ethnoarchaeology

American  

[eth-noh-ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌɛθ noʊˌɑr kiˈɒl ə dʒi /

Or ethnoarcheology

noun

1. the branch of archaeology that studies contemporary primitive cultures and technologies as a way of providing analogies and thereby patterns for prehistoric cultures.

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Other Word Forms

• ethnoarchaeologist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of ethnoarchaeology

First recorded in 1970–75; ethno- + archaeology