Archaeologist
noun
A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of artifacts and structures.
The archaeologist spent months studying the fragments of pottery he had found.
Often appears as...
- underwater archaeologist
- amateur archaeologist
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of artifacts and structures.
The archaeologist spent months studying the fragments of pottery he had found.
Often appears as...
- underwater archaeologist
- amateur archaeologist
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Field Specialization
Archaeologists often specialize in certain types of artifacts or eras, much like doctors have specialties.
She is an archaeologist focusing on Egyptology.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Context
The word 'archaeologist' is frequently used in academic or educational contexts.
The lecture on ancient civilizations was given by a renowned archaeologist.
Pro Tip 3/3Dig Sites
'Archaeologist' implies fieldwork, often in excavation sites, which students may confuse with purely lab-based scientists.
The archaeologist carefully unearthed artifacts at the dig site.
Pro Tip 1/3Field Specialization
Archaeologists often specialize in certain types of artifacts or eras, much like doctors have specialties.
She is an archaeologist focusing on Egyptology.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Context
The word 'archaeologist' is frequently used in academic or educational contexts.
The lecture on ancient civilizations was given by a renowned archaeologist.
Pro Tip 3/3Dig Sites
'Archaeologist' implies fieldwork, often in excavation sites, which students may confuse with purely lab-based scientists.
The archaeologist carefully unearthed artifacts at the dig site.
Pro Tip 1/3Field Specialization
Archaeologists often specialize in certain types of artifacts or eras, much like doctors have specialties.
She is an archaeologist focusing on Egyptology.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Context
The word 'archaeologist' is frequently used in academic or educational contexts.
The lecture on ancient civilizations was given by a renowned archaeologist.
Pro Tip 3/3Dig Sites
'Archaeologist' implies fieldwork, often in excavation sites, which students may confuse with purely lab-based scientists.
The archaeologist carefully unearthed artifacts at the dig site.
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Hunting for Peru's lost...
like this one here, and this potentially large one here. Unfortunately, we've also begun to uncover large-scale looting at sites, like what you see here. So many sites in Peru are threatened, but the great part is that all of this data is going to be shared with archaeologists on the front lines of protecting these sites.
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
things are falling out of the wall and as I said that an archaeologist reached down to lift a rock and I said stop because sticking out of the back of it was the proximal femur the thigh bone of that juvenile hominid I couldn't believe it it would be something that never crossed my mind I promise you yet it
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Meet the "Underground...
first team of archaeologists to get into the deepest part of the cave tomorrow none of us have been into the final chamber yet we have all been to what's called base one which is at the top of Dragon's Back and it's sitting right above the final chute which has the the
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The Search for History’s...
world who are studying slave ships and document it as part of a narrative podcast series so we're going to spend an entire season going deep and letting people hear from the divers themselves hear from the archaeologists themselves and hear from the historians those
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Why societies collapse PIPE...
archaeologists have shown us that there were environmental problems underlying many of these past collapses. But there were also plenty of places in the world where societies have been developing for thousands of years without any sign of a major collapse,
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What I learned at...
archaeologist who I love so much I was wondering at her system can help me find the car keys I lost in the backyard I was thinking about my work and also I just want to let you know that when she took her hat hat off and threw it into the audience
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How much of human...
And then there are shipwrecks. As ships grow too old for use, they're usually abandoned near shore in out-of-the-way places like estuaries, rivers, and shallow bays. Archaeologists use these like a timeline to map a harbor's peaks and declines,
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The Lost Kingdom of...
dynasty of the nubian hair some archaeologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries refused to accept that a black African civilization could have achieved what it did they said the
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Exploring Ciudad Perdida...
Archaeologists have spent decades exploring this dense jungle to find out about the people who lived here over 500 years ago. Digital technology will help them reveal more and faster.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
this city has been portrayed time and again as a place of sexual freedom even debauchery there is some truth in the idea the archaeologists who came here in
Video examples
Hunting for Peru's lost...
like this one here, and this potentially large one here. Unfortunately, we've also begun to uncover large-scale looting at sites, like what you see here. So many sites in Peru are threatened, but the great part is that all of this data is going to be shared with archaeologists on the front lines of protecting these sites.
