考古学 kǎogǔxué archaeology Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 考古 kǎogǔ noun archaeology the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains学 學 xué nounaffix branch of learning (bound form) a subject or branch of study; often used as a suffix for -logy, -ics, or -science