Archaeology is the study of ancient life by digging up what it left behind. Study archaeology, a dig in archaeology, marine archaeology.
It works from rubbish as much as from treasure, because a midden tells you what people ate every day and a gold hoard tells you about one rich person. Modern archaeology uses radiocarbon dating and now DNA, and destroys the site as it reads it.
1nounarchaeologyThe study of ancient life through what it left behind.
“She studied archaeology at university and spent her summers digging in Greece.”
archaeology is a field of study.
Also accepted in games: archeology
Greek archaiologia means the study of old things — archaios, ancient, plus logos, study.
Ancient Greek
ἀρχαιολογίᾱ
English, today
archaeology
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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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