spånkärna

English translation: lithic core

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Swedish term or phrase:spånkärna
English translation:lithic core
Entered by: Paul Lambert

11:38 May 28, 2015
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Prehistoric Man - Archaeo
Swedish term or phrase: spånkärna
Sentences given:

"Spånkärnan som du ser i montern påminner mer om stenåldersredskap som hittas i nuvarande Baltikum."

"Från spånkärnan slog man av flintspån som bearbetades till redskap som till exempel pilar."
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 13:44
lithic core
Explanation:
Here's some reading - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithic_core. Have also seen 'chip core' and 'flint core', even 'flake core'. See where this leads!
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 13:44
Grading comment
thanks!
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lithic core


Explanation:
Here's some reading - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithic_core. Have also seen 'chip core' and 'flint core', even 'flake core'. See where this leads!

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 13:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 22
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agneta Pallinder: But if the text is intended for museum display it might be even better to use the less scientific "flake core" for "spånkärna" and then have "flint flakes" for "flintspån" with the same didactic repetition as in the original text.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Agneta, nice idea!
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