archaeological

or ar·che·o·log·i·cal

[ ahr-kee-uh-loj-i-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1775–85; < Greek archaiologik ( ós ) ( archaeology, -ic ) + -al ¹

The Leakeys—Richard, his parents, Louis and Mary, and his wife Maeve and daughter Louise, are an archaeological dynasty.

But even in the New World, there are still archaeological riches to be plundered.

No such clues have yet been announced by the archaeological team at Amphipolis, a group led by Katerina Persisteri.

Four decades of turmoil have devastated archaeological sites, but the chaos has also resurfaced previously buried treasures.

His cousin died in 2009 when an illegally excavated archaeological site collapsed on top of him.

Aside from its world-famous minster, York teems with objects and places of curious and archaeological interest.

Mr. Hall explains the fact by "the conscious and consistent" archaeological precision of the Asiatic poets of the ninth century.

By an accident of archaeological discovery, we find that there were such caps set with boars' tusks as he introduces.

He was also interested in the amalgamation of the German historical and archaeological societies.

The small number of priests in the Archaeological Society is a striking reproach.

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