Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
vestigios podomorfos
English translation:
traces of footprints
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liz askew
May 12 22:33
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Regarding a Spanish artist who wants to do a project that entails emptying out part of a mountain
I am not sure if this is footprint or some sort of cave drawing of feet.
Querría ver cómo extraer la piedra sin dañar la forma de la montaña ni estropear los vestigios podomorfos que había en su cumbre.
I am not sure if this is footprint or some sort of cave drawing of feet.
Querría ver cómo extraer la piedra sin dañar la forma de la montaña ni estropear los vestigios podomorfos que había en su cumbre.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | traces of footprints |
liz askew
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| 4 +2 | engravings of feet |
philgoddard
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| 3 | ichnite/s |
Adrian MM.
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References
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liz askew
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| crudely in the shape of feet |
ezpz
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Change log
May 31, 2024 17:02: liz askew Created KOG entry
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traces of footprints
Neanderthal footprints found in Gibraltar
ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com › releases › 2019/02
13 Feb 2019 — This work started 10 years ago, when the first dates using the OSL method were obtained. It is then that the first traces of footprints left ...
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see also "podomorphic petroglyphs"
https://discoveringislascanarias.com/fuerteventura-tindaya-c...
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerteventura,_mount...
File:Fuerteventura, mount Tindaya, ancient "graffiti" in crude shape of footprints, "podomorphs"
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some of them don't even look like "normal" footprints, but a representation of them.
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so perhaps a more detailed translation would be suitable
traces of graffiti in the crude shape of footprints
ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com › releases › 2019/02
13 Feb 2019 — This work started 10 years ago, when the first dates using the OSL method were obtained. It is then that the first traces of footprints left ...
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Note added at 11 godz. (2024-05-13 09:52:03 GMT)
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see also "podomorphic petroglyphs"
https://discoveringislascanarias.com/fuerteventura-tindaya-c...
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Note added at 11 godz. (2024-05-13 09:54:59 GMT)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerteventura,_mount...
File:Fuerteventura, mount Tindaya, ancient "graffiti" in crude shape of footprints, "podomorphs"
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Note added at 11 godz. (2024-05-13 09:59:15 GMT)
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some of them don't even look like "normal" footprints, but a representation of them.
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Note added at 11 godz. (2024-05-13 10:00:46 GMT)
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so perhaps a more detailed translation would be suitable
traces of graffiti in the crude shape of footprints
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks. I went with footprints"
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philgoddard
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engravings of feet
http://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podomorfo
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Or podomorphs, but no one will know what that means.
http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerteventura,_moun...
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Or podomorphs, but no one will know what that means.
http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerteventura,_moun...
Peer comment(s):
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: "Engravings of human footprints"
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Thanks.
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liz askew
: I think they are footprints, rather than whole feet!
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No, these are graffiti, as some of your references show.
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ezpz
: I'd say use 'engravings of podomorphs' and then in parentheses what that means. I also really like "ancient rock carvings in the shape of feet", from here: https://sacred-sites.org/mount-tindaya/
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Thanks!
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Spanish term (edited):
vestigio/s podomorfo/s
ichnite/s
'Nobody will know what this means', but refers to the footprints of both dinosaurs and (us) Neanderthalers.
Example sentence:
Preserved footprints, also known as ichnites, are a type of trace fossil and a window into the lives of dinosaurs. They formed in the same way our footprints do when walking on soft ground like mud.
Reference comments
10 hrs
Reference:
see
https://the-past.com/shorts/the-picture-desk/footprints-in-s...
Analysis of human and animal footprints carved into rock faces in Namibia has revealed that they contain a wealth of hidden details.
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Los grabados podomorfos de la cabecera del Ebro. Localizaciones y aproximación a su estudio Rock-carved footprints from upper Ebro river. Locations and...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=384856847619901...
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Podomorfos, enigmáticos vestigios grabados en piedra con forma de huella de pie que miran a poniente, recuerdan el pasado lejano de esta ..
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vestigios = traces
https://www.google.com/search?q=vestigios traces&client=fire...
Analysis of human and animal footprints carved into rock faces in Namibia has revealed that they contain a wealth of hidden details.
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Note added at 10 godz. (2024-05-13 09:05:06 GMT)
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Los grabados podomorfos de la cabecera del Ebro. Localizaciones y aproximación a su estudio Rock-carved footprints from upper Ebro river. Locations and...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=384856847619901...
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Podomorfos, enigmáticos vestigios grabados en piedra con forma de huella de pie que miran a poniente, recuerdan el pasado lejano de esta ..
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vestigios = traces
https://www.google.com/search?q=vestigios traces&client=fire...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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neilmac
: Although "grabados" suggests they WERE engravings or carvings.
26 mins
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| neutral |
philgoddard
: As neilmac says, these support my answer, not yours.
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Reference:
crudely in the shape of feet
I think it's important to note that the term podomorph seems to be deliberately saying "not exactly a tracing of an actual human footprint":
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerteventura,_mount...
The wiki article Phil points to explains that their "meaning is still open to interpretation".
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Sorry, I forgot to explain my link.
It's a photo of a podomorph. You can see it's very rounded.
Whoever coined the term, is probably alluding that they *seem* to be in the shape of feet, but are pretty obviously not footprints, because they lack that inward slope in the mid-section and different sizes of the toes.
If it were a little squarish they might look like a couple of forts!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerteventura,_mount...
The wiki article Phil points to explains that their "meaning is still open to interpretation".
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Sorry, I forgot to explain my link.
It's a photo of a podomorph. You can see it's very rounded.
Whoever coined the term, is probably alluding that they *seem* to be in the shape of feet, but are pretty obviously not footprints, because they lack that inward slope in the mid-section and different sizes of the toes.
If it were a little squarish they might look like a couple of forts!
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