Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archaeomusicology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-chaeo-mu-si-col-o-gy
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interdisciplinary study field that combines musicology and archaeology.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mr. [Fritz A.] Kuttner has written widely on the subjects of acoustics, archaeomusicology, Oriental music, and psychoacoustics."
"Support for an artificial break comes from archaeomusicology and comparative organology (the study of sound instruments)."
"Archaeomusicology, a field that explores past music cultures through archaeological artifacts and texts, provides a unique perspective through which to research and comprehend previous societies and their musical lives.[…]Joachim Braun’s Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine provides an up-to-date study that brings a fresh wind to archaeomusicology, with broader questions and deeper theoretical exploration.[…]His study is of tremendous value for furthering the field of archaeomusicology and contributes not only facts, but new perspectives to the study of music in history and culture."

Etymology

From archaeo- + musico- + -logy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: archaeo-
Suffix: musico-

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

archaeomusicological archaeomusicologist

Questions

What does archaeomusicology mean?: An interdisciplinary study field that combines musicology and archaeology.
Where does archaeomusicology come from?: From archaeo- + musico- + -logy.

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