archeologist

/ɑrkiˈɑlədʒɪst/
/ɑkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
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Other forms: archeologists

Definitions of archeologist
  1. noun
    an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
    synonyms: archaeologist
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    Sir Arthur John Evans
    British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
    Heinrich Schliemann
    German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
    Homer Armstrong Thompson
    United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
    Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler
    Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
    Johann Joachim Winckelmann
    German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)
    Sir Charles Leonard Woolley
    English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
    types:
    Egyptologist
    an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
    paleographer, paleographist
    an archeologist skilled in paleography
    pothunter
    a nonprofessional archeologist
    type of:
    anthropologist
    a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
Pronunciation
US
/ɑrkiˈɑlədʒɪst/
UK
/ɑkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
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