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noun
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
The actual excavation, examination, analysis, and interpretation.
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noun
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
The actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
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noun
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
The academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
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noun
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: archeology
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Broader terms: anthropology
Narrower terms: Assyriology, Egyptology, Sumerology, marine archeology, marine archaeology, underwater archeology, underwater archaeology, paleoclimatology, palaeoclimatology, paleogeography, palaeogeography, paleography, paleopathology, palaeopathology, paletiology, palaetiology, paleology, palaeology, protohistory, protoanthropology, paleoethnography, palaeoethnography
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”). By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logy.
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