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argumento esgrimido para interpretar que fue cazado

English translation: argument put forward for interpteting that it was hunted


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08:55 Apr 6, 2011
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Science - Archaeology
Spanish term or phrase: argumento esgrimido para interpretar que fue cazado
La lanza de 281x2,5 cm asociada a un elefante en Lehringen (Alemania) es el único *****argumento esgrimido para interpretar que fue cazado*******, lo que unido a la temprana excavación (1948), y a la ausencia de fotografías y planimetrías ha propiciado que la tesis no esté unánimemente aceptada (entre otros por Gamble, 1999).


The 281 cm by 2.5 cm spear found associated with an elephant at Lehringen (Germany) is the only *****argument put forward to hunting******. This theory is not unanimously accepted among scholars (including Gamble 1999), due to the lack of photographic and drawing records, and because it was excavated a long time ago (1948).

Correction to my first question. Just not sure how to fit "hunting" here.
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martamp
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Local time: 03:50
English translation:argument put forward for interpteting that it was hunted
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5[the only] argument advanced to interpret what was hunted for...
Vitaliy Rysyuk
5[the only] argument advanced to interpret what was hunted for...
Vitaliy Rysyuk
4[the spear found with the elephant] is the only argument for considering that it was hunted
Muriel Vasconcellos
4argument put forward for interpteting that it was huntedxxxFVS
4the presence of the spear is the only reason for interpreting that it was hunted
Gilla Evans


  

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the presence of the spear is the only reason for interpreting that it was hunted


Explanation:
or the only justification for interpreting that the elephant was hunted.

I think they are saying presence of the spear is a symbolic sign to show that the elephant had been hunted.



Gilla Evans
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
[the only] argument advanced to interpret what was hunted for...


Explanation:
the spear being a speaking material object serving as an argument to substantiate the theory or the suggestion...

Vitaliy Rysyuk
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
argument put forward for interpteting that it was hunted


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[the only] argument advanced to interpret what was hunted for...


Explanation:
the spear being a speaking material object serving as an argument to substantiate the theory or the suggestion...

Vitaliy Rysyuk
Ukraine
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[the spear found with the elephant] is the only argument for considering that it was hunted


Explanation:
I gave this same answer to your other question, almost identical. IMO, the verb "esgrimido" doesn't need to be translated at all, and 'consider' is a more natural translation of "interpretar".

Muriel Vasconcellos
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