excavation sites
Where archaeologists work
Excavation sites are locations where systematic digging is underway, typically for archaeological or construction purposes.
In archaeology, an excavation site is where researchers carefully unearth artifacts, structures, or remains: The excavation site revealed a Bronze Age settlement.
Construction excavation sites involve earth removal for foundations or infrastructure.
The term emphasizes organized, purposeful digging rather than casual holes in the ground.
- pottery shardsBroken ceramic fragments
- middenHistorical domestic refuse pile
- sherdsBroken pottery fragments
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- core samplingRemoving underground material cylinders
artifact · ancient artifacts · bone fragments · in situ · test pit · grid squares · field notes · inscriptions · dinosaur remains · cultural heritage · provenience · ancient ruins · carbon dating · archaeology · ruins · lost civilization · mineral deposits · unearthed
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- archaeologyarchaeologist, dig, archaeological digs, digs, archaeologists
- Biblical archaeologyDead Sea Scrolls, Masada, Jericho, ossuaries, ancient scrolls
- Greek archaeologyacropolis, Mycenae, agora, Knossos, excavations
- Southwest antiquitiescliff dwellings, pottery shards, petroglyphs, rock art, ancient dwellings
- Troy sitesdefensive walls, citadel
excavation sitesconstruction sites
Active building locations
landfills · burial sites · embankments · mounds · dumping grounds
excavation sitescaves
Natural underground chambers
canyons · sinkholes · natural caverns · geological formations · ravines