the actual excavation, examination, analysis and interpretation.
the actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
the academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains
A large cave.
A large, dark place or space.
An underground chamber.
To put into a cavern.
To form a cavern or deep depression in.