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PROTOARCHAEOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protoarchaeology mean?
• PROTOARCHAEOLOGY (noun)
The noun PROTOARCHAEOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils
Familiarity information: PROTOARCHAEOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
protoarchaeology; protoarcheology
Hypernyms ("protoarchaeology" is a kind of...):
protoanthropology; protohistory (the study humans prior to the invention of writing)
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