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archaeology
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Lucky, by Sebold
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But I was fascinated, the way I had been as a child when, in a special room with low light, I saw an exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology.†
Chpt 1
She had remembered that when I was little, I had told the ladies at coffee hour I wanted to be an archaeologist.†
Chpt 5 *

archaeologist = someone who studies ancient cultures
I was an eighteen-year-old girl who had wanted to be an archaeologist when I was four, and a poet or a Broadway star when I grew up.†
Chpt 5

Definitions:

(1) (archaeology)
the study of ancient cultures through study of material remains

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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)