archaeo-, archeo-, archae-, arche-, archa-, archi-, -arch

The central cavity of the gastrula, which ultimately becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity.

Geological formations of the remote past.

An integration of some archaeological fields with relevant geological sciences to investigate geological effects on historical sites, monuments, and other properties concerning constructive materials (type, situation, and position of mines and other natural resources) and destructive geological forces in the environment; such as, earthquakes, faults, and earth movements.

Geological maps indicating prehistoric layers of the earth's crust, faults, historic and recently found mines, hydrology layers, and seismological information are used as basic information in this field.

A systematic description of antiquities.

Denoting or relating to a primitive type of motor nerve mechanism, such as is found in the peripheral and the ganglionic nervous systems.

A professional scholar who studies and reconstructs the human past through its physical remains.

An archaeologist's work involves the scientific finding, collecting, cleaning, sorting, identifying, and measuring objects found in or on the earth or sea. The motive is to record and interpret ancient cultures rather than collect and display artifacts for profit.

Ancient monkey and ape species.

Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.

An archetypal example is an idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated.

With reference to the archetype; originally.

1. A typical, ideal, or classic example of something.
2. Something that served as the model or pattern for other things of the same type.
3. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype.
4. An ideal example of a type; quintessence: "She was an archetype of the successful educator."
5. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from the past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.
6. Etymology: "Original pattern from which copies are made", from 1545, from Latin archetypum, from Greek arkhetypon, "pattern, model"; neuter of the adjective arkhetypos, "first-molded"; from arkhe-, "first" plus typos, "model, type, blow, mark of a blow".

As applied to Jungian psychology in the sense of "pervasive idea" or "image from the collective unconscious" is from 1919.

Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.

Referring to the bottom of the sea from the edge of the continental shelf to the upper limit of the abyssobenthic zone, at depths of ca. 200 to 1 000 meters.

Numerous thickenings or reticulations (archidictyon) of insect wing membranes between branches.

1. A place or collection containing records, documents, or other materials of historical interest. Often used in the plural: old land deeds in the municipal archives.
2. In computer science: A long-term storage area, often on magnetic tape, for backup copies of files or for files that are no longer in active use; a file containing one or more files in compressed format for more efficient storage and transfer.
3. A repository for stored memories or information: "The archive of the mind holds many memories."

1. Someone who has the responsibility of taking care of archives.
2. A person who is responsible for preserving, organizing, or servicing archival material.
3. Someone who is employed to collect, catalog, and take care of the items in an archive.

1. The theory of origins.
2. The science of government.