Video examples
Part Ape, Part Human:...
things are falling out of the wall and as I said that an archaeologist reached down to lift a rock and I said stop because sticking out of the back of it was the proximal femur the thigh bone of that juvenile hominid I couldn't believe it it would be something that never crossed my mind I promise you yet it
Video examples
Meet the "Underground...
first team of archaeologists to get into the deepest part of the cave tomorrow none of us have been into the final chamber yet we have all been to what's called base one which is at the top of Dragon's Back and it's sitting right above the final chute which has the the
Video examples
The Search for History’s...
world who are studying slave ships and document it as part of a narrative podcast series so we're going to spend an entire season going deep and letting people hear from the divers themselves hear from the archaeologists themselves and hear from the historians those
Video examples
Why societies collapse PIPE...
archaeologists have shown us that there were environmental problems underlying many of these past collapses. But there were also plenty of places in the world where societies have been developing for thousands of years without any sign of a major collapse,
Video examples
What I learned at...
archaeologist who I love so much I was wondering at her system can help me find the car keys I lost in the backyard I was thinking about my work and also I just want to let you know that when she took her hat hat off and threw it into the audience
Video examples
How much of human...
And then there are shipwrecks. As ships grow too old for use, they're usually abandoned near shore in out-of-the-way places like estuaries, rivers, and shallow bays. Archaeologists use these like a timeline to map a harbor's peaks and declines,
Video examples
The Lost Kingdom of...
dynasty of the nubian hair some archaeologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries refused to accept that a black African civilization could have achieved what it did they said the
Video examples
Exploring Ciudad Perdida...
Archaeologists have spent decades exploring this dense jungle to find out about the people who lived here over 500 years ago. Digital technology will help them reveal more and faster.
Video examples
Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
this city has been portrayed time and again as a place of sexual freedom even debauchery there is some truth in the idea the archaeologists who came here in
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Rick Riordan
American Author
I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and it's so much richer than you might get in an average Greek mythology text. I feel like an archaeologist - I'm dusting off these things that people have not seen for thousands of years and bringing them into the modern world.
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Graham Hancock
British Writer
I'm not an academic; I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a writer, communicating ideas to the public. There is a model of how the past is, and a lot of academic archaeology is about refining the model. It's not about changing the model radically. I'm not aware of any current which is about radically changing the model. It's just me, really.
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Gail Carriger
American Writer
As a field archeologist, one usually has to specialize in a particular part of the world or specific culture, whereas if one is a materials specialist, one can jump around to different areas. So I've had experience on excavations all over the place.
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William Lipscomb
American Scientist
Suppose you want to be a great archeologist, and you join a successful archeologist as a student assistant, and he tells you where to dig. You dig up a marvelous discovery. Now I ask you, who should get the credit: the director or the digger?
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the world... It's the most exciting time in history to be an archaeologist.
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Ted Danson
American Actor
You should always carry string, according to my archaeologist father, because then you could at least make a trap to catch animals to survive. According to my grandmother, it was clean underwear.
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Nick Tosches
American Journalist
The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.
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Joan Jett
American Musician
Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.
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Agatha Christie
English Writer
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
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Manini Mishra
Indian Actress
I always wanted to be an archaeologist or a psychiatrist.
Quote examples
Rick Riordan
American Author
I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and it's so much richer than you might get in an average Greek mythology text. I feel like an archaeologist - I'm dusting off these things that people have not seen for thousands of years and bringing them into the modern world.
Quote examples
Graham Hancock
British Writer
I'm not an academic; I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a writer, communicating ideas to the public. There is a model of how the past is, and a lot of academic archaeology is about refining the model. It's not about changing the model radically. I'm not aware of any current which is about radically changing the model. It's just me, really.
Quote examples
Gail Carriger
American Writer
As a field archeologist, one usually has to specialize in a particular part of the world or specific culture, whereas if one is a materials specialist, one can jump around to different areas. So I've had experience on excavations all over the place.
Quote examples
William Lipscomb
American Scientist
Suppose you want to be a great archeologist, and you join a successful archeologist as a student assistant, and he tells you where to dig. You dig up a marvelous discovery. Now I ask you, who should get the credit: the director or the digger?
Quote examples
Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the world... It's the most exciting time in history to be an archaeologist.
Quote examples
Ted Danson
American Actor
You should always carry string, according to my archaeologist father, because then you could at least make a trap to catch animals to survive. According to my grandmother, it was clean underwear.
Quote examples
Nick Tosches
American Journalist
The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.
Quote examples
Joan Jett
American Musician
Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.
Quote examples
Agatha Christie
English Writer
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
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Manini Mishra
Indian Actress
I always wanted to be an archaeologist or a psychiatrist.
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