archaeological digs
Unearthing buried civilizations
Archaeological digs are excavation sites where researchers systematically uncover and study material remains of past human activity.
The term refers both to the physical locations and to the organized projects conducted there: She spent three summers working on archaeological digs in Greece.
The work involves careful removal of soil layers to preserve context and recover artifacts, structures, and biological remains.
- excavationAct of unearthing
- dig siteArchaeological excavation location
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- potteryFired clay objects
ancient pottery · troweling · stratigraphy · trenching · grid squares · inscriptions · carbon dating · surveying · spoil heap · sieving · sherds · midden · burial mounds · in situ · time capsule · sediment layers · test pit · bones
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, dig, digs, archaeologists
- Biblical archaeologyDead Sea Scrolls, Masada, Jericho, ossuaries, ancient scrolls
- Orient travelDamascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Cairo, Beirut
- PompeiiPompeii, Vesuvius, Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum, eruption
archaeological digstreasure hunting
Searching for hidden valuables
looting · tomb raiding · pillaging · plundering · relic hunting
archaeological digsburial
Placing deceased underground
interment · landfills · backfilling · covering up · entombment