rellenos de anulación

21:53 Sep 24, 2014
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Tech/Engineering - Archaeology / restos arqueológicos
Spanish term or phrase: rellenos de anulación
Hola, en un texto sobre arqueología aparece esta expresión "rellenos de anulación", entiendo lo que es, son rellenos (de algún material) que anulan huecos de épocas anteriores (objetos, estancias....). El problema es que no esoy capaz de encontrar una traducción coherente...alguien sabría algún equivalente? gracias
superpupi


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3 +1backfill
Karen Dinicola
3fill layers
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales


  

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backfill


Explanation:
Not sure if it applies for archaeology, but this is the term used for restoring the earth after removal of a buried oil tank, for example.

Definition of BACKFILL

transitive verb
: to refill (as an excavation) usually with excavated material
intransitive verb
: to backfill an excavation
— backfill noun

Karen Dinicola
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Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of: English

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fill layers


Explanation:
Here are some references:

http://books.google.es/books?id=dv4eXvagfgYC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA3...

http://books.google.es/books?id=b4N5oBCoQEYC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA2...


http://www.archaeology.org/issues/54-1211/from-the-trenches/...


In any case, if you google the term, you'll find lots of references.

HTH


Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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