English > archaeology: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. |
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| Synonym | archeology |
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| Category of | Bronze Age | (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons |
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| Clovis culture | The Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America |
| Folsom culture | The Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America |
| Iron Age | (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age |
| Stone Age | (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements |
| anastylosis | The archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary) |
| armilla | (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm |
| burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus | (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs |
| culture, civilization, civilisation | A particular society at a particular time and place |
| dig, excavation, archeological site | The site of an archeological exploration |
| eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden | (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement |
| Narrower | Assyriology | archeology of the ancient Assyrians |
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| Egyptology | archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts |
| Sumerology | The archeology of ancient Sumerians |
| marine archeology, marine archaeology, underwater archeology, underwater archaeology | The archeology of underwater sites |
| paleoclimatology, palaeoclimatology | The study of the climate of past ages |
| paleoethnography, palaeoethnography | The ethnography of paleolithic humans |
| paleogeography, palaeogeography | The study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs |
| paleography | The study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them) |
| paleology, palaeology | The study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities |
| paleopathology, palaeopathology | The study of disease of former times (as inferred / inferred / inferred from fossil evidence) |
| paletiology, palaetiology | The explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) |
| protohistory, protoanthropology | The study humans prior to the invention of writing |
| Broader | anthropology | The social science that studies the origins / origins and social relationships of human beings |
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| Spanish | arqueología |
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| Catalan | arqueologia |
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| Adjectives | archaeological, archaeologic | related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology |
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| Nouns | archaeologist | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture |
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