Archaeology

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or archeology noun

Etymology: French archéologie, from Late Latin archaeologia antiquarian lore, from Greek archaiologia, from archaio- + -logia -logy
Date: 1837
1. the scientific study of material remains (as fossil relics, artifacts, and monuments) of past human life and activities
2. remains of the culture of a people ; antiquities
• archaeological adjective
• archaeologically adverb
• archaeologist noun