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Word: archaeometrist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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DIED. E.T. HALL, 77, archaeologist and leading archaeometrist who famously uncovered the Piltdown Man hoax; in Oxford, England. Using X-ray fluorescence, Hall showed that the Piltdown Man's skeleton--once thought to be evolution's "missing link"--had been stained to look fossilized and that the teeth of an orangutan had been filed to appear more human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 3, 2001 | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

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