Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

a sviluppo sub quadrato

English translation:

approximately/roughly square-shaped

Added to glossary by Juliet Halewood (X)
Sep 8, 2009 16:11
14 yrs ago
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Italian term

a sviluppo sub quadrato

Italian to English Other Archaeology
the interior of a "domus de janas" in Sardinia:
La prima camera a sviluppo sub quadrato, a soffitto piatto e pareti verticali, anch’esse danneggiate dallo sfaldamento della roccia scistosa, è piuttosto bassa e stretta e viene interpretata come anticella.

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approximately square-shaped

'sub' as in 'not quite', I think. I've not found 'sub quadrato' as a technical term in its own right, not yet anyhoo. HTH.
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agree blattanzi
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Sorry for the delay in assigning points. Thanks Oliver!"
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roughly squared

what it means: http://www.archeologiasarda.com/termine.asp?id=71

google "roughly squared" archaeology and Sardinia and you will get a number of hits.
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