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Excavating is the process of creating a man-made cut or cavity within the surface of the Earth. Soil excavation is necessary for construction projects like water and sewer piping, power line construction, repairing foundations, and other structural work.
There are four general types of soil—from dry, dense, and hard (Type 1) to wet, muddy, and unable to support itself (Type 4). with difficulty by using a small sharp object.
excavation, in archaeology, the exposure, recording, and recovery of buried material remains.
Excavation is the process of removing earth to form a cavity in the ground. On small sites or in confined spaces, excavation may still be carried out by manual means using tools such as picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. Larger scale excavation works will require heavy plant such as bulldozers and backactors.