Let T be an aperiodic and repetitive tiling of R d with finite local complexity. Let Ω be its tiling space with canonical transversal Ξ. The tiling equivalence relation RΞ is the set of pairs of tilings in Ξ which are translates of each others, with a certain (étale) topology. In this paper RΞ is reconstructed as a generalized "tail equivalence" on a Bratteli diagram, with its standard AF -relation as a subequivalence relation. Using a generalization of the Anderson-Putnam complex (Bellissard et al. in Commun. Math. Phys. 261:1-41, 2006) Ω is identified with the inverse limit of a sequence of finite CW -complexes. A Bratteli diagram B is built from this sequence, and its set of infinite paths ∂B is homeomorphic to Ξ. The diagram B is endowed with a horizontal structure: additional edges that encode the adjacencies of patches in T . This allows to define ań etale equivalence relation RB on ∂B which is homeomorphic to RΞ, and contains the AF -relation of "tail equivalence".