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# archaeological

«archaeological» in Mova's school dictionary: **About archaeology: the study of the past by digging up…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (archaeological) — US also «archeological»

### meaning for a pupil

About archaeology: the study of the past by digging up and studying old objects, buildings and bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons: archaeological digs, sites, finds. Phrases: «archaeological site», «archaeological dig», «archaeological evidence».

### examples

- Stonehenge is a famous archaeological site. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#x1)
- They found Roman coins on an archaeological dig. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#x2)
- Archaeological evidence shows people lived here 5,000 years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#x3)
- We visited an archaeological museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#x4)
- The farmer's field became an archaeological treasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#x5)
- Archaeological work must be done slowly and carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/#x6)

### note

Spelling trap: archae-ological (UK and most writing); US sometimes «archeological». Said «ar-kee-o-LOJ-i-kal».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «archaeological» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeological/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.