excavation (process)

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• Excavation (archaeology) — The term archaeological excavation has a double meaning.# Excavation is the best known and most commonly used within the science of archaeology. In this sense it is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. # The term is… …   Wikipedia

• excavation — excavational, adj. /eks keuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. a hole or cavity made by excavating. 2. the act of excavating. 3. an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site. [1605 15; < L excavation (s. of excavatio) a …   Universalium

• excavation — UK [ˌekskəˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms excavation : singular excavation plural excavations a) [countable/uncountable] the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past archaeological excavations b) [uncountable] formal the… …   English dictionary

• excavation — 1. A natural cavity, pouch, or recess; a sunken or depressed area. SYN: depression (2) [TA], excavatio. 2. A cavity formed artificially or as the result of a pathologic process. atrophic e. an exaggeration of the …   Medical dictionary

• excavation — ex|ca|va|tion [ ,ekskə veıʃn ] noun count or uncount the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past: archaeological excavations a. uncount TECHNICAL the process of digging a large hole in the ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• excavation — noun Date: circa 1611 1. the action or process of excavating 2. a cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping • excavational adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• process of mining — The obtaining of mineral from an excavation in the earth, which necessarily implies two things: First, the actual cutting or hewing of the mineral; and, second, its removal to the surface. Anne: 11 ALR 154. See strip mining …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Post excavation — In archaeology once the archaeological record of given site has been excavated, or collected from surface surveys, it is necessary to gain as much data as possible and organize it into a coherent body of information. This process is known as post …   Wikipedia

• Hydro excavation — is a safe and efficient form of excavation. However it is totally unsuitable for archaeological excavation. Using a powerful vacuum and high pressure water, precise holes, trenches and tunnels can be cut to the required size and proportion.… …   Wikipedia

• meteorite crater — crater (def. 2). * * * Depression that results from the impact of a meteorite with a solid object in space. Impact craters have been discovered on Earth, the Moon, Mars, other planets and satellites, and asteroids; they probably occur on… …   Universalium

• impact crater — Astron., Geol. crater (def. 2). [1890 95] * * * ▪ landform Introduction       any feature on the continents that has been created by the impact of cosmic bodies (meteorites, asteroids (asteroid), or comets (comet)) on the Earth s surface. In fact …   Universalium