archaeology

noun4

1. •
   The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
2. •
   The actual excavation, examination, analysis, and interpretation.

   • The building's developers have asked for some archaeology to be undertaken.
3. •
   The academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.

   • She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University.
4. •
   The actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.

   • The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.