the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
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Palaeopathology
the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
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the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology; "an archaeological dig"; "a dramatic archaeological discovery"
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology; "an archaeological dig"; "a dramatic archaeological discovery"
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology; "an archaeological dig"; "a dramatic archaeological discovery"
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology; "an archaeological dig"; "a dramatic archaeological discovery"
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.a man-made object taken as a whole
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.a man-made object taken as a whole
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin J…
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
Used in the same subject area: History, Archaeology and material culture.the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
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Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.A fossil coral of the family Cyathophyllidae; sometimes extended to fossil corals of other related families belonging to the group Rug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.Old times; former days; antiquity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: study, disease, former, times, inferred.A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…
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