adj
(archaeology, of a culture, period, or site) Having no pottery or other ceramicware items.
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic [(archaeology, paleontology) Describing the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.]
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(historical) A land surveyor in Ancient Rome.
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someone who studies aliens
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(paleontology, dated) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
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(astronomy) An astronomer whose speciality is archaeoastronomy.
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Someone who studies archaeobiology.
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The study of archaeology as it relates to video games and their history.
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(archaeology, genetics) A geneticist whose speciality is archaeogenetics
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Synonym of archaeographist
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(linguistics) A person who specializes in archaeography, the study of antique writings
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Discipline for publishing treatises of any antiquity or antiquities.
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(archaeology, computer science) The application of informatics to archaeology
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The study of the distant human past using archaeological and linguistic evidence together to reconstruct aspects of past cultures.
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(archaeology) Of or relating to the earliest Stone Age; applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic.
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(archaic) An archaeologist.
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(archaic) An archaeologist.
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Someone who studies or practises archaeology.
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(now chiefly historical or in French-speaking contexts) An antiquarian; an archaeologist.
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A scientist whose speciality in archaeometry
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One who studies archaeomusicology.
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An interdisciplinary study field that combines musicology and archaeology.
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(geology) A prehistoric surface
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Alternative form of archeus [(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.]
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(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
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A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
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Of or pertaining to organisms of the kingdom Archaea.
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(American spelling) Nonstandard spelling of archaeological. [Relating to the science or research of archaeology.]
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Alternative form of archæolatry
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(American spelling) Alternative spelling of archaeologic [Pertaining to archaeology.]
adj
(Canada, US) Alternative spelling of archaeological [Relating to the science or research of archaeology.]
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(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of archaeologist [Someone who studies or practises archaeology.]
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Alternative spelling of archaeologue [(now chiefly historical or in French-speaking contexts) An antiquarian; an archaeologist.]
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(American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology [the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.]
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(archaeology) Any material from an earlier civilization, found during archeological studies.
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A person who studies archontology
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Alternative spelling of archaeologically [In an archaeological manner.]
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Obsolete spelling of archaeologue [(now chiefly historical or in French-speaking contexts) An antiquarian; an archaeologist.]
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Archaic spelling of archaeology. [the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.]
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a person who studies aristology
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Someone who studies the story of Noah's ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
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(archaeology) Of or pertaining to artefacts
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Alternative letter-case form of australopithecine [(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.]
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(archaeology) Of or relating to a variation of the Hoabinhian industry, based around Bắc Sơn and characterized by a higher frequency of edge-ground cobble artifacts.
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(rare) A person who looks for evidence of the existence of Bigfoot.
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Alternative form of bioarcheologist [One who studies bioarchaeology.]
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One who studies bioarchaeology.
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One who studies Celtology.
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(archaeology) Relating to the chronology of ancient cultures
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A person skilled in chronology.
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An expert in cliometrics.
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(archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
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Synonym of pseudoarchaeology
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The branch of archaeology dealing with finger rings.
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Relating to Egyptology.
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A person; one who is skilled in or professes or practices Egyptology.
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic [(archaeology, paleontology) Describing the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.]
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(archaeology) of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.
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(rare) Alternative spelling of Eskimologist [(rare) One who studies the Eskimo people; one who studies Eskimology.]
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Someone interested in ethnoarchaeology.
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Alternative form of ethnoarchaeological [Of or relating to ethnoarchaeology.]
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A historian or archaeologist who specializes in the Etruscans.
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The study of the Etruscans.
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One who carries out excavations, especially in archaeology.
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(archaeology) A type of archaeological analysis. Finds are plotted on a map and contoured in relation to the number of finds.
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One who examines refuse using archaeological techniques.
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An archaeologist whose speciality is geoarchaeology
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Rare spelling of geoarchaeology. [(archaeology) Usage of geological techniques in archaeology.]
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Someone engaged in geoengineering (manipulation of Earth's habitats, especially to counter global warming).
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(obsolete, geology) geologist
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(obsolete, geology) geologist
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One who studies geomagnetism.
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One who studies glaciers.
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One who studies glottochronology.
