excavated
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Today, the excavated base of the Templo Mayor, the step pyramid topped with altars to the Aztec gods of war and rain, is an open-air archaeological site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But this was the first time in his career that he had been part of a team that excavated an entirely unbroken pottery vessel from a terrestrial site.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The brighter streaks that hug the crater's rim were fresh material excavated from deeper underground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
They are also blocked by motorcycles, swallowed by parked cars, encroachments or excavated for utility works.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
We have abundant evidence from the garbage that they left behind at hundreds of thousands of excavated archaeological sites and huge shell mounds distributed all over Japan.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
