archaeology
(also
archeology
)
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PHOTOGRAPH BY ARNE HODALIČ AND KATJA BIDOVEC
]
noun
the
study
of
human
history
and
prehistory
through the
excavation
of
site
s and the
analysis
of
artifact
s and other
physical
remain
s.
考古学
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
.
