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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...contractors. NAICS Code(s) 235930 (Excavation Contractors) The U.S. excavation work...
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...initial motivation for excavation was a search for sculpture...architectural marble. The excavations yielded well-preserved...several decades; later, excavations at Pompeii were favored...supervision of Weber, the excavation proceeded more systematically...visitors through the excavations ...
Schliemann, Heinrich
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Calvert, who had made small excavations at Hisarlik, convinced Schliemann...he began a campaign of excavations at Hisarlik (1871 –...Even more important were his excavations at Mycenae (1876). These...1890 report. Subsequent excavation has shown that Homeric Troy...
Heinrich Schliemann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...University of Rostock. Excavation of Troy In 1870 Schliemann's excavations at Troy began...methodology into the excavations. The resulting...spent with further excavations at the citadel...and with actual excavation starts on Cythera...
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...underground instability increase as the type of excavation moves from a generally circular tunnel excavation towards a non-circular cross-section...
Archaeology
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...another determined by excavation. Excavation can be conducted either horizontally (clearing excavations) or vertically (penetrating excavations) depending on the nature...attempting to answer. Most excavation projects will include...
archaeology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...northern Germany there were excavations such as those of the Viking...mark on archaeology, with excavations such as those by Brian Hope...of ‘open area excavation’, the stripping...whole. Massive open area excavations of complex stratified sites...
Mary Douglas Leakey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...African prehistory, best known for her excavations of some of the earliest members of the...Between 1930 and 1934, she took part in excavations at Hembury, Devon, and attended lectures...East Africa. Her initial East African excavations were the Late Stone Age sites at Hyrax...
Leakey, Mary
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...African prehistory, best known for her excavations (digging for fossils) of some of the...Between 1930 and 1934 Mary took part in excavations at Hembury, Devon, and attended lectures...East Africa. Her initial East African excavations were the Late Stone Age sites at Hyrax...
mining
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...throughout the extraction period. The excavation usually has stepped, or benched...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...

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...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...
archaeology
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...editorial interpretation, can be assessed. Excavations at Jericho uncovered a mass of furniture...Genesis stories may correspond with what excavations have revealed of the second millennium...of Judges have also been confirmed by excavations of small villages established by the...
Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the models he made of his excavations have enabled modern archaeologists...he had his five-volume Excavations in Cranborne Chase (1887...techniques in archaeological excavation but also of the revolution...in the privately published Excavations in Cranborne Chase , IV...
Reck, Hans
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Munich, he made the first systematic excavations in the Olduvai Gorge (now in Tanzania...his expeditions, he reported on the excavations of dinosaurs and pterodactyls in the...series of Natal. Reck ’ s excavations in the Olduvai Gorge became widely known...
Emain Macha
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...subsequently used for ceremonial purposes. Excavation (1963–71) has established...mysterious place than archaeological excavation supports. It contained the fabled palace...the doorkeeper. The 1960s’ excavations prompted a large-scale scholarly and...
Lartet, Édouard Amant Isidore Hip-Polyte
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x201C; For fifteen years he made excavations at his own expense and devoted late...succession of living creatures. His excavations in 1860 at the prehistoric sites of...collaboration with his friend Christy in the excavations in P é rigord. Lartet was named...
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...
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...connected to one header pipe. When these are used in a staged excavation a considerable depth can be drained and the drawdown restricted...
Abel, Othenio
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...this period Abel was in charge of extensive paleozoological excavations in the Drachenh ö hle near Mixnitz, Styria; he had previously (1912) undertaken similar excavations at Pikermi, Greece. In 1911 Abel was awarded the Bigsby Medal...
Gell, Sir William
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Pompeiana: the Topography , Ornaments, etc. , showing the results of excavations at Pompeii since 1819. His work is of particular interest because he drew the excavations and artefacts with the aid of a camera lucida , so the images are remarkably...

