The first act in the construction process was the excavation.

建筑过程第一项任务是地基开。

I had located the fossil, the rest, I knew, would consist of careful excavation.

我巳经知道了化石，我知道剩下工作就是耐心。

Excavations have been going on at the site in county Galway since October.

自10月份以来，Galway郡这个地点工作就已经开始。

The original environment was destabilized after the excavation.

“出土之后，原始环境失去了平衡。

Excavations yielded samplings of pottery and stone tools -- isolated glimpses of Green Sahara cultures.

发出少量陶器和石器，这些个别发现让人得以一窥绿色撒哈拉不同文化。

Despite over a century of excavation, the Minoans remain enticingly enigmatic.

虽然对米诺斯考古已进行了一个多纪，但它仍保持着让人着迷神秘感，我们所掌握知识仍然极为零碎，令人沮丧。

But as the lakebed excavation continued, the mystery deepened.

不过随着对湖床进行谜团愈加扑朔迷离。

Archeologists have uncovered a winged statue at the Sanxingdui excavation site.

考古学家在三星堆发现场发现了一尊带翅膀雕像。

Bits of paint found in soil and old excavation reports.

以及土壤中发现少量涂彩和旧发报告。

The excavation revealed the substructure of a now headless pyramid.

此显露了这个如今无头金字塔下部结构。

To see how that increase influenced urban growth, researchers looked at 95 excavation sites in London.

为了研究海洋捕鱼队城市发展促进意义，研究人员们调查了伦敦区内95个考古发站点。

He sent a photo and Lyson started working on the permissions required to do an excavation.

他发了一张照片，莱森开始研究进行所需许可。

Scientifically, the excavation and protection of the grottoes involve various knowledge such as geology and mechanics.

科学上，石窟开凿和保护涉及到地质、力学等多方面知识。

After being exposed to air during excavation, the coating under the paint began to fall off.

在过程中暴露在空气中后，油漆下面涂层开始脱落。

The stone blade of a plough has been discovered during excavation in County Mayo in western Ireland.

在爱尔兰西部梅欧郡发出了石刀犁。

It's why archaeologists get so agitated about illicit excavations today.

这也是考古学家对盗墓活动如此反感原因。

But interest did increase when the excavations began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries CE.

但在公元 18 纪末和 19 纪初发工作开始后，人们兴趣有所增加。

As you can see, we're right on top of an ancient city, which makes excavation pretty difficult.

正如你所看到，我们正处在一座古城顶部，这使得工作相当困难。

It is said that the excavation of the Mogao Caves originated from a monk named Le Zun.

据说，莫高窟开凿源于一名叫乐僔和尚。

Either way, short story or thousand-page whopper of a novel, the techniques of excavation remain basically the same.

不论哪种，短篇小说或是一千多页小说巨著，技术大致上相同。