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ar•chae•om•e•try
(är′kē om′i trē),USA pronunciation n.
ar′chae•om′e•trist, n.
- Archaeologythe branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- archaeo- + -metry 1960–65
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