excavated
adj. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɪd// UK //ˈɛkskəvˌeɪtɪd// ex·ca·vat·ed
adj. describing something that has been dug up from the ground, especially to find old objects or ruins.
adj. having been unearthed or removed from the ground through systematic digging, typically for archaeological or construction purposes. Often used as a participial adjective to describe sites or artifacts.
The team displayed the excavated pottery in the museum.
Archaeologists spent three years studying the excavated remains of the Roman villa found beneath the parking lot.
The excavated foundations of the medieval cathedral provided historians with new evidence regarding the city's original layout before the Great Fire.
Usage
Often follows a linking verb or precedes a noun as a modifier.