excavation
noun
[ ɛkskəˈveɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
• "the methods of excavation have to be extremely rigorous"
Similar:
unearthing,
digging up,
uncovering,
revealing,
disinterment,
exhumation,
digging,
digging out,
hollowing out,
scooping out,
gouging,
boring,
channelling,
sinking,
quarrying,
mining,
hole,
hollow,
cavity,
pit,
crater,
cutting,
trench,
trough,
archaeological site,
