Dictionary English/ German
| English | German |
| A | |
| abbey | Abtei |
| above ground, on the surface | obertägig |
| abrade | abschaben, abschleifen |
| abrasion | Abschleifung, Abnutzung |
| absolute dating | absolute Datierung |
| abut | angrenzen |
| abutment | Strebepfeiler; Widerlager |
| accessories | Zubehör |
| accident prevention | Unfallschutz |
| accomodation | Unterkunft |
| accuracy of the instrument | Gerätegenauigkeit |
| aceramic | akeramisch |
| activity area | Werkplatz, Arbeitsplatz |
| AD (anno domini) | n. Chr. (nach Christi Geburt) |
| adjoining building | Nebengebäude |
| adjust | justieren |
| adobe | Lehmziegel |
| adz, adze | Dechsel |
| aedicula | Ädikula |
| aeneolithic | Kupferzeit |
| aerial photograph | Luftbild |
| aerial photography | Luftfotografie |
| agate | Achat |
| ageing, age determination | Datierung |
| aggradation | Verlandung |
| aglet, aiglet | Nestelhülse, Nestelspitze |
| agriculture | Feldbau |
| airborne scanner | Flugzeugscanner |
| alabaster | Alabaster |
| Alamannic | alamannisch |
| alembic | Alambik, Alembic, Destillierhelm |
| alingnment | Steinreihe |
| allod, allodium | Allod |
| alloy | Legierung |
| allure | Wehrgang |
| alluvial clay | Auelehm |
| alluvial clay deposits | Auelehmablagerung |
| almshouse | Armenhaus, Siechenhaus |
| altar | Altar |
| amber | Bernstein |
| amphora | Amphore |
| amulet | Amulett |
| amulet capsule | Amulettkapsel |
| anaerobic conditions | unter Luftabschluß |
| anatomist | Anatom |
| ancient fields | Altacker |
| ancient settlement land | Altsiedellandschaft |
| ancillary sample | Probenmaterial (keine Artefakte) |
| andiron | Feuerbock, Mondidol |
| angle | Winkel, Ecke |
| angle measurement | Winkelmessung |
| Anglo-Saxon | angelsächsisch |
| ango | Ango |
| animal burial | Tierbestattung |
| animal disturbance, burrow | Tiergang |
| animal style | Tierstil |
| annealed, burnt, heat-treated | geglüht |
| annex, annexe | Anbau, Annex |
| annual ring | Jahresring |
| anomaly | Anomalie |
| antenna sword, antenna-hilted sword | Antennenschwert |
| anthropological classification | anthropologische Bestimmung |
| anthropologist | Anthropologe, Anthropologin |
| anthropology | Anthropologie |
| anthropomorphic | anthropomorph |
| antiquity | Altertum, Vorzeit; Antiquität |
| antler | Geweih |
| anvil | Amboß |
| aperture speed range | Blendenbereich |
| apertures | Blende |
| application | Auftrag |
| apse | Apsis |
| aquamanile | Aquamanile |
| aqueduct | Aquädukt |
| arable land | Ackerland |
| arcade | Arkade |
| arch | Bogen, Torbogen |
| archaeobotanical | archäobotanisch |
| archaeological evidence | archäologischer Beweis/ Zeugnis |
| archaeological find | Bodenfund |
| archaeological monument conservation | Bodendenkmalpflege |
| archaeological site | Grabungsstätte |
| archaeology | Archäologie |
| archaeo-metallurgy | Montanarchäologie |
| archaeometry | Archäometrie |
| archaeozoology | Archäozoologie |
| archeology | Archäologie |
| architectural historian | Bauforscher |
| architectural sculpture | Bauplastik |
| archive, archives (pl.) | Archiv |
| ard | Hakenpflug |
| ard mark | Pflugspur vom Hakenpflug |
