zooarchaeologynoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zooarchaeology mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zooarchaeology. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zooarchaeology?
| 1970 | 0.0094 |
| 1980 | 0.011 |
| 1990 | 0.011 |
| 2000 | 0.011 |
| 2010 | 0.013 |
How is the noun zooarchaeology pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zooarchaeology come from?
Earliest known use
1960s
The earliest known use of the noun zooarchaeology is in the 1960s.
OED's earliest evidence for zooarchaeology is from 1967, in Current Anthropology.
Nearby entries
- 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–
- zoochory, n.1921–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1967–The study of the animal remains from archaeological sites.
- 1967
Animal hist., zoo-archaeology.
Current Anthropology vol. 8 598/1 - 1972
Recently the Atlas of Animal Bones by Elisabeth Schmid has become available for research workers in zooarcheology.
Science 20 October 297/2 - 1985
Taphonomy..has..only recently become an integral part of zoo-archaeology (or, as the subject of faunal analysis is more usually called in Europe, archaeo-zoology).
Times Literary Supplement 7 June 646/1 - 2006
On one dig, in Jordan, the animal bone specialist Paul Croft got me interested in zooarchaeology.
C. Stringer, Homo Britannicus App. 292/2
the world time relative time the past history or knowledge about the past [nouns] archaeology types or branches of archaeology- The branch of archaeology which deals with prehistory.
- ethnoarchaeology1879–A branch of archaeology concerned with the reconstruction of human behaviour patterns; (now) spec. archaeology of this type which takes into account…
- archaeozoology1884–The scientific analysis or study of animal remains from archaeological sites; = zooarchaeology, n.
- pot-hunting1893–The act of digging for or obtaining from others objects of archaeological interest or value, esp. by unscientific or illicit methods, and for the…
- rescue archaeology1946–Archaeology. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or engaged in the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or…
- archaeobotany1954–The scientific analysis or study of plant remains from archaeological sites; the study of how people used or interacted with plants in the past…
- archaeomagnetism1958–Magnetism remaining in an archaeological structure or artefact of clay or stone which has been subjected to intense heat at some point in the…
- archaeometry1958–The application of methods and techniques from the physical sciences to archaeological research, esp. for the dating, analysis, detection…
- A branch of archaeology in which experiments are carried out to inform the interpretation of archaeological evidence, typically by attempting to…
- astro-archaeology1965–= archaeoastronomy, n.
- salvage archaeology1967–= rescue archaeology at rescue, n. compounds C.1c.
- zooarchaeology1967–The study of the animal remains from archaeological sites.
- archaeoastronomy1968–The study of the astronomical practices and knowledge of past peoples through the analysis of prehistoric or ancient monuments, artefacts, and…
- bioarchaeology1972–The scientific study of biological materials (esp. bones) in archaeological remains in order to provide information about human life or the…
- salvage excavation1972–= rescue excavation at rescue, n. compounds C.1c.
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
zooarchaeology typically occurs about 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zooarchaeology is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zooarchaeology, 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 | 0.0094 |
| 1980 | 0.011 |
| 1990 | 0.011 |
| 2000 | 0.011 |
| 2010 | 0.013 |