archeology
invaluable(valuable, precious, valueless)
unearth(uncover, exhume): A recent excavation unearthed a pottery of Ming dynasty.
scoop(dig, pick): He used his bare hands to scoop up water from river.
exhume(excavate, dig): The coroner exhumed the body in order to perform tests regarding the cause of death.
excavate(dig, delve): They excavated a huge hole for the foundation of the building.
excavation
Neolithic
Mesolithic
Paleolithic
origin
chronological: This article describes events in a chronological order.
archaic: The archaic ship was just like the ones used centuries earlier.
ascend: His ancestors ascend to the 15th century.
originate(initiate, start): The compass originated from China.
primitive(crude, original, primordial)
remnant(remains, leftover, vestige): No remnants of the settlement of Roanoke, Virginia were found by the next group of colonists.
porcelain(china)
antique
antiquity
skull
artifact
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. —Carlyle