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What is archaeology?

What is archaeology? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.
  2. the actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
  3. the academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
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Mr Wynn, an 18-year-old archaeology student at the University of York, managed to escape and raise the alarm.
The south range, with a prospect over the sea, was probably the principal residence, though now inaccessible to archaeology.
In Orkney it is tying a strength in archaeology to that subject's importance to local tourism.
Subsequent radiocarbon dating of the bones and tools proved that they were as old as Kennewick Man and of immense value to archaeology.
For one thing, a judge of the Allahabad High Court wanted to use archaeology as a means to adjudicate upon a dispute concerning property rights.
Jaromir Malek studied Egyptology and archaeology at Charles University, Prague.

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