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ethnoarchaeology

or eth·no·ar·che·ol·o·gy

[ eth-noh-ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee ]

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 Words From

  • ethno·archae·olo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ethnoarchaeology1

First recorded in 1970–75; ethno- + archaeology

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