ARCHAEOLOGICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archaeological mean? 

• ARCHAEOLOGICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ARCHAEOLOGICAL has 1 sense:

1. related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology

  Familiarity information: ARCHAEOLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHAEOLOGICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

archaeologic; archaeological; archeologic; archeological

Context example:

a dramatic archaeological discovery

Pertainym:

archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

Derivation:

archaeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

 Context examples 

Two children’s milk teeth buried deep in a remote archaeological site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people lived there during the last Ice Age.

(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)

DNA recovered from ancient biological material (e.g., archaeological and historical skeletal material, mummified tissues, preserved plant remains, ice and permafrost cores).

(Ancient DNA, NCI Thesaurus)

That’s something we’ve suspected due to the archaeological findings, but it’s fascinating to have it confirmed by the genetics.

(Ancient DNA analysis unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas, University of Cambridge)

The archaeological and historical research conducted on this project has shown that there were acequias de careo operating in Sierra Nevada as early as the 11th Century.

(Researchers demonstrate that Sierra Nevada is home to the oldest underground water recharge system in Europe, University of Granada)

If there’s one archaeological find that would turn the world on its head it would be the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Ben A. Potter of the University of Alaska Fairbanks led the archaeological team that made the discovery in late 2013 at an excavation of the Upward Sun River site.

(Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age infants in Alaska, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, the study also indicates that, as time wore on, the ivory came from smaller animals, often female; with genetic and archaeological evidence suggesting they were sourced from ever farther north – meaning longer and more treacherous hunting voyages for less reward.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)

DNA was extracted from walrus sites and archaeological excavations of walrus samples and compared with data from contemporary walruses, documenting that the Icelandic walrus constituted a genetically unique lineage, distinct from all other historic and contemporary walrus populations in the North Atlantic.

(Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement, National Science Foundation)

The DNA was recovered from the only human remains discovered from the era – two tiny milk teeth – that were found in a large archaeological site found in Russia near the Yana River.

(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)

The complex population dynamics during this period and genetic comparisons to other people groups, both ancient and recent, are documented as part of the wider study which analysed 34 samples of human genomes found in ancient archaeological sites across northern Siberia and central Russia.

(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)