拠点集落

English translation: (central) settlement

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Japanese term or phrase:拠点集落
English translation:(central) settlement
Entered by: cinefil

06:47 Sep 26, 2009
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / 考古学
Japanese term or phrase: 拠点集落
各地に拠点集落が出現し、集団を支えるための祭祀なども活発に行われるようになるとともに、遠方との交流・交易も行われました。

colony, settlement or community?
cinefil
Japan
Local time: 10:33
(Central) Settlement
Explanation:
I think this is settlement
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004136399/

Definition:
Settlement
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settlement
3 a : occupation by settlers b : a place or region newly settled c : a small village
Colony
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colony
1 a : a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state b : the territory inhabited by such a body
Community
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community
1 : a unified body of individuals: as a : state, commonwealth b : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself <the problems of a large community>
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TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 10:33
Grading comment
ありがとうございました。
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3 +2(Central) Settlement
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(Central) Settlement


Explanation:
I think this is settlement
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004136399/

Definition:
Settlement
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settlement
3 a : occupation by settlers b : a place or region newly settled c : a small village
Colony
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colony
1 a : a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state b : the territory inhabited by such a body
Community
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community
1 : a unified body of individuals: as a : state, commonwealth b : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself <the problems of a large community>

TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 10:33
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Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
ありがとうございました。

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yumico Tanaka (X): settlement に基本的に同意です。ただcentral よりもresidential settlement,や human settlement のほうが場合によってはいいかも。
6 hrs
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agree  Minoru Kuwahara: settlement という言葉自体に既に settlers が occupy しているというニュアンスは含まれているようですね。-
1 day 19 hrs
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