zaciemnienia

English translation: dark patch

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Polish term or phrase:zaciemnienia
English translation:dark patch
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

06:40 Jun 14, 2015
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology
Polish term or phrase: zaciemnienia
obiekty archeologiczne (nie przedmioty a przestrzeń wykopana przez dawną ludność, użytkowana a następnie zasypana) - archeolodzy odnajdują je i nazywają później zaciemnieniami
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Local time: 03:11
dark patch
Explanation:
I find this translation here:
Ryc. 2. Bronocice, pow. Kazimierza Wiielka. Plan wykopu z 1969 r.
Część zaszrafowana — zaciemnienie
Plan of the excavation trench in 1969
The shaded part denotes a dark patch

The test excavation of 200 sq. m has revealed 27 features an,d a large dark
patch probably of archaeological and not natural origin, since the overlying cultural
layer contained a lot of daub rubble, potsherds and animal bones (fig. 2).



http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/24624/WA308_38905_P243_BA...
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Local time: 21:11
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3dark patch
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Summary of reference entries provided
secondary context
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dark patch


Explanation:
I find this translation here:
Ryc. 2. Bronocice, pow. Kazimierza Wiielka. Plan wykopu z 1969 r.
Część zaszrafowana — zaciemnienie
Plan of the excavation trench in 1969
The shaded part denotes a dark patch

The test excavation of 200 sq. m has revealed 27 features an,d a large dark
patch probably of archaeological and not natural origin, since the overlying cultural
layer contained a lot of daub rubble, potsherds and animal bones (fig. 2).



http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/24624/WA308_38905_P243_BA...


Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 86
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Reference comments


5 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: secondary context

Reference information:
CATEGORY: technique; term

DEFINITION: A context of an archaeological find that has been disturbed by subsequent human activity or natural phenomena. The provenience, association, and matrix of such archaeological data have been wholly or partially altered by transformational processes after original deposition. - http://www.archaeologywordsmith.com/lookup.php?terms=context

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Context of an artifact that has been wholly or partially altered by transformation/site formation processes after its original deposit, as in disturbance by human activity after the artifacts' original deposition. - https://www.archaeological.org/education/glossary#s

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geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 72

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agree  Jacek Konopka
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