The phrase "excavator of" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone or something that actively carries out the act of excavation, or digging and removing material from the ground. Example: John was a skilled excavator of ancient ruins, uncovering valuable artifacts and preserving them for future study.
Dr. Conard, one of the authors of the report, was the excavator of the artifacts at several of the caves.
Damian Whitworth in the Times praised Booth as "an assiduous excavator of entertaining facts and telling stats".
The great archaeological discoveries of Heinrich Schliemann, the German excavator of Troy; the English archaeologists Arthur Evans in Crete and Wm.
The reason you notice them at all is because a boy who once lived across the street grew up to become an excavator of his own past.
An excavator of lost souls and eccentric visionaries, his genius lay partly in a natural ability to connect with those living on the margins of society.
Meltonville is a tireless excavator of England's culinary heritage, and his services are coveted by the cadre of chefs who have recently become interested in resurrecting antique tastes and techniques.
(Excavators of Sardis have found a destruction layer that appears to be associated with this event).
TEAM are theatrical excavators of American culture, American dreams and the American psyche, understanding the intimate connection between past and present, celluloid and reality.
Similar material continued in the reigns of Amenhotep II and III, in the latter's case importantly supplemented by the cuneiform correspondence with foreign powers (Mitanni, Arzawa, etc)., which was subsequently stockpiled and archived by Akhenaton in his transitory new capital, where it lay buried to await the modern excavators of Tell el-Amarna.
"I don't see irony in Richard's work in the end; there's a real pathos there," she said, differentiating him from Warhol and trying to soften the prevailing image of him as one of the darkest excavators of the American soul.
We identified four key excavators of intact forest: yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus), northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), and pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus).
