archaeology
pronunciation
How to pronounce archaeology in British English:
UK [ˌɑːkiˈɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce archaeology in American English:
US [ˌɑːrkiˈɑːlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Word Origin
- archaeology (n.)
- c. 1600, "ancient history," from French archéologie (16c.) or directly from Greek arkhaiologia "the study of ancient things;" see archaeo- + -ology. Meaning "scientific study of ancient peoples" recorded by 1825. Related: Archaeological; archaeologically.
Example
- 1. He won 't be able to see jake 's story on archaeology .
- 2. Online archaeology can yield surprising results .
- 3. In six years taposiris magna has become one of egypt 's most active archaeology sites .
- 4. The economic indicators for fifth-century britain are scanty , and derive exclusively from archaeology , but they are consistent and extremely bleak .
- 5. These ranged from the current united nations food and agricultureorganisation 's database to information hundreds of years old , gleanedfrom kitchen records and archaeology .