If Stones Could Speak Part One

To engage in digging out material or hollowing out something

• artifacts

• excavate

• conserve

• preserve

a view or opinion that has not been proven

• investigation

• preserve

• theory

• contradiction

To maintain in a relatively unchanged condition.

• conserve

• tenon

• excavate

• preserve

a protruding part shaped to fit into a mortise to make a joint

• lintel

• tenon

• mortice

• artifact

when two things are in opposition to each other; inconsistent

• contradiction

• rigorous

• investigation

• theory

a slot or other shape cut into a piece of wood or metal and intended to connect with a matching piece cut to fit it exactly when inserted into it

• tenon

• lintels

• joint

• mortice

look carefully and closely so as to learn the facts; examine

• reveals

• contradiction

• investigation

• conserve

a supporting horizontal beam at the top of a doorway or window.

• artifact

• joint

• tenon

• lintel

a field of knowledge having to do with methods of solving problems through research in science

• preserve

• artifact

• technology

• conserve

To keep safe from loss, destruction, or waste

• conserve

• preserve

• artifact

• technology