Other forms: archaeologists
An archaeologist is a person who studies the past by digging it up. A field archaeologist, the archaeologist's report, work as an archaeologist.
Most of the job is recording rather than finding, because digging destroys the site as it goes and the record is all that survives. Much of the work is done ahead of building projects, and developers in Britain pay for it by law.
1nounarchaeologistA person who studies the past by digging it up.
“The archaeologists carefully brushed the soil away from the Roman coins.”
archaeologist is a scientist.
Ancient Greek
ἀρχαιολογίᾱ
English
archaeology
English, today
archaeologist
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From archaeology + -ist. 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.
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