archaeology

«archaeology» in Mova's school dictionary: The study of the human past by digging up and examining… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (archaeology — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

The study of the human past by digging up and examining old things people left behind, such as tools, bones, pots, coins and buildings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons archaeology is how we know about times before writing: the Stone Age, Romans, Vikings, ancient Egypt. Archaeologists dig carefully in layers (deeper is usually older) and record everything. In stories archaeology means adventure and mystery. Phrases: study archaeology, an archaeological dig, an archaeologist.

examples

• Archaeology tells us how Vikings lived. tree →
• Archaeologists found Roman coins under the car park. tree →
• We did an archaeology dig in the school sandpit. tree →
• Archaeology helps us learn about people who never wrote anything down. tree →
• The deeper layers in an archaeology dig are usually older. tree →
• Dinosaur bones are studied by palaeontologists, not by archaeology. tree →
• He has endeavoured in his illustrations to retain as much as possible of Celtic ornamentation; for all details of Celtic archaeology he has authority. tree →

note

Uncountable. UK spelling: archaeology; US often: archeology. Pronounced ar-kee-OL-o-jee. Person: archaeologist; adjective: archaeological. Myth: archaeologists do not dig up dinosaurs — that is palaeontology. Archaeology studies humans.

In the corpora

• Archaeology tells a plainer story: villages on seven hills by the river Tiber grew together into a town.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «archaeology» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.