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词汇 archaeology
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Definition of archaeology in English:

archaeology

(US archeology)
noun ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒiˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒi
mass noun
  • The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.

    考古学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The company currently is commissioning what it calls the world's first custom-designed ocean excavator for marine archeology to begin work both at the Guanahacabibes site and at ship wrecks.
    • I am not a professional archaeologist, but a member of the public with an interest in archaeology and history.
    • The existing archeology of the site has been carefully preserved or moved.
    • Winbush wants to attend college to study archeology or forensic science.
    • Nowadays, scarcely a week goes by without archaeology on television and in the major newspapers.
    • Early in her career, she introduced themes from the history and archeology of Bulgaria to her work.
    • A combination of displays related to paleontology, archeology, geology and history seems to hold some promise as a theme for the weekend.
    • The right students will be able to proceed to a research degree in archaeology or landscape studies.
    • A spokesman said there would be a programme of public archaeology on a site rich in historic remains.
    • He supported his genetic arguments with inferences from anthropology, archeology, geography, and linguistics.
    • The awkward relationship between archaeology and history is an old problem.
    • With no proper time or resources for archaeology, the results were poor and largely unpublished.
    • Uncertainties in history, archeology, biogeography, anthropology and biosystematics obscure the dates and places of the first domestication of cultivated crops.
    • Stephan DeStaebler created ‘Torso With Arms Raised II’ to reflect his interest in archeology, geology and history.
    • Jaromir Malek studied Egyptology and archaeology at Charles University, Prague.
    • We can now study man's pre-history through the field of archeology.
    • Second, the history of these islands is illuminated by archaeology to a quite extraordinary extent.
    • Her interest in the highly specialized field sprang from an early love of history and archeology.
    • The discovery of the Vasa warship, in Sweden, is a landmark in the history of marine archeology.
    • The purpose of archaeology is to understand the past by studying its material culture.

Derivatives

  • archaeologize

  • verb ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒʌɪzˌɑrkiˈɑləˌdʒaɪz
    rare
    • 1no object Practise or study archaeology.

      after Egypt he proposed to archaeologize in Greece
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Though impressive in scale, the architecture is not specific enough to invite fussy archeologizing.
      • It is in this currently very momentous site of literary and cultural research that I am comparatively archeologizing.
      • Having exhausted sites of the remote past, Berlin is now archeologizing itself.
      • this tendency to archaeologize Mexico, to see and portray the landscape and people in terms of their relationship to the Aztec period
    • 2with object Treat or present (something) in terms of its historical or archaeological significance.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'ancient history'): from modern Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologia 'ancient history', from arkhaios 'ancient'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

Definition of archaeology in US English:

archaeology

(also archeology)
nounˌärkēˈäləjēˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒi
  • The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

    考古学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He supported his genetic arguments with inferences from anthropology, archeology, geography, and linguistics.
    • The company currently is commissioning what it calls the world's first custom-designed ocean excavator for marine archeology to begin work both at the Guanahacabibes site and at ship wrecks.
    • Early in her career, she introduced themes from the history and archeology of Bulgaria to her work.
    • The existing archeology of the site has been carefully preserved or moved.
    • Nowadays, scarcely a week goes by without archaeology on television and in the major newspapers.
    • With no proper time or resources for archaeology, the results were poor and largely unpublished.
    • Her interest in the highly specialized field sprang from an early love of history and archeology.
    • The awkward relationship between archaeology and history is an old problem.
    • The right students will be able to proceed to a research degree in archaeology or landscape studies.
    • A combination of displays related to paleontology, archeology, geology and history seems to hold some promise as a theme for the weekend.
    • Uncertainties in history, archeology, biogeography, anthropology and biosystematics obscure the dates and places of the first domestication of cultivated crops.
    • We can now study man's pre-history through the field of archeology.
    • The purpose of archaeology is to understand the past by studying its material culture.
    • The discovery of the Vasa warship, in Sweden, is a landmark in the history of marine archeology.
    • I am not a professional archaeologist, but a member of the public with an interest in archaeology and history.
    • A spokesman said there would be a programme of public archaeology on a site rich in historic remains.
    • Stephan DeStaebler created ‘Torso With Arms Raised II’ to reflect his interest in archeology, geology and history.
    • Jaromir Malek studied Egyptology and archaeology at Charles University, Prague.
    • Second, the history of these islands is illuminated by archaeology to a quite extraordinary extent.
    • Winbush wants to attend college to study archeology or forensic science.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘ancient history’): from modern Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologia ‘ancient history’, from arkhaios ‘ancient’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

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