| Term | Definition / Meaning / Stand for |
| AA |
American Antiquarian |
| AAC |
Archaeology Advisory Committee |
| ABM |
Archaeological Boundary Mapping |
| AD |
Archaeological Data |
| AE |
Ancient Egypt |
| AG |
Archaeological Grid |
| AIM |
Archaeological Investigation Method |
| AMH |
Ancient Modern History |
| ANE |
Ancient Near East |
| AOS |
American Oriental Society |
| AP |
Archaeological Prospecting |
| APD |
Archaeological Process Design |
| ART |
Artifact Retrieval Team |
| ASM |
Archaeological Survey Method |
| ATC |
Archaeological Training Course |
| ATP |
Ancient Texts and Practices |
| ATR |
Archaeological Time Range |
| BA |
Bachelor of Arts (Archaeology) |
| BCA |
British Columbia Archaeology |
| BCE |
Before Common Era |
| BCW |
Battle of Cannae Writings |
| BCW |
Byzantine Cultural Writings |
| BD |
Bronze Dagger |
| BDA |
Bronze Drilled Artifact |
| BGA |
Bronze Age Grave Artifacts |
| BLD |
Bronze Lamp Design |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BLP |
Archaeological Burial Location Pattern |
| BM |
British Museum |
| BPI |
Bronze Pottery Innovation |
| BPT |
Bronze Age Posthole Tradition |
| BVA |
Bronze Vessel Artifact |
| C14 |
Carbon-14 Dating |
| CA |
Chronological Analysis |
| CAA |
Computer Applications in Archaeology |
| CAEA |
Classical Archaeological Excavation Activity |
| CAS |
Center for Archaeological Studies |
| CBA |
Council for British Archaeology |
| CDE |
Carbon Dating Evidence |
| CE |
Common Era |
| CI |
Ceramic Inventory |
| CM |
Ceramic Material |
| COL |
Colonial Archaeological Layers |
| CP |
Ceramic Pottery |
| CPD |
Ceramic Production Data |
| CPS |
Cultural Preservation Studies |
| CRM |
Cultural Resource Management |
| CSE |
Classical Studies and Excavation |
| CT |
Computed Tomography (in Archaeology) |
| CTH |
Cultural Transition History |
| CUNY |
City University of New York (Archaeology Program) |
| DA |
Digital Archaeology |
| DAD |
Domestic Artifact Distribution |
| DBC |
Digital Bronze Collection |
| DCA |
Discovery and Classification Assessment |
| DDA |
Document Discovery Analysis |
| DDC |
Deep Data Collection |
| DFT |
Digital Field Techniques |
| DM |
Digital Mapping |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Genetic Archaeology) |
| DNN |
Digital Narrative Network |
| DP |
Data Processing |
| DPA |
Digital Preservation Archaeology |
| DPX |
Digital Preservation Exchange |
| DRP |
Digital Repatriation Process |
| DSA |
Diagnostic Stone Artifact |
| DTC |
Dating Techniques Catalog |
| DTE |
Dating Textual Evidence |
| DW |
Drywall |
| EA |
Egyptology Archaeology |