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Excavation
Excavation Ex`ca*va"tion, n. [L. excavatio: cf. F.
excavation.]
1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting,
scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. ``A
winding excavation.' --Glover.
3. (Engin.)
(a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from
a covered cutting or tunnel.
(b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
The delivery of the excavations at a distance of
250 feet. --E. L.
Corthell.
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Excavation may
refer to:
Archaeological excavation Excavation (medicine)
Excavation (The
Haxan Cloak...
- In archaeology,
excavation is the exposure,
processing and
recording of
archaeological remains. An
excavation site or "dig" is the area
being studied...
- four-field approach),
history or geography. The
discipline involves surveying,
excavation, and
eventually analysis of data collected, to
learn more
about the past...
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Training excavations are
normally run by
university departments or
large contractors and
employ professional archaeologists to
teach the
basics of archaeological...
- The
Excavation of Hob's
Barrow is a folk
horror point-and-click
adventure game
developed by
Cloak and
Dagger Games and
published by
Wadjet Eye
Games in...
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often much
greater than
twice the diameter,
although similar shorter excavations can be constructed, such as
cross p****ages
between tunnels. The definition...
- that are
considered excavations include:
Rectouterine pouch or
excavation,
between the
uterus and the ****
Rectovesical excavation,
between the ****...
- Keezhadi, or Keeladi, is a
Sangam period settlement site,
where excavation are
carried out by the
Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) and the
Tamil Nadu...
- The new
Austrian tunneling method (NATM), also
known as the
sequential excavation method (SEM) or spra****
concrete lining method (SCL), is a
method of modern...
- On 17
February 1992, the
Ethiopian Radio announced the
discovery of the
remains of the
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sel****ie
beneath his
office in National...
