excavation
a hole or cavity made by excavating.
the act of excavating.
an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.
Origin of excavation
1synonym study For excavation
Other words from excavation
- ex·ca·va·tion·al, adjective
- non·ex·ca·va·tion, noun
- re·ex·ca·va·tion, noun
Words Nearby excavation
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How to use excavation in a sentence
The criticisms got even worse when military excavations in the new Marine base revealed dozens of sites containing human remains and cultural artifacts.
The real love interest in Netflix’s Operation Christmas Drop is the US military | Rachel Ramirez | November 23, 2020 | VoxThe team also found remains of several large mammals at the excavation site, including taruca, or Andean deer, and vicuña, which are related to alpacas.
A female hunter’s remains hint at more fluid gender roles in the early Americas | Kate Baggaley | November 4, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe book’s strength lies not in any innovative, broad analysis but in its excavation of important episodes of the early years.
Did Stalin’s rise to power foretell the butchery that came next? | Robert Service | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostUpstream from Etzanoa sites, excavations have uncovered remnants of a separate Wichita town that ran for about three kilometers, he says.
Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture | Bruce Bower | September 10, 2020 | Science NewsBlakeslee plans to explore more underground features of the Kansas site with additional remote sensing techniques before starting excavations so that digging can precisely target the earthwork and any surrounding remains.
Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture | Bruce Bower | September 10, 2020 | Science News
Jenkins had written entirely from secondary literature—no interviews or excavation of legal documents.
How the ‘Witch Hunt’ Myth Undermined American Justice | Jason Berry | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was writing an article for Outside, whose expense money helped finance the excavation.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia | Doug Peacock | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSun will shine through many openings of the “Luminous Caves,” which he refers to as his magnum opus and his final excavation.
He, not Hylton, the author of Vanished, is the one who has done most of the research on the pilots and their excavation process.
Will These Men Ever Come Home? The Search for Missing WWII Pilots in “Vanished” | Jordan Michael Smith | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHundreds of years of excavation has left seven gorgeous chambers carved into the salt rock throughout the floors.
Wieliczka Salt Mine Is an Incredible Polish Underground Amusement Park | Nina Strochlic | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt his persuasion the pope purchased the vineyard, and the archological commission began the work of excavation.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowHe stopped above an excavation where Charnock and another were cutting a hole in the frozen gravel.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossSoon after, I descended from the tree, and went to the excavation.
The Arabian Nights | UnknownThey were now standing in a glade, if we may use this word to designate a vast and dark excavation.
The Underground City | Jules VerneA fortnight of steady work, by both the men, not only completed the excavation, but built the wall.
Sevenoaks | J. G. Holland
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