Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

excavation  

Definition

  • Excavation is one of the most commonly known and used techniques of archaeological investigation. It involves the systematic removal of data from the ground. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Excavation]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N6TF4C7T-G

Download this concept: