Recent Examples on the WebThe site of Solomon’s coronation ceremony, the Spring Citadel, is an enormous 3,800-year-old Canaanite fortress revealed in 2014, after 15 years of excavation. Marion Fischel, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 This old handyman’s adage also applies to the modern world of the excavation business. Yec, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Nine transformers under both Vestas and Siemens turbines and one in a substation spilled some 3,400 gallons of mineral oil — 90% of it to the ground around the turbines, prompting excavation and soil replacement.The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 27 Aug. 2022 The excavation was conducted in collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Authority for the Development and Settlement of the Bedouin. Dana Givens, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022 Archaeologists, who began excavation in 1981, have found artifacts dating back to 2000-3000 B.C., including polished stone celts (similar to an ax or hoe) and other tools made from stone and bone. Meher Qadri, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2022 Blasting and heavy excavation can occur only during daylight hours, and Granite must take precautions to minimize and monitor seismic disturbances. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 Description is not prescription; excavation is not the same thing as discovery.Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The data from the excavation and monitoring is added to three-dimensional computer models, which are in turn used to predict what excavators expect to find next. Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin excavātiōn-, excavātiō, from excavāre "to hollow out, excavate" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action