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Bibracte
Bibracte , former capital of the Aedui , site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 BC) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars ). Excavations on the site have revealed a Gallic town. ... Read more
grave
grave space excavated in the earth or rock for the burial of a corpse. When a grave is marked by a protective or memorial structure it is often referred to as a tomb . See burial ; funeral customs . ... Read more
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (d. c.626 bc) (Assurbanipal) Last great king of Assyria (669–633 bc). During his reign, Assyria reached its largest extent, encompassing Upper Egypt, before a rapid decline. Excavations at Nineveh after 1850 revealed an advanced civilization.... Read more
Dibon
Dibon or Dibon-gad, ancient city, E of the Dead Sea, now a ruin called Dhiban. The Moabite stone was found there, and important remains from the Moabite period have been excavated. References to it in the Bible are numerous. An alternate form is Dimon. See Dimona . ... Read more
Taanach
Taanach , in the Bible, royal city of Canaan, central ancient Palestine, the modern Tell Ti'innik, West Bank, SE of Megiddo. Sisera was defeated here by Deborah and Barak. It is also spelled Tanach. Remains dating from about the 26th cent. BC were excavated (1901-4) here. ... Read more
Aegean civilization
Aegean civilization , term for the Bronze Age cultures of pre-Hellenic Greece. The complexity of those early civilizations was not suspected before the excavations of archaeologists in the late 19th cent. The most remarkable of the cultures was perhaps that of Crete, which was flourishing by the beg... Read more
Olduvai Gorge
Olduvai Gorge , a feature of the E African Rift Valley in Tanzania. Erosional processes have exposed geological strata in the gorge dating to the lower Pleistocene epoch, about 1.8 million to 600,000 years ago. The site was made famous by the numerous hominid fossils excavated by Louis Leakey and ... Read more
adit
adit , in mining, underground passage excavated nearly horizontally, with one end open to the earth's surface, usually used to service a mine. The adit end is the furthermost end from the surface, i.e., the location where miners work. The adit collar is the area where an adit opens to the surface an... Read more
Banstead
Banstead , town (1991 pop. 43,163), Surrey, SE England, on the North Downs. Banstead is mainly residential and comprises some highly regarded landscapes. A church from the Norman period and an excavated Roman villa are there. The area is mentioned in the Domesday Book . Banstead and the larger city... Read more
Bethsaida
Bethsaida [Heb.,=house of the fisher], in the Gospels, birthplace of Jesus' disciples Peter, Andrew, and Philip. Herod Philip (4 BC-AD 33) is said to have renamed it Julias after the daughter of Augustus, who died in 2 BC Some identify Bethsaida with the Julias just E of the Jordan and N of the Sea... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "excavation"

SIC 1794 Excavation Work
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 1794 EXCAVATION WORK This category covers special trade contractors primarily engaged in excavation work and digging foundations, including...construction, contractors. NAICS Code(s) 235930 (Excavation Contractors) The U.S. excavation work... Read more
Harriet Hawes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...first female archaeologist to head an excavation. A classicist and scientist by training...she was not permitted to take part in excavations sponsored by the ASCS. Hawes had been...she used the money to finance her own excavation. She wanted to follow up on recent archaeological... Read more
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...English archeologist who revolutionized excavation methods, thus laying the basis for modern...into an active career of surveys and excavations in Egypt and Palestine interspersed...his autobiography. Petrie began his excavations at the Giza pyramids in Egypt (1880... Read more
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...century. The initial motivation for excavation was a search for sculpture and architectural marble. The excavations yielded well-preserved public and...new awareness of the potential of excavation for historical understanding led some... Read more
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...archaeologist. His early work included excavations at Carchemish (1912-14) and the Egyptian...3d millennium BC Woolley oversaw the excavation of the prehistoric cemetery at Ur, which...of large-scale human sacrifice. Later excavations led by him were those of the Syrian... Read more
shaft sinking
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition excavation from the surface of an opening in the earth. Shafts, which are generally vertical, are usually distinguished from tunnels , which... Read more
mine
Book article from: World Encyclopedia mine Excavation from which minerals (mainly coal and metal ores) are extracted. Underground mines are of two main types: shaft mines and drift... Read more
quarrying
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition open, or surface, excavation of rock used for various purposes, including construction, ornamentation, road building, and as an industrial raw material. Rock... Read more
rock mechanics
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...projects of all types can entail rock excavation, whether at the surface or at depth. Several...underground instability increase as the type of excavation moves from a generally circular tunnel excavation towards a non-circular cross-section and... Read more
mining
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...throughout the extraction period. The excavation usually has stepped, or benched...steep-sided, funnel-shaped surface excavation is connected to tunnels below it. Rocks blasted off the sides of the excavation fall into the tunnels, from which... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "excavation"

