Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

superficie acondicionada

English translation:

leveled surface / a surface that was leveled

Added to glossary by Daniel Coria
Sep 18, 2008 00:30
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Spanish term

superficie acondicionada

Spanish to English Art/Literary Archaeology Mexico
Talking about Chichén Itzá. I don't know if superficie acondicionado should be tied to 90 and 95 meters above sea level. Or to put that differently, did the "acondicionado" involve building it up to 90 m or was it merely built in the pre-Hispanic period and happens to be 90 m above sea level? Thanks!

Están distribuidos dentro del espacio de la Gran Nivelación, superficie acondicionada desde la época prehispánica entre los 90 y los 95 m sobre el nivel de mar, que fue limitada por una muralla irregular, de ángulos rectos, que encierra
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Sep 21, 2008 23:00: Daniel Coria Created KOG entry

Discussion

Patricia Rosas (asker) Sep 21, 2008:
Thank you, Teju, for your reading ...
teju Sep 18, 2008:
Hi Patricia, I think it was merely built then and it happens to be 90 m above sea level. Saludos.

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levelled surface / a surface that was levelled

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Monica, Liz, and Daniel. I think "a surface that was leveled" will work well."
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a surface that was formed/shaped

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acondicionar.

1. tr. Dar cierta condición o calidad.

2. tr. Disponer o preparar algo de manera adecuada a determinado fin, o al contrario. Acondicionar bien, o mal, las calzadas.

3. tr. climatizar.

4. tr. Ven. Entrenar a un deportista.

5. tr. Ven. Adiestrar a un animal.

6. prnl. Adquirir cierta condición o calidad.
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a surface that was adapted / made suitable

As Daniel suggests, the land was levelled and further adapted to build the whole Chichen Itzá compound on flat grounds (or levelled). Here are a couple of references:

5 destinos de maravilla Chichen Itzá (México) El hechizo maya ...Está situado a 2.400 metros sobre el nivel del mar y, entre los siglos X y XIII, ... Hacienda Teya Chichén Itzá (México) 5 destinos de maravilla ...
www.telva.com/2008/06/20/viajesgrandesviajes/1213958987.htm... - 21k - En caché - Páginas similares

PDF] 81 EL FLUJO DIVINO: MANEJO DEL AGUA EN CHICHEN ITZAFormato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
El sitio arqueológico de Chichen Itza se asienta sobre un terreno ligeramente ... relativamente plana, escasa elevación sobre el nivel del mar, una ligera ...
www.famsi.org/reports/03101es/81rocio_osorio_schmidt/81roci... - Páginas similares
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