excavations in English

noun
1
the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
the methods of excavation have to be extremely rigorous
synonyms:unearthingdigging updisintermentexhumationdigginghollowing outboringchannelingholepittrenchtrougharchaeological site

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1. The excavations are progressing well, commander.

2. Further excavations, though, proved fruitful.

3. The Bodies were found during recent excavations

4. Leal (eds.), Encounters, Excavations and Argosies…

5. 1963 Hermann Ament led the excavations.

6. Further archaeological excavations are now being carried out.

7. Giuseppe Fiorelli took charge of the excavations in 1863.

8. Excavations suggest that there were stairs on this ramp.

9. Excavations of this site have continued to yield notable archaeological finds.

10. Excavations of the site have revealed an Iron Age settlement.

11. Many Caltrops have been found in the excavations at James Fort

12. Excavations of the site principally began in 1860 by Ernest Renan.

13. Excavations of the significance and inherence of hot sport news and personae.

14. But as the excavations continued, there were a number of surprises.

15. In 1884, Flinders Petrie arrived in Egypt to begin his excavations there.

16. These excavations came to an end in 1937 with the Japanese invasion.

17. Archaeological excavations in parts of Kathmandu have found evidence of ancient civilisations.

18. The Albanian Institute of Archaeology began larger scale excavations in the 1970s.

19. Excavations were again carried out in 1954 by French archaeologist Maurice Dunand.

20. In recent years new excavations at Naqa provided more evidence for him.

21. During the first 25 years of the modern excavations, several caches of Astragali …

22. He also shared some informative slides on this, including Vadnagar excavations, on social media.

23. At the site of Cerro Blanco, in the Nepena valley, excavations revealed Chavín ceramics.

24. Excavations in the tell have revealed the Uyun Temple and King Naram-Sin's palace-stronghold.

25. Excavations focussed on the central axis, but minor investigations also took place in the peripheral areas.

26. Recent excavations testify to the presence of cultivated inhabitants on the hill during the Arthurian period.

27. Excavations in 2014 revealed the remains of at least 50 minor royalty in several chambers.

28. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch.

29. During August–September 2006 archaeological excavations were carried out adjacent to the tell of Shiloh.

30. This particular part of the excavations is concentrating on the Bronze Age and Iron Age levels.

31. Swastikas have also come to light in excavations at Troy, an ancient city of Asia Minor.

32. Excavations in 1953 indicated that the castle was probably an adulterine castle, built without permission, and abandoned unfinished.

33. Systematic archaeological excavations conducted since 1953 revealed that the site was, in fact, an Imperial palace.

34. Lateral earth pressure, active pressure, passive pressure, unsaturated soils, expansive soils, tension cracks, retaining walls, unsupported excavations.

35. I plunged into research, acquisitions of artifacts, exhibits, tours, lectures, archaeological excavations, and military and historical ceremonies.

36. Once completed, these parapets were occupied by U.S. soldiers and a new set of excavations went forward.

37. Pakistani archaeologist Dr F.A. Khan conducted extensive studies and excavations in the site from 1958 to 1965.

38. Amerind’s “Logo Pot” was found during Amerind excavations at the Gleeson Site near Gleeson, Arizona, in 1939

39. Boreholes are drilled from the earth’s surface and from underground mining excavations at any angle relative to the horizon

40. Excavations throughout the area have revealed large amounts of Greek coins, ancient Zoroastrian temples and several Buddhist stupas.

41. He is a serious archeologist who has guided archeological excavations in Xinjiang for a long period of time.

42. Excavations since 1898 have concentrated on the three temples that are in close proximity and all inter-related.

43. A model, exhibited behind a large hotel in Jerusalem, is regularly being updated according to what new excavations reveal.

44. These structures are very badly damaged, and Verner expects that no exceptional finds will be made during excavations.

45. In addition to Sinosauropteryx, several other revelatory specimens came to light through amateurs rather than at scientific excavations.

46. Since 2001 excavations have been conducted with the aim of revealing the appearance, structure, and chronology of the settlement.

47. Ancient Amazonian communities fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict, excavations show.

48. The best examples of the Bronze Age Greece palace are seen in the excavations at Mycenae, Tiryns and Pylos.

49. Here a great number of large alluvial aggregate quarries, whose excavations extend below the water table, have long been active.

50. Such excavations have uncovered details of the lay-out and facilities of military sites and remains of military equipment.