| area | Areal, Fläche, Gebiet |
| arm | Waffe |
| arrow | Pfeil |
| arrowhead | Pfeilspitze |
| arrow loop, arrow slit | Schießscharte |
| arrow straightener | Pfeilstrecker |
| arsenic bronze | Arsenbronze |
| artefact, artifact | Artefakt |
| ashlar masonry | Quadermauerwerk |
| ashlar rock | Quaderstein |
| ash pit | Aschengrube |
| asssemblage | Fundensemble, Fundinventar |
| assembly mark | Versatzmarke, Versatzzeichen |
| associated find | Beifund, vergesellschafteter Fund |
| association | Fundvergesellschaftung, Inventar |
| attachment | Attasche |
| atlatl | Speerschleuder |
| Aurignacian | Aurignacien |
| authentication | Echtheitsprüfung |
| auxiliary building | Nebengebäude |
| awl | Ahle, Pfriem |
| axe | Axt, Beil |
| axe blade | Beilklinge |
| axis | Achse |
| B | |
| back-dirt | Aushub |
| backed point | Rückenspitze |
| backfill | auffüllen |
| backfill | Auffüllung, Verfüllung, Füllmaterial |
| backsight | Rückblick (Vermess.) |
| back tooth | Backenzahn |
| bacteria | Bakterie |
| badge | Abzeichen |
| bag | Tasche |
| bag bellow | Blasebalg |
| baggy pot | Kumpf |
| bailer | Schöpffaß(Schiffahrt) |
| bailey | Vorburg; Zwinger |
| Bajuvaric | bajuwarisch |
| Bajuvarii | Bajuwaren |
| balance | Balkenwaage |
| balk | Balken, Steg |
| ballock dagger, ballock knife | Nierendolch |
| band-conveyor | Förderband |
| bangle | Armreif |
| bank | Damm, Deich |
| bar | Barren |
| barbican | Brückenhaus; Torturm |
| barbotine | Barbotine |
| bar iron | Eisenbarren |
| bark | Rinde |
| barley | Gerste |
| barn | Scheune |
| barrel | Faß |
| barrel vault | Tonnengewölbe |
| barrow | Grabhügel; Schubkarre |
| barrow cemetery | Grabhügelfeld |
| basal sherd | Bodenscherbe |
| base | Boden (von Gefäß) |
| base stone | Sockelstein |
| basilica | Basilika |
| bas-relief | Flachrelief |
| bast, inner bark | Rindenbast |
| battle-axe | Streitaxt |
| battlement | Zinnen |
| baulk | Balken, Steg |
| BC (before Christ) | v. Chr. (vor Christi Geburt) |
| BCE (Before Common Era) | vor unserer Zeitrechnung, vor der Zeitenwende |
| bead | Perle |
| beaded feet | Standlappen (von Gefäß) |
| beaker | Becher |
| beak flagon; beak-spouted jug | Schnabelkanne |
| beak-shaped spout | Ausguß, Schnabel (von Gefäß) |
| beam | Balken |
| beard axe | Bartaxt |
| beardman jug | Bartmannkrug |
| bell | Glocke, Schelle |
| bell beaker | Glockenbecher |
| bell casting pit | Glockengußgrube |
| belly | Bauch (von Gefäß) |
| belt-buckle | Gürtelschnalle |
| belt hook | Gürtelhaken |
| bench mark | (Höhen-)festpunkt |
| berlok pendant, pear-shaped pendant | Berlock |
| berm | Berme |
| biconical | doppelkonisch |
| biface | Zweiseiter, Faustkeil |
| bifacial | beidflächig, beidseitig, bifaziell |
| bill-hook | Hippe |
| binocular eyepiece | Binokular |
| bioturbation | Bioturbation |
| birch-bark | Birkenrinde |
| birch pitch, birch bark pitch, birch tar | Birkenpech |
| bird-shaped rattle | Vogelrassel |
| bird-shaped vessel | Vogelgefäß |
| bi-ritual | birituell |
| black carbon | black carbon (the English term is used) |
| black samian ware | Terra Nigra |
| black-slipped ware | Schwarzfirnisware |