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(anthropology, linguistics) an archaeologist, historian, linguist, or art historian who specializes in the study of the Ancient Hittites and their Near Eastern Empire which was based in Hattusa in modern day Anatolia.
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One who studies the ancient poet Homer.
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(archaeology) Relating to pottery characteristic of this culture
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Alternative form of Leptolithic [Upper Paleolithic.]
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(archaeology) A group of hunter-gatherers from several families
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A branch of archaeology that specializes in seas, lakes, and rivers.
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(US) Alternative spelling of maritime archaeology [A branch of archaeology that specializes in seas, lakes, and rivers.]
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Someone who studies or practises media archaeology.
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(archaic) Alternative form of medievalist [one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages]
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A scientist whose speciality is metascience
adj
Alternative spelling of Neanderthal [Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.]
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Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal [A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.]
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Of, relating to, or showing the characteristics of Neanderthals.
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One who studies osteoarchaeology.
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Alternative form of osteoarchaeological [Relating to osteoarchaeology.]
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Alternative form of osteoarchaeologist [One who studies osteoarchaeology.]
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(biology, geography) Occurring in tropical Africa and Asia, i.e. the tropics of the Old World.
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The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.
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Alternative form of palestric [Of or relating to the palestra, or to wrestling.]
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(archaeology) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE
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of or pertaining to early forms of fossil humans, as Neanderthal
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A scientist who specializes in paleoanthropology.
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(US) primitive art of Paleolithic peoples
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(informal) A paleoconservative.
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The theory that intelligent extraterrestrial beings (sometimes called ancient astronauts) visited Earth in the distant past, influencing human culture, technology, or religion.
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A demographer whose speciality is paleodemography
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A paleolithic diet; a nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.
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a person skilled in paleography
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ancient (prehistoric) human
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Alternative spelling of palaeoichthyologist [A scientist who studies prehistoric fish.]
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Alternative form of Paleo-Indian [Any person belonging to the first indigenous peoples who settled in the Americas or lived there before circa 8,500 BCE.]
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land that was an island in prehistoric times
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One who studies paleoradiology.
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A paleontologist who studies fossil birds.
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The slope of a region in prehistoric times
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(slang, derogatory) A paleoconservative.
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Alternative form of palaeotropical [(biology, geography) Occurring in tropical Africa and Asia, i.e. the tropics of the Old World.]
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Relating to palimpsests.
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(hypercorrect) Nonstandard spelling of palæanthropologist.
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Obsolete form of paleographist.
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Alternative form of periarcheopyle
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Alternative form of Perioecian [A perioecus.]
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One who studies plutology, the science of wealth.
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One who supports the geological theory of plutonism.
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(geology) A proponent of polyglacialism
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Careless, profiteering archeology.
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(archaeology) Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
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A student of, or expert in prehistory.
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The scientific study of prehistory.
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existing or occurring before the existence of anthropoid apes
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Of or relating to the methodological study of cultural change and variability in archaeology
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The application of processual methods in archaeology and anthropology
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One who studies protohistory.
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Relating to pseudoarchaeology.
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Someone who practices pseudoarchaeology.
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Pseudoscientific archaeology.
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Alternative form of pseudoarchaeology [Pseudoscientific archaeology.]
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A scientist who studies radiolarians.
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(computing) The study of poorly documented or undocumented legacy software implementations, as part of maintaining those systems.
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Alternative form of speleologist [A person who studies or explores caves or studies the science of speleology.]
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An expert in stratigraphy.
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Relating to a superfamily of ancient hominids
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A person occupied with surveying -- the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.
adj
Alternative spelling of talayotic [(archaeology) Of or relating to talayots or the culture that built them.]
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(rare) One who studies graves and burial.
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One who studies tephrochronology.
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(biology) The practice of being terrestrial, typically of amphibians in a dry climate
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The study of Ancient Thrace and its culture and antiquities.
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(archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
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(rare) Alternative spelling of zooarchaeologist [A scholar of zooarchaeology.]
adj
Alternative spelling of zooarchaeological [of or pertaining to zooarchaeology]
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Alternative spelling of zooarchaeology [The study of animal remains at archaeological sites.]
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic [(archaeology, paleontology) Describing the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.]
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Obsolete form of ecologist. [A scholar of ecology.]
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