Thesaurus entries related to "excavation"

excavation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus excavation • noun   1. the excavation of a grave synonyms : unearthing...exhumation.   2. the excavation of a moat synonyms : digging...3. implements found in the excavations synonyms : hole, pit, trench...
mine
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English mine • noun   1. work in a mine synonyms : colliery, pit, excavation, well, quarry, lode, vein, deposit; coal mine, gold mine, diamond mine.   2. the librarian/book is a mine of...
trench
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus trench • noun  Chechen fighters steel themselves in their trenches around the city synonyms : ditch, channel, trough, excavation, furrow, rut, conduit, cut, drain, duct, waterway, watercourse; entrenchment, moat; Archaeology fosse.
hole
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...hole in the ground synonyms : pit, ditch, trench, cavity, crater, depression, indentation, hollow; well, borehole, excavation, dugout; cave, cavern, pothole.   3. the gopher's hole synonyms : burrow, lair, den, earth, set; retreat...
depression
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...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...
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.
burrow
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English burrow • noun  rabbit burrows synonyms : tunnel, hole, hollow, excavation, lair, den, retreat.

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Air Excavation: The Next Arboricultural Frontier.
Magazine article from: Arbor Age; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...past. Root Collar Excavation Root collar excavations are an essential...difficulty of conducting excavations, especially on large trees. Air excavation has revolutionized...scale root collar excavations. Times for excavation generally are reduced...
Excavation Safety
Magazine article from: Professional Safety; 5/1/2004; ; 599 words ; ...information on a lesser scale, Excavation Safety presents valuable...safety hazards common during excavation. The author adequately addresses...importance of planning for safe excavations; soil characteristics and cave-ins; protection against excavation hazards; safety training...
Evolution of the factor of safety following excavation in clay.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Geotechnical Journal; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Introduction Excavation of a cut in clayey material causes...By assuming that the period of excavation is short enough to prevent pore...At an initial stage following the excavation, the engineer can rely on the short...
Distributions of ground movements parallel to deep excavations in clay.
Magazine article from: Canadian Geotechnical Journal; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...three other excavation projects where...Key words: excavations, clays, ground...projets d'excavation oU l'on rapporte...Mots cles: excavations, argiles...adjacent to excavations can be damaged by excavation-induced distortions...
Dig safer with vacuum-excavation.(Special Report)
Magazine article from: Construction Equipment; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...before it expands, and it can open an excavation with power that will surprise you...factor," says Kirwan. "In a vacuum-excavation system, such as our Vac-N-Dig...the soil from below. Watch a vacuum-excavation system at work, and you'll actually...
McLaughlin introduces safe tools for hydro excavation.
Magazine article from: Underground Construction; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...projects where there is excavation in areas where utilities...compact excavator, vacuum excavation clearly is faster, safer and the small excavations can be filled in and surface...expensively. Many of the vacuum excavation machines in use on utility...
Hieber's harbor. (J. Stephen Hieber, president of PWI Inc.; underground tank excavation) (Operations Management) (Column)
Magazine article from: National Petroleum News; 5/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...allow for a sloped excavation that fully conforms...that could make tank excavations safer and less expensive...look at the tank-excavation problem. Anytime you...shoring or sloping of excavations that workers are required...say the walls of your excavation can be straight up...
NAHB Offers Builders Two New Trenching And Excavation Safety Resources
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 12/2/2008; 700+ words ; ...learning about: - Trenching and excavation hazards - Competent-person responsibilities...House foundations/basement excavations - Employee training - Hazardous...in reviewing the Trenching and Excavation Safety Video, English-Spanish...
Installing cathodic protection via vacuum excavation. (Vacuum Excavation).
Magazine article from: Underground Construction; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Southern Arizona. "Excavation is completed much...situations, small excavations made by vacuum...limiting the size of excavations reduces restoration...that makes the excavation also removes spoil...auxiliary water excavation systems. About 85 to 90 percent of excavations are made by ...
Air it out: common and novel uses of air excavation tools in arboriculture.(Tools & Equipment)
Magazine article from: Arbor Age; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...as root collar excavations. Like many other products, air excavation tools have their...applications of air excavation in arboriculture include root crown excavation, radial trenching...aeration. Root crown excavations are used to check...