archeology
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kiˈɒl noun
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archaeology or archeology (ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| prehistory See also protohistory the study of man's past by scientific analysis of the material remains of his cultures | |
| [C17: from Late Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologia study of what is ancient, from arkhaios ancient (from arkhē beginning)] | |
| archeology or archeology | |
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| [C17: from Late Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologia study of what is ancient, from arkhaios ancient (from arkhē beginning)] | |
| archaeological or archeology | |
| —adj | |
| archeological or archeology | |
| —adj | |
| archaeo'logically or archeology | |
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| archeo'logically or archeology | |
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| archae'ologist or archeology | |
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| arche'ologist or archeology | |
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| archeology (ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of archaeology | |
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| archaeology or archeology (är'kē-ŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
The scientific study of past human life and culture by the examination of physical remains, such as graves, tools, and pottery. |
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Example sentences
Archeology is the study of the human past--namely of artifacts and the people who used them.
Here are not one, but two, board games about archeology.
Critters, bugs, and fungi-- these are the enemies of archeology conservators.
But his unique archeology of the type gives him a singular license to define it.
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