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archaeometry

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ar⋅chae⋅om⋅e⋅try

[ahr-kee-om-i-tree]
–noun
the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.


Origin:
1960–65; archaeo- + -metry


ar⋅chae⋅om⋅e⋅trist, noun
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