excavation
Systematic unearthing process
Excavation is the act of digging out and removing earth or rock, or the hole or cavity created by such digging.
The term applies both to construction projects excavation for the foundation and archaeological work excavation of a Roman villa.
An excavation site is where systematic digging uncovers buried remains or prepares ground for building.
Human-made historical object
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- siteDesignated location
dig · trench · potsherd · grid · sieve · brushwork · layer · context
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- pitFruit's hard seed
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- oreMetal-bearing rock
vein · seam · deposit · adit · drift · stope · open-pit · strip-mining
Tiresome individual or drill
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- passagewayEnclosed route between spaces
cut-and-cover · tube · pipeline · underpass · underground · TBM · heading · lining
Underground chamber for remains
- graveSerious and worrying
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sepulcherChamber for the dead
catacomb · necropolis · sarcophagus · funerary · barrow · tumulus · chamber · ossuary
Retrieved from the ground
- findLocate through effort
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- hoardHidden accumulated valuables
cache · remains · relic · antiquity · revelation · uncovered · exposed · recovered
Bladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
- gradingAssigning marks to work
foundation · earthwork · piling · dredging · cut · fill · shoring · dewatering
artifact
Human-made historical object
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
site · dig · trench · potsherd · grid · sieve · brushwork · layer · context · feature
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
ore · vein · seam · deposit · adit · drift · stope · open-pit · strip-mining · overburden
bore
Tiresome individual or drill
passageway · cut-and-cover · tube · pipeline · underpass · underground · TBM · heading · lining · ventilation
tomb
Underground chamber for remains
sepulcher · catacomb · necropolis · sarcophagus · funerary · barrow · tumulus · chamber · ossuary · interment
unearthed
Retrieved from the ground
hoard · cache · remains · relic · antiquity · revelation · uncovered · exposed · recovered · gold
bulldozer
Bladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
grading · foundation · earthwork · piling · dredging · cut · fill · shoring · dewatering · spoil
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- specimenIndividual for examination
quarry · preparation · matrix · articulated · trackway · coprolite · amber · petrified · megafauna · paleobotany
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- mining termsgold veins, silver veins, open pit mining, underground mining, drilling
- quarryingquarry, quarryman, quarry worker, quarrying, stone blocks
- Trojan WarTroy, Achilles, Hector, Helen, Odysseus
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- remediationbioremediation, remediation, cleanup, biodegradation, detoxification
excavationfilling
Material placed within
backfilling · infilling · burial · fill · burying
excavationburial
Placing deceased underground
interment · entombment · reburial · concealment · covering
- archaeological excavationSystematic unearthing of artifacts
- excavation siteLocation of systematic unearthing
- fossil excavationRecovering preserved ancient organisms
- excavation equipmentMachines for digging ground
- deep excavation