1. The act of digging
   "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
   - digging, dig 
2. The site of an archeological exploration
   - dig, archeological site 
3. A hole in the ground made by excavating 
4. The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
   - mining

Derived forms: excavations

See also: excavate

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], creating by removal, land site, production, site

Encyclopedia: Excavation

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