ARCHAEO- Definition & Meaning

archaeo-

a combining form meaning “ancient,” used in the formation of compound words:
archaeopteryx; archaeology.

archaeo-

combining_form

indicating ancient or primitive time or condition
archaeology
archaeopteryx
of, involving, or denoting the study of remains from archaeological sites
archaeozoology

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of archaeo-¹

< Greek, combining form of ��î�ǲ�, equivalent to arch- ( archi- ) + -aios adj. suffix

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of archaeo-¹

from Greek arkhaio-, from arkhaios, from arkhein to begin

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But these groups traded obsidian, suggesting to Renfrew and Harvard archaeo logist Ofer Bar-Yosef that seeds and farming knowledge could have been shared, too.

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About 50 years ago, a prescient Dutch Catholic priest and amateur archaeo logist discovered stone tools there and concluded that H. erectus had washed up on Flores, perhaps from nearby Java.

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