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archaeologist

[ahr-kee-ol-uh-jist] / ˌɑr kiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /
NOUN
student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
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“There’s a lot of unknowns,” said Sasha Travaglio, a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island fire Burned Area Emergency Response team, which includes a hydrologist, a soil scientist, an archaeologist, a paleontologist and a botanist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The remains were uncovered inside Heaning Wood Bone Cave near Great Urswick in Cumbria during excavations led by local archaeologist Martin Stables.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Ukraine says it will continue trying to bring Butyagin to trial to defend its cultural heritage, though this is unlikely now that the archaeologist is back in Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The archaeologist who took part in the excavation is more cautious.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

In the last few years researchers have focused more and more on a proposal linked to the name of Knut Fladmark, an archaeologist at Simon Fraser University, in British Columbia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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