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Las laminas y laminitas

English translation: Blades and bladelets


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Spanish term or phrase: Las laminas y laminitas
English translation:Blades and bladelets
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09:38 Sep 5, 2010
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Archaeology / rockshelters
Spanish term or phrase: Las laminas y laminitas
Las laminas y laminitas constituyen en las diversas ocupaciones alrededor del 1% de la muestra y se documenta únicamente a partir de la ocupación IV.2.

Before this the author lists other minral resources managed during archaeological occupations. What I can't find is the exact nomenclature for "laminas y laminitas"...."chips and???"
ellengreen
Blades and bladelets
Explanation:
Those are the right terms if you are speaking about lithic industry, flint knapping, etc., as I suppose you are
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martamp
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5 +1Blades and bladelets
martamp
4sheets and flakes
Carrie Comer
4Laminas and thinner layers
neilmac


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Laminas and thinner layers


Explanation:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/328720/lamina

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-05 10:54:25 GMT)
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The term lamina is sometimes applied to a unit less than one centimetre in thickness. Thus, lamination consists of thin units ...

neilmac
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sheets and flakes


Explanation:
when talking about mineral deposits, especially in an archaeological dig, these are the terms I would use.

Carrie Comer
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Blades and bladelets


Explanation:
Those are the right terms if you are speaking about lithic industry, flint knapping, etc., as I suppose you are

Example sentence(s):
  • Blade-bladelet industries are found all over the subcontinent of India

    Reference: http://books.google.es/books?id=gMoJj-0Z94UC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA...
martamp
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carrie Comer: good point. if you're talking about lithic industry this is definitely the right answer. gracias por la buena respuesta--mejor que la mia!
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