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restos óseos

English translation: bone remains / osseous remains

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Spanish term or phrase:restos óseos
English translation:bone remains / osseous remains
Entered by: Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

15:45 May 9, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
Spanish term or phrase: restos óseos
Hola de nuevo,

En el mismo estudio sobre lobos marinos:

Restos óseos de ejemplares de esta especie serán identificados en depósitos arqueológicos precolombinos (conchales) ubicados en el área del gap.

Según yo, la traducción era osseous remains pero encontré esta otra opcion: bony rest.

Los expertos en esta área ¿qué dicen? ¿cuál es la más adecuada?

Gracias miles.
exacto.nz
New Zealand
bone remains / osseous remains / bony remains
Explanation:
En orden de frecuencia en Google.
No me suena muy ortotodoxo "bony rests".
Pero NO soy experto
También he encontrado "bone remnants".
Suerte.
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Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Grading comment
Muchas gracias Alejandro y a los demás también.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7skeletal remains
D.A. Gwyn-Jones
5 +1skeletal remains
Henry Hinds
2 +3bone remains / osseous remains / bony remains
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
4Bone fragments / fragments of bone
Lisa McCarthy
3animal (or insert animal name) bones
ormiston
Summary of reference entries provided
faunal skeletal remains
Muriel Vasconcellos

  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
skeletal remains


Explanation:
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D.A. Gwyn-Jones
Spain
Local time: 22:41
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi D.A., thanks for the answer, though I wonder whether skeletal remains is used for people rather than animals. I checked the term and I only found it related to human beings.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds: Fast work.
1 min
agree  Carlos Sorzano: yes
6 mins
agree  Rosa Paredes: Agrí.
2 hrs
agree  Laurel Clausen
3 hrs
agree  Rachel McRoberts (X)
3 hrs
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Many examples of "faunal skeletal remains" - I have posted one above that refers to "human and faunal skeletal remains"
3 hrs
agree  Christine Walsh
5 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
skeletal remains


Explanation:
No es "bony rest", ni c...ndo.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 14:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Many examples of "faunal skeletal remains" - I have posted one above that refers to "human and faunal skeletal remains"
3 hrs
  -> Gracias, Muriel.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bone remains / osseous remains / bony remains


Explanation:
En orden de frecuencia en Google.
No me suena muy ortotodoxo "bony rests".
Pero NO soy experto
También he encontrado "bone remnants".
Suerte.

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muchas gracias Alejandro y a los demás también.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Brown: bone remains, sounds OK
19 mins
  -> Thank you, David.
agree  Maria Escobar: Agree with bone remains
1 hr
  -> Gracias, María.
agree  liz askew: bone remains, without a doubt. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bone remains animals&hl=en&...|countryGB&safe=off&as_qdr=all&start=10&sa=N
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Liz. I agree with "bone remains". As I said in the explanation, it's the most frequent google-search result.
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Bone fragments / fragments of bone


Explanation:
a possibility - may not have been the whole skeleton.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-09 16:47:12 GMT)
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why not just "BONES WERE FOUND......" ?

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 22:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
animal (or insert animal name) bones


Explanation:
I also liked the first suggestion but your reservations got me checking and 'animal bones' does seem more commonly used:

here is just one example12000-year-old Animal Bones Found in Mazandaran Caves - [ Traduire cette page ]9 Apr 2005 ... Tehran, Apr. 9 (CHN) – Archaeologists have found 1000 pieces of animal bones dating to 12000 years ago in Gomishan Cave of the northern ...

ormiston
Local time: 22:41
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks for the option

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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: faunal skeletal remains

Reference information:
Many examples of "faunal skeletal remains," incuding the following one with "human and faunal skeletal remains":

Water and food resources use in Jordan by stable isotope analysis of human and faunal skeletal remains. Michela Sandias, Archaeology sub-project ...
www.waterlifecivilisation.org/research/project_publications...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
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