单词 | archaeological |
释义 | archaeologicaladj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [adjective] > of types of history archaeological1714 world-historical1822 mytho-historic1831 world-historic1853 proto-historic1858 museographic1860 Assyriological1881 historionomical1881 psychohistorical1895 theoretico-historical1900 proto-historical1909 museographical1935 comparative-historical1937 Warburgian1956 Viconian1957 mytho-historical1977 1714 W. Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. (ed. 2) i. ii. 24 The Incomparable Author gives an Archæological Account of the Original Descent and Language, Religion and Laws of the Antient Britains in general. 1801 Brit. Critic Apr. 443 The Archæological Dissertation..is upon a subject of curiosity rather than real importance. An inquiry into the origin of nations, conducted upon enlarged principles, and illustrating their manners and history, may afford much amusement, and some use. 2. Of, relating to, or concerned with the study of past peoples, societies, and cultures through the excavation, recording, and analysis of their material remains; of or relating to archaeology as a field of study. Also: designating an artefact, monument, site, etc., that is recorded or excavated through archaeology. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [adjective] > of or relating to archaeology archaeologic1727 archaeological1786 1786 J. Strange in Archaeologia 4 2 Gyraldus Cambrensis confined his inquiries principally to Ecclesiastical Antiquities, and was..indifferent to the rest... But I am rather inclined to think, that the same byass of superstition, which directed our early archaeological writers in general, laid hold of him also. 1821 Times 12 Nov. The English have ceased to take an exclusive share in the Archeological treasures scattered along both banks of the Nile. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 19 Archæological inference from the remains of pre-historic tribes. 1950 N.Y. Times 20 Dec. 4/3 Among other archeological finds, Mr. Hackman unearthed a fragment of a ‘Folsom point’, a type of spearhead which is the earliest known human remain on this continent. 2014 Church Times 15 Aug. 6/1 An archaeological dig in the walled garden has unearthed the stone base of an 18th-century pineapple pit. B. n. A person or thing relating to or concerned with archaeology; an artefact, ancient monument, etc.; an archaeologist. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > archaeologist archaeologist1817 archaeological1824 archaeologue1839 archaeologian1844 prehistorian1853 archaeologer1911 digger1911 1824 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 434/1 In a future Number of our Journal will appear a valuable abstract of American archæologicals. 1852 Art Jrnl. May 164/3 With Roach Smith originated the modern ‘archæologicals’, and his testimony of their working..is entitled to great attention. 1976 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 16 Oct. (TV Preview section) Tale introducing a wild leopard who is mistaken for a pet, socialite hunters and archeologicals who must sort out their mutual complications. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.n.1714 |
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