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archaeothanatology

archaeothanatology is the alternative form of archeothanatology.

Meaning of archeothanatology

Noun

archeothanatology (uncountable)

  1. The study of ancient deaths
    • Based on the recorded position of bones in the grave, archeothanatology aims to determine the original position of the body, the position of the funerary artifacts, the relative chronology of deposits found in the grave and the architecture of the burial when it first took place.2016 February 25, “Early Medieval Muslim Graves in France: First Archaeological, Anthropological and Palaeogenomic Evidence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of archaeothanatology

From archaeo- + thanatology.

Questions about archaeothanatology

What is archaeothanatology the alternative form of?
Archaeothanatology is the alternative form of archeothanatology.

Words near archaeothanatology in the dictionary

  1. archaeostratigraphic
  2. archaeostratigraphy
  3. archaeosurface
  4. archaeosurfaces
  5. archaeothanatological
  6. archaeothanatology
  7. Archaeozoic
  8. archaeozoological
  9. archaeozoologically
  10. archaeozoologist
  11. archaeozoologists

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