archaeometry

or ar·che·om·e·try

[ ahr-kee-om-i-tree ]

noun

1. the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.

Other Words From

• archae·ome·trist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of archaeometry¹

First recorded in 1960–65; archaeo- + -metry

Example Sentences

"I was surprised to find that there were so many forts and that they were distributed in this way because the conventional wisdom was that these forts formed the border between Rome and its enemies in the east, Persia or Arab armies," says lead author Jesse Casana, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Spatial Archaeometry Lab at Dartmouth.

From Science Daily

The findings date back to the 14th century BC, the researchers said in their study, published in the Archaeometry journal.

From Reuters

“The fact that most of the grave goods, including all of those made of silver, were associated with the female clearly points to an individual that was considered highly important,” said Karin Frei, a research professor in archaeometry at the National Museum of Denmark.

From New York Times

“The sky disk is a window to look into the minds of these people,” said Ernst Pernicka, a senior professor at Tübingen University and a director of the Curt-Engelhorn Center for Archaeometry in Mannheim.

From New York Times

Although the work shows the earliest chemical evidence of cannabis smoking, says study author Yimin Yang, professor of archaeometry at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the Pamirs are where the practice first gathered steam.

From Scientific American