How to Use archaeology in a Sentence

archaeology

noun
  • The search picked back up in 1974, when an archaeology group looked for parts of the plane at the site.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The raid on the British Institute shook the world of archaeology.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Instead, the group got in-the-field lessons about the colliers, their habits and works, and some of the technology and tools of the archaeology trade.
    Steve Smith, courant.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Take a closer look at a find that has stunned the archaeology world.
    Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Back on earth, just underneath the surface, the La Brea tar pits are the world’s top Ice Age archaeology site.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • One of the amazing things about Orkney is its archaeology.
    Jeanne Bouza Rose, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Here are three of our most eye-catching archaeology stories from the past week.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Here are three of our most eye-catching archaeology stories from the past week.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Here are three of our most eye-catching archaeology stories from the past week.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • Here are three of our most eye-catching archaeology stories from the past week.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
  • You're known for bringing cutting-edge tools such as Lidar to the field of archaeology.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Their bodies were found in what are named Aubrey holes, named the man who discovered them: John Aubrey, a pioneer of the field of archaeology in 1666.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2018
  • It was foreseen in the planning for Linea C that there would be plenty of time set aside for archaeology ...
    Ben Wedeman, CNN, 30 June 2017
  • The technology has transformed the day-to-day work of archaeology in the jungle.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2019
  • The disturbance has been termed grave robbery and lamented as a loss for archaeology in the removal of hoped-for finds and data.
    Alison Klevnäs, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The men the Greens chose as their buyers were straight out of Bible archaeology’s seedy-saintly central casting.
    Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2016
  • The grounds will also serve as a field school for archaeology and education hub and tour site.
    Brian Smale, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
  • In the summer of 1983 in Italy, teenager Elio falls hard for the older man helping his dad with archaeology research.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2023
  • If there were a finder’s fee for incredible archaeology, a lot of it would be paid to mud.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2020
  • David Givens, the director of archaeology at Jamestown Preservation, helped conduct the scan of the granite pedestal to find the time capsule.
    Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • This is the Nebra sky disk, and nothing else like it has been found in European archaeology.
    New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • There’s a Safeway on that brewery site now, and Julianna said the archaeology team would often run over there to pick up lunch.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The bloodshed in a tourist town — famous for its archaeology and winter villas — comes amid the worst violence in the West Bank in nearly two decades.
    Fatima Abdul Karim, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Spend a day in the city’s art, history, and archaeology museums, then take an evening stroll through the historic center’s shops, cafés, and bars.
    Rachel Brown, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Deanna gave up her dreams of studying archaeology to raise Maddie and endure wedlock to a guy named Dan, played by Matt Walsh.
    Ben Falcone, New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • The ships, which were among the most sought-after prizes in marine archaeology, are the subject of multiple songs, poems and novels.
    Fox News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Scholars are turning to archaeology for a fuller picture of the Buddha’s life and exploring sites sacred to the faith.
    National Geographic, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The University of Idaho led an urban archaeology dig at the site during the fall of 2016.
    Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 9 June 2017
  • The robots are doing the archaeology on where humans went wrong, or maybe just trying to understand how the humans are different.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The archaeology team worked for seven years, starting in 1931, and brought home countless artifacts to the National Museum of Denmark, where they were cataloged and stored.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025

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