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Definition of Archeologist
1. Noun. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist
Specialized synonyms: Egyptologist, Paleographer, Paleographist, Pothunter
Specialized synonyms: Arthur Evans, Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans, Heinrich Schliemann, Schliemann, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Homer Thompson, Thompson, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, Wheeler, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann, Winckelmann, Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Sir Leonard Woolley, Woolley
Derivative terms: Archaeology, Archeology
Definition of Archeologist
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) (alternative spelling of archaeologist) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archeologist
Literary usage of Archeologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Report of the Committee on Civil Service of the Senate of the State of by Clinton T. Horton (1916)
"... Group The term archeologist Group is used to identify those authorized
employments of the Professional and Scientific Service, the incumbents of which ..."
2. Albert by Daniel Oldis (1986)
"“It is true that I am an archeologist.” “Then would you say that it is not true
... “Can you prove that it is not true that you are not an archeologist? ..."
3. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities by William Henry Holmes (1919)
"In fact, the unwritten, the true prehistoric, never ends, and the task of the
archeologist has an unlimited future as it has an inexhaustible past. ..."
4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1904)
"Wood conducted excavations at Eph- esus for more than ten years, but not as an
archeologist. His aim was to find the great Temple of Artemis, ..."
5. Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society by Nebraska State Historical Society (1907)
"A salary of $800 per year was granted the archeologist, and the museum was ...
Fifty dollars a year was added to the salary of the archeologist in 1905. ..."
6. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, 1999 edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... summary of their Native American collections to culturally affiliated Indian
tribes and the Departmental Consulting archeologist, National Park Service; ..."
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