bioarchaeologyn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊɑːkɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒi/ The scientific study of biological materials (esp. bones) in archaeological remains in order to provide information about human life or the environment in the past.
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prehistoric archaeology1865
ethnoarchaeology1879
archaeozoology1884
pot-hunting1893
rescue archaeology1946
archaeobotany1954
archaeomagnetism1958
archaeometry1958
astro-archaeology1965
salvage archaeology1967
zooarchaeology1967
archaeoastronomy1968
bioarchaeology1972
salvage excavation1972
1972 J. G. D. Clark Star Carr 15/1 Bioarcheology is not, in the final analysis, biological; it is archaeological because it is concerned with communities whose behavioral patterns were conditioned and mediated by and through culture.
1989 Current Anthropol. 30 385/2 One goal of bioarchaeology is the reconstruction of past lifeways, including the daily or usual physical activities of prehistoric peoples.
2000 Daily Express (Nexis) 11 Dec. I'd intended to do bioarchaeology, analysing skeletal remains of the very ancient..but back then you were the expert the police would turn to if they found human remains.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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