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archæology|ɑːkiːˈɒlədʒɪ|
Also 6–9 archai-.
[ad. Gr. ἀρχαιολογία, f. ἀρχαῖο-ς (see archæo-) + -λογία discourse: see -logy.]
1. Ancient history generally; systematic description or study of antiquities.
1607Bp. Hall Holy Observ. (1879) 196 Sozomen..[wrote] all the archaiology of the Jewes till Sauls gouernment. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. vi. 69 The Grecians were ignorant of the account of true Archeologie or Antiquitie. 1731Bailey, Archialogy. 1803Archæologia XIV. 211 The contents of the Archaiology of Wales are derived from..old manuscripts. 1869Lecky Europ. Morals I. iii. 481 The Decian persecution is remarkable in Christian archæology.
2. spec. The scientific study of the remains and monuments of the prehistoric period.
1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. xviii. v. §1 Theoretical geology..has a strong resemblance..to philosophical archæology. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. i. 27 The closing epoch of geology is that in which archæology has its beginning. 1871Tylor Prim. Culture I. 38 Archæology displays old structures and buried relics of the remote past. |