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комплексы характеристик, взятые отдельно от изделий.

English translation: sets of characteristics considered separately from the items

20:56 Jan 20, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology
Russian term or phrase: комплексы характеристик, взятые отдельно от изделий.
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В основе подхода А. А. Синицына лежит не сумма признаков, свойственная определенным вещам, а параметры орудий, комплексы характеристик, взятые отдельно от изделий.

It's discussing the evolution and adaptation in Russia of Bordes' typological list for classifying palaeolithic artefacts.

As I understand it, Sinitsyn's approach is not based on the sum of variables peculiar to specific artefacts, but rather on a set of parameters of tools, a range of characteristics that were arrived at in advance. The "взятые отдельно от изделий" part makes me think that the classification system was arrived at and then applied to the artefacts, rather than using the artefacts to devise the classification system. Is that what it is saying?
Alan Campbell
Local time: 05:17
English translation:sets of characteristics considered separately from the items
Explanation:
As I understand it, Sinitsyn's approach is not based on, say, whether arrowheads have wear marks consistent with arrowheads or whether belts show evidence of knawing consistent with hungry people knawing on them, etc., but instead it is based on whether they show certain marks or evidence of knawing, etc., regardless of what they are. Basically what you said.
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Paul Merriam
Local time: 00:17
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Thank you Paul.
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4aspects divorced from the artefacts
Alexander Demidov
3sets of characteristics considered separately from the items
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sets of characteristics considered separately from the items


Explanation:
As I understand it, Sinitsyn's approach is not based on, say, whether arrowheads have wear marks consistent with arrowheads or whether belts show evidence of knawing consistent with hungry people knawing on them, etc., but instead it is based on whether they show certain marks or evidence of knawing, etc., regardless of what they are. Basically what you said.

Paul Merriam
Local time: 00:17
Native speaker of: English
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aspects divorced from the artefacts


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Alexander Demidov
Local time: 07:17
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