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The 38 pages that link to Archaeological excavation, each with the reason it gives.

• ArchaeologyRelated: Stratigraphic excavation preserves the relationships among objects, structures, and layers.

• Archaeological contextRelated: Excavation exposes contexts while progressively destroying their physical arrangement.

• StratigraphyRelated: Excavation exposes and documents the layer relationships stratigraphy interprets.

• Archaeological stratigraphyRelated: Excavation exposes the contacts and sequences that stratigraphic interpretation depends on.

• BurrowRelated: Claws, teeth, limbs, or the head move soil to create a burrow's passages and chambers.

• Archaeological Survey of IndiaRelated: Excavation is one way the Survey investigates archaeological sites.

• Archaeological siteRelated: Excavation exposes buried remains but removes the deposits that contain them.

• Mary LeakeyRelated: Careful excavation preserved the locations and relationships of Olduvai finds.

• Maya archaeologyRelated: Excavation reveals construction sequences, occupation layers, and artifacts at Maya sites.

• NewgrangeRelated: Excavation revealed Newgrange’s chamber and informed its later reconstruction.

• TellRelated: Excavation exposes a tell’s buried structures and occupation layers in sequence.

• Sutton HooRelated: The 1939 dig documented the ship impression and its contents before they could be lost.

• Rock shelterRelated: Excavation reveals occupation layers and objects preserved beneath shelter floors.

• Winged Victory of SamothraceRelated: French excavations uncovered the statue’s main figure in 1863.

• Prehistoric archaeologyRelated: Stratigraphic excavation preserves the associations that give prehistoric finds their meaning.

• LybiidaeRelated: Many barbets excavate nest cavities in trees or dead wood.

• NaturalRelated: Excavators may continue downward until reaching the natural.

• Zheng ZhenduoRelated: Zheng’s archaeological work applied organized research to material evidence of China’s past.

• PickaxeRelated: Pickaxes loosen material where shovels and other tools cannot readily penetrate.

• BanpoRelated: Banpo’s modern significance began with excavation that documented its features and artifacts.

• Rock-hewn churchesRelated: Excavation can expose a church’s exterior while leaving its mass joined to the ground.