cavate
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See also: çavate
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cavātus (“hollowed out”),[1] from cavō (“to hollow out, to excavate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cavate (plural cavates)
- (archaeology) A cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
- 1995, Peter McKenna, Analysis of Surface Ceramics From the Study Area:
- Given the absence of other means of dating the cavates, ceramic dating was the focus of the data collection, but we also recorded vessel form.
- 2010, Allan MacGillivray III, The Venus Calendar Observatory at Aztec New Mexico, page 135:
- The reader may wonder about the significance of the Ahuitzotl figure in a cavate near Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 2012, Matthew Liebmann, Revolt: An Archaeological History of Pueblo Resistance and Revitalization in 17th Century New Mexico, page 140:
- While the cavate was originally carved out generations, if not centuries, before 1680, the ceramics associated with its final substantial occupation (including Kapo Black, Tewa Polychrome, and Glaze F pottery) have led investigators to conclude that Pueblo people reoccupied it sometime between 1680 and 1700.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
cliff-side dwelling
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References[edit]
- ^ “cavate, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
cavate
- inflection of cavare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
cavate f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
cavāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
cavate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with te
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