- excavation, digging, dig - the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
--1 is a kind of creating by removal
Derived forms: verb excavate1, verb excavate2 - dig, excavation, archeological site - the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
--2 is a kind of site, land site
--2 has particulars: ByblosDerived forms: verb excavate1, verb excavate2 - excavation, hole in the ground - a hole in the ground made by excavating
--3 is a kind of artifact, artefact
--3 has particulars:bore, bore-hole, drill hole; delf; ditch; mine; mineshaft; pit, quarry, stone pit; pool; root cellar, cellar; well; working, workings Derived forms: verb excavate1, verb excavate3, verb excavate4, verb excavate2 - mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
--4 is a kind of production
--4 has particulars: placer mining; strip mining, opencast miningDerived form: verb excavate4