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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Archaeology \Ar`ch[ae]*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; 'archai^os ancient
(fr. 'archh` beginning) + ? discourse, ? to speak.]
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric
antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of
an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics,
written manuscripts, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
archaeology
n : the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
and their cultures [syn: {archeology}]
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