| black soil | Schwarzerde |
| blade | Klinge |
| bladebone | Schulterblatt |
| block field | Blockflur |
| Block fields | Blockgewanne |
| blockhouse | Blockhaus |
| block excavation, block lifting | Blockbergung |
| bloomery furnace | Rennofen, Rennfeuerofen |
| board | Brett |
| boat grave | Bootsgrab |
| boat hook | Enterhaken |
| body | Körper (von Gefäß) |
| body sherd | Wandscherbe |
| body stain | Leichenschatten |
| bog | Moor |
| bog body, bog mummy | Moorleiche |
| bog iron ore | Raseneisenerz |
| bog sacrifice | Mooropfer |
| bone | Knochen |
| bone die | Würfelknochen |
| bone manufacturing | Knochenbearbeitung |
| bone point | Knochenspitze |
| bone skates | Schlittknochen |
| book clasp | Buchschließe |
| book fitting, book furniture | Buchbeschlag |
| borer | Bohrer |
| bottle | Flasche |
| bottom sherd | Bodenscherbe |
| boulder | Feldstein |
| boundary | Grenze |
| bow | Bogen |
| bower | Kemenate |
| bow fibula | Bügelfibel |
| bowl | Schale, Schüssel |
| box | Schachtel, Kasten |
| box brooch | Dosenfibel |
| box fitting | Kästchenbeschlag |
| bracelet | Armband |
| bracer | Armschutzplatte |
| brackish water | Brackwasser |
| bracteat, bracteate | Brakteat; Hohlpfennig |
| branch | Zweig |
| brass | Messing |
| break | Umbruch (von Gefäß) |
| brick | Backstein, Ziegel(stein) |
| brick bond | Mauerwerksverband |
| brick chippings | Ziegelbruch |
| brick stamp, brick mark | Ziegelstempel |
| brickwork | Mauerwerk |
| brick yard | Ziegelei |
| bridle | Zaumzeug |
| brine | Sole |
| briquetage | Briquetage |
| bristle | Borste |
| brittle | brüchig |
| broad axe | Breitaxt |
| broad strip fields | Breitstreifenflur |
| bronze | Bronze |
| Bronze Age | Bronzezeit |
| early Bronze Age | Frühbronzezeit |
| middle Bronze Age | mittlere Bronzezeit |
| late Bronze Age | Spätbronzezeit |
| bronze disease | Bronzekrankheit, Bronzepest |
| brooch | Fibel, Brosche |
| brush | Bürste; bürsten |
| bubble level | Libelle |
| bucket | Eimer, Kübel |
| bucket-handle | Eimerhenkel |
| buckle | Schnalle |
| builder's level | Baunivellier |
| building | Bauwerk |
| building contractor | Baufirma |
| building land | Bauland |
| building line | Bauflucht |
| building pit | Baugrube |
| building plot | Baugrundstück |
| building recording, building inspection | Bauaufnahme |
| building rubble | Bauschutt |
| building sacrifice | Bauopfer |
| building site | Baugelände, Baustelle |
| bulb of percussion | Bulbus (Flint) |
| bulb of percussion | Schlagbuckel (Flint) |
| bulbar scar | Schlagnarbe (Flint) |
| bulwark | Bollwerk |
| burial | Begräbnis, Bestattung |
| burial chamber | Grabkammer |
| burial customs, burial rituals | Bestattungssitten |
| burial ground | Friedhof, Gräberfeld |
| burial mound | Grabhügel |
| burial of body parts | Teilbestattung |
| burial pit | Grabgrube |
| burial site | Grabstätte |
| burin | Stichel |
| burnish | glätten, polieren |
| burnt clay | Brandlehm |
| burnt daub | Hüttenlehm |
| burnt layer | Brandschicht |
| burnt mound | (Kochhügel oder Sauna, bronzezeitl.) |
| bury | begraben |
| bust | Büste |
| bustum | Bustum |
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