archaeomusicology

noun

An interdisciplinary study field that combines musicology and archaeology.

Scrabble 30
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounarchaeomusicology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn interdisciplinary study field that combines musicology and archaeology.

    Support for an artificial break comes from archaeomusicology and comparative organology (the study of sound instruments).

    1990, Qedem, Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, page 143, column 1
    2 more examples

    Mr. [Fritz A.] Kuttner has written widely on the subjects of acoustics, archaeomusicology, Oriental music, and psychoacoustics.

    1963, HiFi/Stereo Review, page 33, column 2

    Archaeomusicology, a field that explores past music cultures through archaeological artifacts and texts, provides a unique perspective through which to research and comprehend previous societies and their musical lives.[…]Joachim Braun’s Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine provides an up-to-date study that brings a fresh wind to archaeomusicology, with broader questions and deeper theoretical exploration.[…]His study is of tremendous value for furthering the field of archaeomusicology and contributes not only facts, but new perspectives to the study of music in history and culture.

    2009, Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music, pages 124, 125, and 129

Origin

From archaeo- + musico- + -logy.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

archaeomusicology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaeomusicology

MLA

“archaeomusicology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaeomusicology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archaeomusicology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaeomusicology.

Source: archaeomusicology on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.