How to Use archaeology in a Sentence

archaeology

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  • 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
  • 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, 7 June 2024
  • Here are three of our most eye-catching archaeology stories from the past week.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • You're known for bringing cutting-edge tools such as Lidar to the field of archaeology.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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 archaeology department will keep the shipwreck open to the public until the water level rises again and takes the ferry with it.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Some still contain the archaeology of ancient Puebloan rock structures or steps cut into the sandstone that once served as ladders.
    — Pete McBride, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2022
  • On a train bound for the Arctic Circle, a Finnish archaeology student meets a Russian miner.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Goebel likens his Van Halen passion project to archaeology.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • It has since been turned over an archaeology museum in Schleswig.
    — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • But the genre’s archaeology was not confined to its own history.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Both of Pellegrino’s books draw on the voices of bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Most stories about archaeology turn out to be about mortality in the end.
    — Tobias Carroll, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Indy is set to retire from teaching archaeology, and the world is celebrating the safe return of the Apollo 11 crew.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Grebenkemper sees a positive future for the use of dogs in archaeology.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Alice Gorman is a leader in the emerging field of space archaeology.
    — Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2020
  • This is the first time such equipment has been used in a freshwater environment, according to Ødegård, and it has not been used much in archaeology.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • According to the latest archaeology, in other words, African heritage is something to be proud of.
    — Jordan Besek, The Conversation, 14 Dec. 2020

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