archaeological

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Archaeological means to do with the study of remains from the past. An archaeological dig.

An archaeological survey is now required before most large building work in Britain. The American spelling drops the first a, and both forms of archaeological are correct.

Definitions of archaeological

1adjectivearchaeologicalTo do with the study of remains from the past.B2+
“The archaeological survey delayed the whole road by a year.”

archaeological is a quality.

Where it comes from

Ancient Greek
ἀρχαιολογίᾱ
English
archaeology
English, today
archaeological

Built from

ἀρχαῖος · Ancient Greek — primal, old, ancient
λόγος · Ancient Greek — speech, oration, study

From archaeology + -ical. archaeology comes from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ. From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (“antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (“primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (“speech, oration, study”). by surface analysis, archaeo- + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

archaeological in the wild

The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.
Troy
In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing, and recording of archaeological remains.
Archaeological excavation
The village services the adjacent archaeological site to the southeast.
Olympia, Greece
The site was first noted in a 1963 archaeological survey.
Göbekli Tepe
The concept of the archaeological culture is fundamental to culture-historical archaeology.
Archaeological culture

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