excavation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences excavation Hole created in the ground by drilling , augering (see AUGER ), boring, blasting, scraping, ripping, or digging, depending on the strength and condition of the rock requiring removal. Excavation may be on the surface, e.g. for buildings, or underground, e.g. for mines and tunnels. Read more
arching
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences arching 1. In an underground excavation , a small inward movement of the...caused by in situ stress around the excavation. This reduces the permeability...the immediate vicinity of the excavation. 2. Masonry or steel support in... Read more
cavation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture cavation, cavazion . 1. Excavation of earth to form a cellar or basement. 2. Trench or excavation to accommodate the foundation of a building. Read more
cut and fill
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences cut and fill Levelling of material by excavation in one place and its deposition in an adjacent place, to produce a uniform height for roads, railways, canals, etc. In mining, the back-filling of excavations by waste materials. Read more
well-point drainage
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...drainage A method for draining permeable deposits around an excavation that requires small cones of depression. Tubes about 100 mm...connected to one header pipe. When these are used in a staged excavation a considerable depth can be drained and the drawdown restricted... Read more
archaeology
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...humankind, especially in the prehistoric period, and usually by excavation. Archaeological research includes four stages. The most obvious is recovery of material by excavation, chance find, surface survey, and observation from the air. Digging... Read more
Herculaneum
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. Its rediscovery in C18 and excavation (from 1738) proved to be a potent catalyst in Neo-Classicism...Pompeii (which was actually found later than Herculaneum), the excavations gave countless motifs to designers that were ingredients... Read more
cesspool
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology cesspool excavation in the bottom of a drain to retain solid matter XVII; well to receive soil from privies, etc. XVIII. perh. alt., with assim. to... Read more
countermine
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military countermine n. an excavation dug to intercept another dug by an enemy. v. dig a countermine against. Read more
quarry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology quarry2 open-air excavation from which stone is obtained. XV. — medL. quarreia , shortened var. of quareria = OF. quarriere (mod. carrière ). f. * quarre :- L. quadrum square. Hence vb. XVIII. Read more

Thesaurus entries related to "excavation"

excavation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus excavation • noun   1. the excavation of a grave synonyms : unearthing, digging up; disinterment, exhumation.   2. the excavation of a moat synonyms : digging, hollowing out, boring, channeling... Read more
trench
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English trench • noun   synonyms : ditch, excavation, earthwork, furrow, duct, trough, channel, conduit, cut, drain, waterway, moat, fosse. Read more
burrow
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English burrow • noun  rabbit burrows synonyms : tunnel, hole, hollow, excavation, lair, den, retreat. Read more
mine
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus mine • noun   1. a coal mine synonyms : pit, excavation, quarry, workings, diggings; strip mine, open-pit mine, placer (mine), hardrock mine.   2. a mine of information synonyms... Read more
pit
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English pit 1 • noun   1. fall down a pit synonyms : abyss, chasm, crater, hole, cavity, excavation, quarry, mine.   2. pits in the pottery/skin synonyms : depression, hollow, dent, dint, indentation, dimple, pockmark, pock, mark. Read more
hole
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...rift, puncture, perforation, cut, incision, split, gash, rent, slit, vent, notch.   2. a hole in the ground synonyms : excavation, pit, crater, shaft, mine, dugout, cave, cavern, pothole, cavity, chamber, hollow, scoop, pocket, depression, dent, dint... Read more
depression
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...depression in the landscape synonyms : hollow, indentation, dent, cavity, concavity, dip, valley, pit, hole, bowl, sink, sinkhole, excavation.   4. an economic depression synonyms : slump, recession, decline, slowdown, standstill; paralysis, inactivity, stagnation... Read more

