archaeology
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
archaeology /ɑːkiˈɒləʤi/ (US also archeology)
▶noun the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of physical remains.
– derivatives
archaeologic adjective,
archaeological adjective,
archaeologically adverb,
archaeologist noun,
archaeologize (or archaeologise) verb.
archaeologic adjective,
archaeological adjective,
archaeologically adverb,
archaeologist noun,
archaeologize (or archaeologise) verb.
'archaeology' also found in these Oxford entries:
Acheulian
- archaeo-
- archeology
- Aurignacian
- Azilian
- barrow
- bracteate
- burial
- burin
- camp
- Capsian
- cartouche
- celt
- Chalcolithic
- cist
- Clovis
- core
- cross-dating
- Cycladic
- cylinder seal
- Dark Ages
- dun
- eolith
- fibula
- flake
- flex
- fogou
- Folsom
- fosse
- geometric
- graffiti
- Gravettian
- Hallstatt
- Helladic
- Hellenic
- horizon
- hydria
- industrial archaeology
- inhumation
- knap
- kurgan
- lithic
- lower
- lunate
- Magdalenian
- Maglemosian
- mastaba
- megalith
- megalithic
