Excavation is an album by guitarist Ben Monder which was recorded in 1999 and first released on the Arabesque label the following year.

[3] The AllMusic review by David R. Adler stated "Guitarist Ben Monder packs this highly original album with a panoply of ideas.

The dreamlike voice of Theo Bleckmann gives the music an almost medieval, spooky quality.

The listener must therefore prepare the ears for some heavy, but certainly not burdensome, lifting as well ... All in all, another extremely strong release from an underrecognized, innovative harmonic master and his henchmen that, so fortunately for us all, calls out for the next".

[5] In JazzTimes, Christopher Porter wrote "Guitarist Ben Monder possesses such prodigious technique that songs can run away from him as he restlessly crams in every chordal variation.