ARCHAEOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archaeologist mean? 

• ARCHAEOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun ARCHAEOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

  Familiarity information: ARCHAEOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHAEOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

archaeologist; archeologist

Hypernyms ("archaeologist" is a kind of...):

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "archaeologist"):

Egyptologist (an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology)

paleographer; paleographist (an archeologist skilled in paleography)

pothunter (a nonprofessional archeologist)

Instance hyponyms:

Arthur Evans; Evans; 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; Schliemann (German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890))

Homer A. Thompson; Homer Armstrong Thompson; Homer Thompson; Thompson (United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000))

Sir Mortimer Wheeler; Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler; Wheeler (Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976))

Johann Joachim Winckelmann; Johann Winckelmann; Winckelmann (German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768))

Sir Charles Leonard Woolley; Sir Leonard Woolley; Woolley (English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960))

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

An alliance of U.S., European and Guatemalan archaeologists worked with Guatemala's Mayan Heritage and Nature Foundation on the project over the past two years.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

Archaeologists from the University of Granada have carried out excavations in the Biniadris Cave located on the Balearic Island of Menorca, uncovering enigmatic funeral rituals.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

While some ancient Egyptian writers made passing mention of feeding bread and plants to ibises, according to Wasef archaeologists have not yet turned up any hatchery structures.

(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)

In September, Egyptian archaeologists announced they had found the tomb of a royal goldsmith whose work was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)

In April, archaeologists unearthed several mummies, 10 colourful wooden sarcophagi and more than 1,000 funerary statues near the city of Luxor.

(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The archaeologists say that this study is the first attempt to formally examine the idea that the locations of the moai are correlated to locations of resources important to the people who built them, such as fresh water.

(Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources, Wikinews)

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles, as well as an apparently pristine Fifth Dynasty tomb they plan to open in the coming weeks in the Saqqara necropolis, 30 km (19mi) south of Cairo.

(Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover One-Of-A-Kind Tomb South of Cairo, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It is a sort of ceremony peculiar to our family, which each Musgrave for centuries past has gone through on his coming of age—a thing of private interest, and perhaps of some little importance to the archaeologist, like our own blazonings and charges, but of no practical use whatever.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Marcello Canuto, a Tulane University archaeologist and one of the project's top investigators, said the discoveries are a "revolution in Maya archeology."

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

Egypt authorities announced Saturday that archaeologists had discovered two small ancient tombs in Luxor, a southern city.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)