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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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archaeologist
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The archaeologist will often be excavating a single site.
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If archaeologists subsequently excavate that shifted material, they need to be able to recognize that it is in a secondary context.
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There are two potential problems that archaeologists can have when excavating putative glass furnaces.
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The archaeologist will often be excavating a single site .
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Archaeologists excavate sites carefully and record everything they see and find.
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Time allowed 07:09 Read in studio Archaeologists excavating the site of a medieval leper hospital have unearthed a Roman cemetery.
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He started excavating the site in 1961, and the dramatic nature of his discovery soon became clear.
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Local people called on the government to excavate the site and to protect the remains.
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In some cases it may help clarify the function of different parts of an excavated site as well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Archaeologists are excavating a Bronze Age settlement on the outskirts of the village.
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The mosaics excavated in 1989 have now been fully restored.
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The turtle excavates a hole in the sand and then lays its eggs in it.
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Work is under way to excavate the ancient city.
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Workers had already begun excavating the foundations for the house.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A very large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel.
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As on land, ocean impact explosions excavate huge craters.
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For a time he worked with archaeologists from the University of California excavating ruins near Kayenta, Arizona.
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The site, needed for a parking lot, was entombed without being excavated.
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The stone-lined privy pit was excavated a year ago by an archaeology field class from City College.
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Until recently new pits were continually being excavated while others are being filled with refuse.