excavation

n 1: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going

on near Princeton" [syn: {digging}, {dig}]

2: the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp

next to the dig" [syn: {dig}]

3: a hole made by excavating [syn: {hole in the ground}]

4: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth [syn:

{mining}]