Archaeology

Definitions

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
3. The actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
   countable, uncountable
4. The academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“^({1}) He first presented a complementary thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in which he used the term “archaeology” for the first time, and which indicated the period of history to which he was constantly to return⟳. ^({2}) The latent grid of knowledge which organizes every scientific discourse and defines what can or cannot be thought scientifically — the process⟳ of uncovering these levels Foucault calls 'archaeology'. ^({3}) “Archaeology”, as the investigation of that which renders necessary a certain form⟳ of thought, implies an excavation of unconsciously organized sediments of thought. Unlike a history of ideas, it doesn’t assume⟳ that knowledge accumulates towards any historical conclusion. Archaeology ignores individuals and their histories. It prefers to excavate impersonal structures of knowledge. Archaeology is a task that doesn’t consist⟳ of treating discourse as signs referring to a real content like⟳ madness. It treats discourses, such as medicine, as practices that form⟳ the objects of which they speak⟳.”

“The building's developers have⟳ asked for some archaeology to be undertaken.”

“The archaeology will tell⟳ us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.”

“She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University.”

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