archaeologize

English

Alternative forms

• archaeologise, archeologize, archeologise, archæologise, archæologize

Etymology

From archaeology +‎ -ize.

Verb

archaeologize (third-person singular simple present archaeologizes, present participle archaeologizing, simple past and past participle archaeologized)

1. (transitive) To treat archaeologically; to explore by means of archaeology.
   • 2003, Christopher J. Lenney, Sightseeking: Clues to the Landscape History of New England (Revisiting New England), Lebanon, N.H.: University Press of New England, →ISBN, page 36:

     The assumption that the toponymy of Old England harbors a deeper historical significance than that of New England results in part from its having been archaeologized to death, in quest of simple settlement data for which New England already possesses an adequate written record.

2. (intransitive) To study or practise archaeology.

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “archæologize, v.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.