Meanings
plural archeologies · alternative archaeology · alternative archaic archæology
- USuncommonuncountableusuallyUncommon spelling of archaeology.
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By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.
1997, Jacob W. Gruber, “American Philosophical Society”, in History of Physical Anthropology, page 64
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογία“antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”
- Middle Frencharchéologie
- Englisharcheology
From Middle French archéologie, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”). By surface analysis, archeo- + -logy, but not coined in that way.
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archeology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archeology
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