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excavation
1. The act or process of excavating.
2. A hole formed by excavating.
This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 38) cav-, cavo-, cava-, cavi-, cavern- (page 3)
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penetrating excavation (s) (noun), penetrating excavations (pl)
A digging or soil removal technique that is used in archaeology to expose the vertical face of a site: The archeologists used the latest penetrating excavation techniques to uncover the ancient Greek wall during their latest exploration.
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stratified excavation
Excavating an archeological site according to the natural or cultural strata in the site.
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