zooarchaeologist, n.

zooarchaeologist
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Revised 2017

# 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?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1970 | 0.0055
1980 | 0.0062
1990 | 0.0062
2000 | 0.0062
2010 | 0.0073

### How is the noun zooarchaeologist pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːɑːkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
zoo-ar-kee-OL-uh-jist
/ˌzəʊɑːkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
zoh-ar-kee-OL-uh-jist

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊɑrkiˈɑlədʒəst/
zoh-ar-kee-AH-luh-juhst
/ˌzuɑrkiˈɑlədʒəst/
zoo-ar-kee-AH-luh-juhst

### 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

1. zonochlorite, n. 1872–
2. zonociliate, adj. 1885–
3. zonoplacental, adj. 1879–
4. zonular, adj. 1835–
5. zonule, n. 1828–
6. zonulet, n. 1648
7. zonure, n. 1883–
8. zoo, n. 1835–
9. zoo-, comb. form
10. zooarchaeological, adj. 1962–
11. zooarchaeologist, n.1957–
12. zooarchaeology, n. 1967–
13. zoobenthos, n. 1923–
14. zoocarp, n. 1824–88
15. zoocaulon, n. 1881–
16. zoocentric, adj. 1882–
17. zoochemical, adj. & n. 1844–
18. zoochemistry, n. 1835–
19. zoochlorella, n. 1882–
20. zoochore, n. 1904–
21. zoochorous, adj. 1904–

## Etymology

Compare earlier zoologico-archaeologist n.

## Meaning & use

1. 1957–
   A person who investigates the animal remains from archaeological sites; a practitioner of or expert in zooarchaeology.
   1. 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
   2. 1987

      > Animal remains come from many different kinds of sites, which present the zooarcheologist with varied problems.

      Science 6 November 833/2
   3. 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
   archaeology
   1. pot-hunter 1897–
      A person who digs for or obtains from others objects of archaeological interest or value, esp. by unscientific or illicit methods, and for the…
   2. rescue archaeologist 1946–
      Archaeology. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or engaged in the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or…
   3. processualist 1949–
      An advocate or practitioner of a processual approach to a problem or discipline; an advocate of processualism. Cf. processual, adj. 2b.
   4. industrial archaeologist 1954–
      A specialist or expert in the field of industrial archaeology.
   5. zooarchaeologist 1957–
      A person who investigates the animal remains from archaeological sites; a practitioner of or expert in zooarchaeology.
   6. archaeometrist 1964–
      A person who applies a method or technique from the physical sciences to archaeological research; an expert or specialist in archaeometry.
   7. archaeoastronomer 1973–
      A person who studies the astronomical practices and knowledge of past peoples through the analysis of prehistoric or ancient monuments, artefacts…
   8. astro-archaeologist 1974–
      An expert or specialist in astro-archaeology; an archaeoastronomer.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːɑːkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
zoo-ar-kee-OL-uh-jist
/ˌzəʊɑːkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
zoh-ar-kee-OL-uh-jist

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊɑrkiˈɑlədʒəst/
zoh-ar-kee-AH-luh-juhst
/ˌzuɑrkiˈɑlədʒəst/
zoo-ar-kee-AH-luh-juhst

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##### 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 /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### 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.

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##### 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 /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### 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 data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### 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

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.