archeology

1. The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains. (countable, uncountable)
2. The actual excavation, examination, analysis, and interpretation. (countable, uncountable) · The building's developers have asked for some archaeology to be undertaken.
3. The actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy. (countable, uncountable) · The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.
4. The academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology. (countable, uncountable) · She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University.

Plural archeologies