archeology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

archeology
    n 1: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
         and their cultures [syn: {archeology}, {archaeology}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Archeology \Ar`che*ol"o*gy\, n., Archeological
\Ar`che*o*log`ic*al\, a.
   the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
   and their cultures. Same as {Arch[ae]ology}, etc.

   Syn: archaeology, Arch[ae]ology
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]