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Archaeologic

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ar·chae·ol·o·gy or ar·che·ol·o·gy  (ärk-l-j)
n.
The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery.

[French archéologie, from New Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologi, antiquarian lore : arkhaio-, archaeo- + -logi, -logy.]

archae·o·logi·cal (--lj-kl), archae·o·logic adj.
archae·o·logi·cal·ly adv.
archae·olo·gist n.
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Adj.1.Archaeologicarchaeologic - related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology; "an archaeological dig"; "a dramatic archaeological discovery"


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Yet, even as he has created an archivist's treasure of Downtown Manhattan and Manhattan's Upper West Side, Estes is not interested in nostalgia or future archaeologic records.
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Additional evidence is available from glacial moraines, lake and ocean sediments, pollen strata, deposits of insects, tree tings, coral structure, radiometric analysis of ice cores, archaeologic sites, and many other sources.
 
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