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archeothanatology

archeothanatology noun: the study of ancient deaths.

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 archeothanatology

From archeo- + thanatology.

Questions about archeothanatology

What does archeothanatology mean?
Archeothanatology means the study of ancient deaths.
What part of speech is archeothanatology?
Archeothanatology is a noun.

Words near archeothanatology in the dictionary

  1. archeopylar
  2. archeopyle
  3. archeopyles
  4. archeospore
  5. archeospores
  6. archeothanatology
  7. archeovirus
  8. archeoviruses
  9. Archeozoic
  10. archeozoological
  11. archeozoologist

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