archaeology

[ UK /ˌɑːkiːˈɒləd‍ʒi/ ]
[ US /ˌɑɹkiˈɑɫədʒi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
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How To Use archaeology In A Sentence

  • Researchers from the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province in Zhengzhou found the flutes, crafted from the hollow ulnae (wing bones) of red-crowned crane, among fragments of 30 others at the Neolithic (ca. 8000-2000 B.C.) site of Jiahu in central Henan Province. Oldest Musical Instruments Still Play a Tune
  • This is the role of "rescue archaeology", not to protect or preserve. Remaking Planning: the politics of urban change in the Thatcher years
  • Currently the at-risk register covers a national view of archaeology, monuments, gardens, conservation areas, places of worship, wrecks and battlefields. Times, Sunday Times
  • Martin Jones has been at the forefront of bioarchaeology as the subject has matured in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Yet conservation of this heritage is a century behind terrestrial archaeology, and as public fascination with it increases, so do the threats.
  • A team from the Oxford Archaeological Unit was engaged to excavate and reveal the archaeology for a public audience.
  • Archaeology does not yield reliable information about paganism.
  • As a former archaeology person this tool is a useful and valuable tool in carrying out ethnohistorical research. Archive 2007-03-01
  • You secure a place at a prestigious university to study for an archaeology degree. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Breadalbane and Lake Ontario expeditions have opened a new era in underwater archaeology, Nelson says.
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