zooarchaeologisthttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooarchaeologist_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooarchaeologist, n.
Revised 2017

zooarchaeologistnoun

  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

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

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