excavation

excavation

CEFR: C1-C2 /ex-ca-va-tion/ [eh2.k.s.k.ah0.v.ey1.sh.ah0.n]

Excavation is the act or process of digging, especially when you are digging to remove something from the ground. Archaeologists often excavate different artifacts. It can also be the hole in the ground made by the digging. Here are example sentences:

Example Sentences:
The townspeople were bothered by the excavation site the archaeologists had set up.
Mesolithic Britain was thought to have been inhabited by hunter-gatherers, however, the recent excavation of a dwelling in Northumbria reveals our Stone Age ancestors to have been ingenious and elaborate house builders.​