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# archaeology

«archaeology» in Mova's school dictionary: **The study of the human past by digging up and examining…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (archaeology — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The study of the human past by digging up and examining old things people left behind, such as tools, bones, pots, coins and buildings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons archaeology is how we know about times before writing: the Stone Age, Romans, Vikings, ancient Egypt. Archaeologists dig carefully in layers (deeper is usually older) and record everything. In stories archaeology means adventure and mystery. Phrases: study archaeology, an archaeological dig, an archaeologist.

### examples

- Archaeology tells us how Vikings lived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x1)
- Archaeologists found Roman coins under the car park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x2)
- We did an archaeology dig in the school sandpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x3)
- Archaeology helps us learn about people who never wrote anything down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x4)
- The deeper layers in an archaeology dig are usually older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x5)
- Dinosaur bones are studied by palaeontologists, not by archaeology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x6)
- He has endeavoured in his illustrations to retain as much as possible of Celtic ornamentation; for all details of Celtic archaeology he has authority. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archaeology/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. UK spelling: archaeology; US often: archeology. Pronounced ar-kee-OL-o-jee. Person: archaeologist; adjective: archaeological. Myth: archaeologists do not dig up dinosaurs — that is palaeontology. Archaeology studies humans.

### In the corpora

- [Archaeology tells a plainer story: villages on seven hills by the river Tiber grew together into a town.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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