Both Uses of
archaeology
in
The Age of Innocence
- Nothing—as Mrs. Welland had often remarked—nothing on earth obliged Emerson Sillerton to be an archaeologist, or indeed a Professor of any sort, or to live in Newport in winter, or do any of the other revolutionary things that he did.†
Chpt 22 *
- If they were not absorbed in state politics or municipal reform, the chances were that they were going in for Central American archaeology, for architecture or landscape-engineering; taking a keen and learned interest in the prerevolutionary buildings of their own country, studying and adapting Georgian types, and protesting at the meaningless use of the word "Colonial."†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(archaeology) the study of ancient cultures through study of material remainseditor's notes: In recent years, the spelling of "archeology" has become more popular for many in the United States; however, as of 2022, most archaeologists and the New York Times prefer "archaeology."