The District of Columbia was the top-paying state, where archaeologists earned an average of $93,620. This is more than $20,000 more than the next highest-paying state, Massachusetts, where the average salary was $73,140 per year.he District of Columbia was the top-paying state, where archaeologists earned an average of $93,620. This is more than $20,000 more than the next highest-paying state, Massachusetts, where the average salary was $73,140 per year.
deficiency disease - any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning. malnutrition - a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods. zinc deficiency - a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases.
any of a group of substances that are essential, in small quantities, for the normal functioning of metabolism in the body. They cannot usually be synthesized in the body but they occur naturally in certain foods: insufficient supply of any particular vitamin results in a deficiency disease.