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Beware of the excavation rats--Part 2. (Safety Report).(excavation safety)(Column)
Magazine article from: Concrete Construction; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Competent Persons responsible for overall excavation safety have many duties. One primary...controlling or abating, some of the hazards in excavation work and to help keep people safe. First, excavation inspections include both visual and manual... Read more
Occupational fatalities during trenching and excavation work--United States, 1992-2001.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 4/23/2004; 700+ words ; ...associated with trench collapses and other excavation hazards continue to occur despite Occupational...assess the hazards of trenching and excavation work in the United States, CDC reviewed...education and training resources on safe excavation and trenching practices offered by the... Read more
Beware of the excavation rats: Part 3--emergency rescue procedures. (Safety Report).
Magazine article from: Concrete Construction; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Quick! Your co-worker is trapped in an excavation failure. What should you do? First...list of suggestions on what to do if an excavation collapse occurs is only a guide. It...other exposed individuals out of the excavation. * Be sure you are thinking clearly... Read more
Excavating 300-year-old French ship. (excavation of explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's shipwrecked ship off the coast of Texas)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 6/1/1997; 398 words ; Excavation of famed French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur...excavate on dry land. The cofferdam was essential for excavation due to the silty waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where...than a foot. Any movement including that required by excavation, would make visibility impossible. The Belle is the... Read more
Beware of the excavation rats--Part 1. (Safety Report).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Concrete Construction; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...be to slowly suffocate in a collapsed excavation! To feel the earth close in against...the rats is a common term in sloped excavation work, especially where there is some...focus on the causes and prevention of excavation failures--things everyone, not just... Read more
Developer's excavation cracks public footpath.
Newspaper article from: Todmorden News (Todmorden, England); 4/11/2008; 569 words ; EXCAVATION work at a development has cracked a public footpath...say it is the second time in a matter of months that excavation work on Britannia Developments' Mons Mill site has resulted...undermine the foundations of their homes. Previously excavation work done by Britannia a few metres further up the ... Read more
The Roman imperial quarries; survey and excavation at Mons Porphyrites 1994-1998; v.2: The excavations.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2008; 163 words ; ...The Roman imperial quarries; survey and excavation at Mons Porphyrites 1994-1998; v.2: The excavations. Peacock, David and Valerie Maxfield...Society 2007 449 pages $130.00 Hardcover Excavation memoir; 82 DT73 Named for the valued... Read more
Human skeletal remains; excavation, analysis, interpretation. (reprint, 1978).(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 162 words ; 9780202362397 Human skeletal remains; excavation, analysis, interpretation. (reprint...Paperback GN70 This broad overview of the excavation, analysis, and interpretation of human...and evaluating techniques of skeletal excavation. Information is divided into sections... Read more
Rapid excavation and tunneling; proceedings. (CD-ROM included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 3/1/2008; 154 words ; 9780873352567 Rapid excavation and tunneling; proceedings. (CD-ROM included) Rapid Excavation and Tunneling conference (2007: Toronto...face tunneling, rock tunneling, sequential excavation, tunnel lining, and shaft rehabilitation... Read more
Monastiraki Katalimata; Excavation of a Cretan refuge site, 1993-2000.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2009; 129 words ; 9781931534246 Monastiraki Katalimata; Excavation of a Cretan refuge site, 1993-2000...findings and results of a 1993-2000 excavation of a Greek Dark Ages refugee site on...site, detailed reports are given on the excavation and history of the Terrace C, and a... Read more