archaeology | |
1. n. The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains: | |
the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation. | |
The building's developers have asked for some archaeology to be undertakem. | |
the actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy. | |
The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks. | |
the academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology. | |
She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University. | |