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Definition of Archeology
1. Noun. The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures.
Examples of category: Anastylosis, Armilla, Barrow, Burial Mound, Grave Mound, Tumulus, Civilisation, Civilization, Culture, Clovis Culture, Folsom Culture, Archeological Site, Dig, Excavation, Eitchen Midden, Kitchen Midden, Midden, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Stone Age
Generic synonyms: Anthropology
Specialized synonyms: Assyriology, Egyptology, Sumerology, Marine Archaeology, Marine Archeology, Underwater Archaeology, Underwater Archeology, Palaeoclimatology, Paleoclimatology, Palaeogeography, Paleogeography, Paleography, Palaeopathology, Paleopathology, Palaetiology, Paletiology, Palaeology, Paleology, Protoanthropology, Protohistory, Palaeoethnography, Paleoethnography
Derivative terms: Archaeologic, Archaeological, Archaeologist, Archeologic, Archeological, Archeologist
Definition of Archeology
1. n. Same as Archæology, etc.
Definition of Archeology
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) (alternative spelling of archaeology) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Archeology
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Medical Definition of Archeology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Archeology
Literary usage of Archeology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"... ANTHROPOLOGY AND archeology THE fourteenth International Congress of Prehistoric
Anthropology and archeology was held in the aula of the university, ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Biblical archeology in this sense should treat Biblical history in all its relations.
The term is now restricted, however, to a certain section of Biblical ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1908)
"archeology. American School of Classical Studies at Athens,. James R. Wheeler,
Chairman of Managing Committee, Columbia University ..."
4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"Associate in American archeology. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos.
13-17.) During the month of March 1919, Mr. Morley visited Costa Rica and ..."
5. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1895)
"SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF OLD TESTAMENT archeology. archeology is a term very
variously understood. Of Dr. Murray's two definitions, " Ancient history ..."
6. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1898)
"It is to be hoped that this Introduction to North American archeology will open
the way to others to enter the field and to solve the problems which are ..."
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