Definition of EXCAVATIONAL

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Recent Examples on the Web Five graves were chosen for excavation, a meticulous process requiring hand trowels, bent backs and dirty knees to reach fragile, rusty-colored remains. — Washington Post, "Mysteries, skeletons abound under Virginia church’s floor," 28 June 2020 Interest in spotlighting the Ohlone heightened two years ago when an excavation of the land around the center yielded the remains of 67 tribal members and more than 13,000 artifacts, from arrow heads to grinding bowls. — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, "SF breaks ground on nature center near Sunol to spotlight its water," 26 June 2020 Researchers say the scans helped piece together the city’s water system layout and revealed evidence of a religious processional route that probably never would have been uncovered by excavation alone. — Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor, "Points of Progress: Legal protections for LGBTQ employees, and more," 26 June 2020 In a statement emailed to Fox News, Dr. Barak Monnickendam-Givon and Tehila Sadiel, who are directing the excavation, said that 10 full magazines for Bren light machine guns were found, along with two bayonets for British Lee Enfield rifles. — Fox News, "Jordanian ammunition stash from the Six-Day War discovered near Jerusalem's Western Wall," 25 June 2020 The Temple Mount is protected by Israeli law as a holy place, which clearly precludes excavation. — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, "In Search of King David’s Lost Empire," 22 June 2020 An archeological excavation planned by the University of Oklahoma for July 13, resulting from two decades of research, is expected to find the site of a mass grave of victims. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "We still don’t know just how much was lost in the Tulsa massacre of 1921," 18 June 2020 Researchers will do test excavation of one site on July 13. — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, "Fact check: Devastating 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre wasn't worst U.S. riot, isn't ignored in books," 18 June 2020 Science kits include metal detectors, a dinosaur egg excavation and a shark tooth activity. — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, "YMCA hosting summer camps for families at Camp Cullen," 16 June 2020

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