new archaeology

new archaeology

noun
a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.

Origin:
1970–75

new archaeologist, noun
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New archaeology is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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