German: LesesteinEnglish translation: collected stones 
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Art/Literary - Archaeology / Archaeology | | German term or phrase: Lesestein | "Von dem ehemaligen Holzturm sind keine, von dem Steinturm lediglich geringe Reste als flache Erhöhungen, mit einzelnen Lesesteinen darin auszumachen."
"Das Kastell und das Lagerdorf liegen in Äckern und Wiesen. Lediglich ein kleiner Familienfriedhof befindet sich auf dem Kastellgelände selbst. Eine Linde, umgeben von einem großen Lesesteinhaufen, zwischen Porta praetoria und Principia bildet eine weithin sichtbare Landmarke."
It´s the Roman imperial border, the Upper German-Raetian limes. Anyone know what a Lesestein is, please? |
| | | composed of individual gathered stones | Explanation:
"Von dem ehemaligen Holzturm sind keine, von dem Steinturm lediglich geringe Reste als flache Erhöhungen, mit einzelnen Lesesteinen darin auszumachen." |
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HansBecker
United States
| Note from asker to answererThanks everyone. I was never really sure about this one. We established that "Lesefunde" is the matching technical term for "stray finds", which are roughly finds which are not archaeologically recorded but just picked up. That didn´t solve this one, though.
Kim´s Lesesteinmauer was interesting, suggesting to me it might mean stones collectd for their suitability for building into a wall, i.e. selected by the Romans, but I actually used "collected stones", thinking that, analagous to the stray finds, they are stones collected by later generations without archaeological control.
It can´t be too bad, the archaeologist sent a message saying he was very happy with the translation :-)))))
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Explanation:
No dictionary to hand at the moment - I'm on holiday! - but isn't this stones that have been "aufgelesen" - picked up and put in a heap in order to clear the ground for other things?
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