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 series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts.
That portion of a surface that remains after an open disk is removed from it.
An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture.
Any opening in a solid object.
The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.