/fiche/Disease/2006/Sheet no 33.pdf - Páginas similares

[PDF] An Evaluation of Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Age ...Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Nous avons évalué la détermination de l’âge des limandes à queue jaune du banc ... more irregular in shape than the other (Hunt 1992). ...
www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/TRAC/documents/CSAS_Res_Doc_2... - Páginas similares

DOC] BerichteFormato de archivo: Microsoft Word - Versión en HTML
An aluminium-frame, 1.6m high and of hexagonal shape, each side 90 cm wide, ... Whereas flatfish (Limandes limandes) was only partly utilised (roughly 15 ...
ftp://ftp.meteo.ru/resource/nti/esimo1/339.doc - Resultado Suplementario - Páginas similares



Smartranslators
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.

Asker: Do you also know what the other four mean? Thanks.

Asker: Thank you so much for your answers.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrea Nagy
51 mins
  -> Gracias Andrea

agree  Patricia Rosas
1 hr
  -> Gracias Patricia

agree  Victoria Lorenzo
11 hrs
  -> Gracias Victoria
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Return to KudoZ list


Changes made by editors
Jun 3, 2007 - Changes made by Gad Kohenov:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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: