zooarchaeologistnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zooarchaeologist mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zooarchaeologist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zooarchaeologist?
| 1970 | 0.0055 |
| 1980 | 0.0062 |
| 1990 | 0.0062 |
| 2000 | 0.0062 |
| 2010 | 0.0073 |
How is the noun zooarchaeologist pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zooarchaeologist come from?
Earliest known use
1950s
The earliest known use of the noun zooarchaeologist is in the 1950s.
OED's earliest evidence for zooarchaeologist is from 1957, in the writing of C. A. Reed.
Nearby entries
- zonochlorite, n.1872–
- zonociliate, adj.1885–
- zonoplacental, adj.1879–
- zonular, adj.1835–
- zonule, n.1828–
- zonulet, n.1648
- zonure, n.1883–
- zoo, n.1835–
- zoo-, comb. form
- zooarchaeological, adj.1962–
- zooarchaeologist, n.1957–
- zooarchaeology, n.1967–
- zoobenthos, n.1923–
- zoocarp, n.1824–88
- zoocaulon, n.1881–
- zoocentric, adj.1882–
- zoochemical, adj. & n.1844–
- zoochemistry, n.1835–
- zoochlorella, n.1882–
- zoochore, n.1904–
- zoochorous, adj.1904–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1957–A person who investigates the animal remains from archaeological sites; a practitioner of or expert in zooarchaeology.
- 1957
The first deals with my experiences as a zoo-archaeologist in southwestern Asia.
C. A. Reed in Identification Non-artifactual Archaeol. Materials (National Acad. Sci.-National Research Council (U.S.)) 43/1 - 1987
Animal remains come from many different kinds of sites, which present the zooarcheologist with varied problems.
Science 6 November 833/2 - 2014
At first glance, Alison Carnell, zooarchaeologist with the team, thought it was the metacarpal bone of a European lynx.
Current World Archaeology February 31/1
the world time relative time the past history or knowledge about the past [nouns] archaeology types or branches of archaeology student of or one who practices- pot-hunter1897–A person who digs for or obtains from others objects of archaeological interest or value, esp. by unscientific or illicit methods, and for the…
- rescue archaeologist1946–Archaeology. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or engaged in the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or…
- processualist1949–An advocate or practitioner of a processual approach to a problem or discipline; an advocate of processualism. Cf. processual, adj. 2b.
- A specialist or expert in the field of industrial archaeology.
- zooarchaeologist1957–A person who investigates the animal remains from archaeological sites; a practitioner of or expert in zooarchaeology.
- archaeometrist1964–A person who applies a method or technique from the physical sciences to archaeological research; an expert or specialist in archaeometry.
- archaeoastronomer1973–A person who studies the astronomical practices and knowledge of past peoples through the analysis of prehistoric or ancient monuments, artefacts…
- astro-archaeologist1974–An expert or specialist in astro-archaeology; an archaeoastronomer.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Frequency
zooarchaeologist typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zooarchaeologist is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zooarchaeologist, n., 1970–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0055 |
| 1980 | 0.0062 |
| 1990 | 0.0062 |
| 2000 | 0.0062 |
| 2010 | 0.0073 |