tell (in the archealogcal sense)

Spanish translation: Tell

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English term or phrase:tell (in the archealogcal sense)
Spanish translation:Tell
Entered by: Stuart Allsop

13:24 Nov 8, 2004
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Archaeology / archaeology
English term or phrase: tell (in the archealogcal sense)
Is there a spcific Spanish technical term for "tell", in the archaelogical sense of a mound of debris built up underneath a city, over thousdands of years?
Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 02:21
Tel
Explanation:
In fact, you could think in cities like Tel-Aviv (this the way it is wrote in Spanish.

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-11-08 13:29:31 GMT)
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Sorry, I wanted to say \"it is written\" ;)

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-11-08 13:34:21 GMT)
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Según la RAE se escribe con dos \"ll\"
tell.

1. m. Arqueol. Colina artificial formada por la superposición de ruinas de edificaciones en diferentes épocas.


El proyecto arqueológico de Tell Halula se inscribe en la campaña internacional de salvamento de los yacimientos del Valle del Eufrates amenazados por la construcción de la presa del Tchrine.
http://hipatia.uab.es/halula/cast.htm

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cisternas
Local time: 02:21
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Thanks! "Tell" it is!
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5 +6Tel
cisternas
5 -1decir
Felicite Robertson


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
decir


Explanation:
none

Felicite Robertson
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Maria Lorenzo: I am sorry, Felicite, but I don´t think this is what it is referring to...
41 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Tel


Explanation:
In fact, you could think in cities like Tel-Aviv (this the way it is wrote in Spanish.

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-11-08 13:29:31 GMT)
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Sorry, I wanted to say \"it is written\" ;)

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-11-08 13:34:21 GMT)
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Según la RAE se escribe con dos \"ll\"
tell.

1. m. Arqueol. Colina artificial formada por la superposición de ruinas de edificaciones en diferentes épocas.


El proyecto arqueológico de Tell Halula se inscribe en la campaña internacional de salvamento de los yacimientos del Valle del Eufrates amenazados por la construcción de la presa del Tchrine.
http://hipatia.uab.es/halula/cast.htm



cisternas
Local time: 02:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks! "Tell" it is!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ruth Martínez
26 mins
  -> gracias!

agree  Maria Lorenzo
40 mins
  -> gracias!

agree  Judith Payro
42 mins
  -> gracias!

agree  Pablo Grosschmid: Tell
4 hrs
  -> gracias!

agree  badial
5 hrs
  -> gracias!

agree  Lisa Russell
14 hrs
  -> gracias
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