arqueología

Definitions of arqueología
  1. noun
    the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
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    asiriología
    archeology of the ancient Assyrians
    egiptología
    archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts
    sumeriología
    the archeology of ancient Sumerians
    arqueología submarina
    the archeology of underwater sites
    paleoclimatología
    the study of the climate of past ages
    paleogeografía
    the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs
    paleografía
    the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
    paleopatología
    the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
    paleología
    the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities
    protohistoria
    the study humans prior to the invention of writing
    paleoetnografía
    the ethnography of paleolithic humans
    epigrafía
    the study of ancient inscriptions
    protoarqueología
    the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils
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    antropología
    the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
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