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Art/Literary - Archaeology / Mexico | | Spanish term or phrase: albarradón | I found an explanation of what this is, but I'm not sure how to translate it. I need something appropriate for an inland context (ancient Valley of Mexico).
Explanation: Un tramo del albarradón de Nezahualcóyotl -muro de piedra construido en el siglo XVII para prevenir inundaciones y evitar la mezcla de las aguas salobres del lago de Texcoco con las dulces de los demás esteros-
My text: La acumulación de esa tecnología durante el paso de los siglos quedó manifiesta en grandes obras hidráulicas del Postclásico tardío, como los canales y grandes albarradones de México Tenochtitlán y especialmente el mayor de ellos, construido para separar las aguas saladas de las dulces en los cinco grandes lagos intercomunicados. |
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| Grading comment Thank you, Baligh, for your help (and thanks to Mónica for her answer, too). I think I'm going to use "stone dyke" as S Price suggests.
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23 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 stone levee-bridge
Explanation:
The word albarradón does not exist in European Spanish, however, an aproximative translation i suggest is "levee-bridge" since "El albarradón de Ecatepec" works as a bridge and a dike/levee at the same time.
This would be a modern "albarradón".
http://www.historicbridges.org/ohio/stoneslevee/index.htm
Good luck.
| baligh
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| | Grading comment | Thank you, Baligh, for your help (and thanks to Mónica for her answer, too). I think I'm going to use "stone dyke" as S Price suggests. |
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