archeologist

/ɑrkiˈɑlədʒɪst/

/ɑkiˈɒlədʒɪst/

Other forms: archeologists

Definitions of archeologist

1. noun

   an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
   synonyms: archaeologist

   examples:

   Sir Arthur John Evans

   British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)

   Heinrich Schliemann

   German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)

   Homer Armstrong Thompson

   United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

   Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler

   Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)

   Johann Joachim Winckelmann

   German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)

   Sir Charles Leonard Woolley

   English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)

   types:

   Egyptologist

   an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology

   paleographer, paleographist

   an archeologist skilled in paleography

   pothunter

   a nonprofessional archeologist

   type of:

   anthropologist

   a social scientist who specializes in anthropology