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prismatic logs

French translation: blocs prismatiques

09:30 Dec 18, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Anthropology
English term or phrase: prismatic logs
La Venta is near the rich estuaries of the coast and could have provided cacao, rubber and salt. San Lorenzo, at the centre of the Olmec domain, controlled the vast flood plain area of the Coatzacoalcos basin and riverline trade routes, while the westernmost Laguna de los Cerros, adjacent to the Tuxtla
Mountains, is near the important basalt quarries used in the manufacture of metates (corn grinders) and the megalithic statues, prismatic logs and monuments.
Krystrad
Local time: 23:15
French translation:blocs prismatiques
Explanation:
It seems more appropriate to me in the given context...

http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:xUTHNNk4vcEJ:fr.wikiped...

...considering the various meanings of "log" = block, bole, chunk, length, piece, stick, timber, trunk, wood
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mistahara (X)
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Summary of answers provided
4blocs prismatiques
mistahara (X)
3troncs/rondins/poteaux prismatiques
Francis MARC
3colonnes prismatiques
sophieb


  

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troncs/rondins/poteaux prismatiques


Explanation:
Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Soil Science
Domaine(s)
  – Pédologie
 
prismatic Source

prismatique Source SOURCE TRAD,
FÉM

DEF – A soil structure type having
prismlike aggregates that have vertical
axes much longer than the horizontal
axes. Source

OBS – vertical faces well defined and
edges sharp. Source

DEF – Type de structure du sol formé
d'agrégats dont l'axe vertical est
beaucoup plus long que l'axe
horizontal. Source

OBS – faces verticales bien définies
et arêtes aiguës.

Francis MARC
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colonnes prismatiques


Explanation:
peut-être.

Le complexe A comportait cinq tombes, accompagnées d'offrandes. Les deux plus remarquables sont les tombes A et B. Les murs et le toit de la tombe A étaient formés de colonnes de basalte.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Venta

http://cecile.deneuvillers.free.fr/Orgues/orgues.htm



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blocs prismatiques


Explanation:
It seems more appropriate to me in the given context...

http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:xUTHNNk4vcEJ:fr.wikiped...

...considering the various meanings of "log" = block, bole, chunk, length, piece, stick, timber, trunk, wood

mistahara (X)
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