0 present participle of excavate --
1 to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past: --
That is to say, up to what figure would he impose additional excavating costs in order to ensure restoration?
Whilst excavating the cairns, banks and roundhouses, many of us found that context sheets and scale drawings were often inadequate means of describing the subtleties of construction we were encountering.
Excavating in the area at the base of the tree in 1992, we removed the contents of a pit that measured 185 cm north-south by 105 cm east-west.
During the time we were excavating colonies, there were no mating flights of this species to our knowledge; thus we can reliably compare the number of males among the colonies.
Observers past and present expressed wonderment at all-night floodlights enabling 200 men and 30 teams of horses to work non-stop razing existing structures while simultaneously excavating for foundations.
We may well find that this excavating capacity, as well as the financial means, will in the future prove to be inadequate to investigate all sites of archaeological interest.
Whether constructing or excavating, much hard physical work may be involved.
Perhaps the concern went deeper, excavating an anxiety about acceptance in the modern world.
