PROTOARCHAEOLOGY

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Meaning:

The study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils

Synonyms:

protoarchaeology; protoarcheology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("protoarchaeology" is a kind of...):

protoanthropology; protohistory (the study humans prior to the invention of writing)

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