Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cadenas operativas líticas

English translation:

lithic chaînes opératoires / lithic operational sequences

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Aug 27, 2018 11:50
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

cadenas operativas líticas

Spanish to English Science Archaeology prehistoric art
hello,

I need to translate the following term about production techniques used during Prehistory for making lithic tools.

El reconocimiento de los tipos de productos (laminas, lascas, labios, galbos, bases, etc.) y de la tecnología empleada para su realización (cadenas operativas líticas, cerámicas, metalúrgicas, etc.) son aspectos clave.

Recognising the product types ( blades, flakes, lips, sherds, bases, etc.) and technology applied in their production (lithic, ceramic, metallurgical chaines operatoires) are key aspects.

I found chaine operatoire but I would like to confirm that this is the right term to be used here since it is an academic paper for the archaeology department of a university. Also, I´m not sure about how the plural would be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaîne_opératoire

Thanks for your help
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Sep 10, 2018 05:08: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

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lithic chaînes opératoires / lithic operational sequences

The former is probably to be preferred, but the latter is also used and would be perfectly acceptable. "Chaîne opératoire" will be pluralised by following French morphological rules, adding an s to each word. Some people italicise it (as a foreign expression), and personally I'd be inclined to do so, though many don't.

"These contrasting lithic chaînes opératoires are difficult to explain if early modern humans and Neandertals shared the same cultural identity."
John Shea, in Archaeologies of the Middle East: Critical Perspectives, ed. Susan Pollock & Reinhard Bernbeck, p. 138
https://books.google.es/books?id=bRUMQb_1uKcC&pg=PA138&lpg=P...

"Archaeological opinion differs over whether variants of Acheulian LCT production fit the criteria for such techno— logical traditions or whether variable lithic operational sequences of Middle Paleolithic antiquity better fit the bill."
Same author in his book Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide, p. 314
https://books.google.es/books?id=oMQgAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA314&lpg=P...
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thank you so much for your answer
Peer comment(s):

agree Sara Fairen
39 mins
Thanks, Sara :-)
agree David Hollywood : great research comme toujours Charles
3 hrs
Many thanks, David :-)
agree Denise Phelps : I asked the same question years ago:https://www.proz.com/kudoz /spanish-to-english/archaeology/4287323-cadena-operativa.html
1 day 20 hrs
Whoops! I must get into the habit of checking :-) Many thanks, Denise!
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