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English translation: comb-like (lines, etc,)


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20:53 Feb 7, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Archaeology
Spanish term or phrase: como peinado
Su decoración consiste en líneas incisas (como peinado), círculos punteados, tiras sobrepuestas....
schmetterlich
Local time: 20:50
English translation:comb-like (lines, etc,)
Explanation:
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he motifs are geometrical, and they seem to indicate a certain stylistic preference for comb-like continuous line patterns. The decoration was achieved by ...
www.ctdlib.org/eng/hd3/hd3pg4.html - Cached

Saludos,
eski
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eski
Mexico
Local time: 20:50
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4 +1as if combedgallagy2
4comb-like (lines, etc,)
eski
2 +1like comb marks/combsliz askew


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
like comb marks/combs


Explanation:
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or

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comb-like

Ancient Cyprus: Where East Met West | popular archaeology -
1 Jan 2011 ... In another exhibit, a large 5000 - 6000 year-old ceramic bottle is displayed that shows painted decorations and a comb-like surface design. ...
popular-archaeology.com/.../ancient-cyprus-where-east-met-west - Cached

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Ples Blong Iumi: Solomon Islands, the past four thousand years - Google Books Result
Sam Alasia, Hugh Laracy, University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies - 1989 - History - 176 pages
... the Reef Islands and on Nendo is the decoration, especially through the use of dentate or comb-like toothed stamps to form complex geometric patterns. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=982020027X...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth: or "as if combed" maybe?
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as if combed


Explanation:
its decoration considts of incised lines (as if combed)...

Incised decoration has narrow lines; excised has wide lines. ... that was either brushed or combed to produce the effect of marbled paper, .... The pottery has angular incised lines and lozenge-shaped incisions and is dated c 4000 BC . ...
www.archaeologywordsmith.com/lookup.php?...where... - Cached - Similar


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19 Aug 2010 ... Many of the incised, combed, punctated, stamped, and impressed decorations ... by archaeologists as Chickachae Combed and Kemper Combed pottery. ... Red Filmed design consisting of red bands enclosed by incised lines, ...
www.southalabama.edu/archaeology/dog-river-historic-indian-... - Cached - Similar


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Some are polRocker zigzag incised straight lines 3 6 5 5 0 0 0 19 ished both ... to near the Combed wavy lines 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 rim or to the rim itself. ...
www.scribd.com/doc/.../Es-Sour-a-Late-Neolithic-Site-Near-M... - Cached


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In some areas it forms the predecessor to the pit-and-comb culture of the Middle ... impressions and incised lines which form horizontal and diagonal lines, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0631235833...


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by A Beldados - Cited by 1
Dotted impressed lines. 2. 1. Dotted incised lines. 1. 2. 1. Combed ... The Archaeology of the Eastern Sahel,. Sudan: Preliminary Results. African ...
cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/safa/emplibrary/alemseged.pdf


gallagy2
Ireland
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
comb-like (lines, etc,)


Explanation:
Consider:

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-02-07 23:34:30 GMT)
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he motifs are geometrical, and they seem to indicate a certain stylistic preference for comb-like continuous line patterns. The decoration was achieved by ...
www.ctdlib.org/eng/hd3/hd3pg4.html - Cached

Saludos,
eski

eski
Mexico
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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