archeology
pronunciation
How to pronounce archeology in British English:
UK [ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce archeology in American English:
US [ˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Word Origin
- archeology (n.)
- alternative spelling of archaeology. Also see ae.
Example
- 1. To resolve this paradox , we must now turn to archeology .
- 2. I applied to penn . I got into the anthropology department , but I specifically wanted archeology .
- 3. The early results suggest that the job can be completed in ten weeks by either forty-four archeology students or twenty-two neolithic people .
- 4. So I went , and what I discovered was that what I had imagined archeology to be bore little resemblance to the actual experience .
- 5. We 're not experts in archeology , but when it comes to digging up bones , apparently caves are where it 's at .