pietre non sbozzate

English translation: unhewn stones

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Italian term or phrase:	pietre non sbozzate
English translation:	unhewn stones
Entered by:	Raffaella Panigada

09:23 Jan 19, 2011

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Archaeology / Greek settlement

Italian term or phrase: pietre non sbozzate

This is the sentence: "Nel 2001, in occasione della costruzione di un nuovo complesso abitativo, fu esplorato
un lembo di una abitazione assai mal conservata, con muri a secco costruiti con pietre
non sbozzate."

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unhewn stones

Explanation:
Occorrenze anche per "unhewn rocks". HTH

Model Altar of Unhewn Stones Completed at Temple Institute

25 dic 2009
Model Altar of Unhewn Stones Completed at Temple Institute shovel, to prevent any contact with the iron. " The act of building this model is a
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135199

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Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
Local time: 22:18

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unhewn stones

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rough stone

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unhewn stones

Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
Local time: 22:18
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rough stone

Explanation:
The verb “sbozzare” means to sketch, to outline. I’m interpreting this to mean that it hasn’t been “outlined” or "sketched out" and that it’s in its natural state (rough/unfinished).

http://www.servicemagic.com/article.show.Stone-Walls-Built-t...
Types of Stones
Stones are either rough or finished. A rough stone is any stone that hasn't been altered. A finished stone has been shaped to be uniform and can be stacked much like a brick.
Types of Stone Walls
There are two types of stone walls: dry and mortared. A dry stone wall relies only on the friction between the stones to keep it intact. Stones are laid on top of one another in an overlapping fashion to form a wall of loose, but stable, individual stones. Mortared walls fill in the gaps between the stones with cement, basically turning the wall into one solid unit.

http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/history.htm
The earliest settlement had a total of eleven building-phases (Ia-Ik). It was an extremely small village, with rough stone circuit-walls with a thickess of 2.5 m strenghened up to 3 m in the later phase.

http://www.explorecrete.com/archaeology/Mirtos-Pirgos-Fourno...
All the buildings of Fournou Korifi are built of large rough stones. Warren says that the settlement was surrounded by a stone wall with two entrances, while the south entrance was reinforced by a bastion.

http://www.web-greece.gr/patmos.htm
Kasteli: Ruins of a sheltered acropolis being an example of the Hellenistic wall building of the 3 rd century B.C. Its wall is constructed of black, rough stone and it is supported by towers.

Joyce A
Thailand
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