Ọ̀rọ̀ayéijọ́un

(Àtúnjúwe láti Archaeology)

Ọ̀rọ̀ayéijọ́un (Archaeology, tabi archeology lede Geesi lati ede Griiki ἀρχαιολογία, archaiologia – ἀρχαῖος, arkhaios, "ayeijoun"; and -λογία, -logia, "-logy[1]") je agbeka awujo omoniyan, lakoko nipa iwari ati ituyewo asa ohun-ini ati awon data ayika ti won fi seyin, ti ninu won je iseowo, onaikole, onidajuayika ati ojuile asa (eyun akoole oloroayeijoun). Nitoripe oroayeijoun lo orisirisi igbese otooto, o se e gba bi sayensi ati bi awon eko omoniyan,[2] be sini ni Amerika won gba bi eka oroomoniyan,[3] botilejepe ni Europe won gba bi eka-eko to dawa.

Ilétíátà ayéijóun ìgbà Romu, ni Alexandria, Egypt


  1. Or science, ni ede Griiki atijo.
  2. Renfrew and Bahn (2004 [1991]:13)
  3. Haviland et al. 2010, p. 7,14