Meanings
plural zoarchaeologists
- alternativerareAlternative spelling of zooarchaeologist.
Full membership finally grew to include Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., Thomas R. Hester, Marvin Rowe (professor of chemistry, Texas A&M University), Harry J. Shafer, D. Gentry Steele (professor of anthropology, physical anthropologist, and zoarchaeologist Texas A&M University), and Peter W. Van Arsdale.
1999, O. W. Hampton, Culture of Stone: Sacred and Profane Uses of Stone Among the Dani, page xxiv
Origin
- Englishzo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
- Englisharchaeolog(y)
- Englisharchaeologist
- Englishzoarchaeologist
From zo- + archaeologist, omitting the superfluous -o- (unnecessary because archaeologist begins with a vowel).
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zoarchaeologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoarchaeologist
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