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Archeology
//ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi// noun
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Noun
- 1 Uncommon spelling of archaeology. US, alt-of, uncommon, uncountable, usually
"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."
- 2 the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures wordnet
Etymology
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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