* Archaeological research focuses on items left behind during people ’ s activities: fragments of pottery vessels, garbage, human remains, stone tools or evidence left from the construction of dwellings.

Buddhist remains have been also found in Minicoy Island, then part of the Maldive Kingdom, by the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ), in the latter half of the 20th century.

Archaeological remains point to the domestication of cattle and the cultivation of crops in the region during that period.

Led by University of Leicester Archaeological Services ( ULAS ), experts set out to locate the Greyfriars site and discover whether his remains were still interred.

Archaeological work at the Ruins of Yin ( near modern day Anyang ), which has been identified as the last Shang capital, uncovered eleven major Yin royal tombs and the foundations of palaces and ritual sites, containing weapons of war and remains from both animal and human sacrifices.

A modern museum has been built by the Sussex Archaeological Society, incorporating most of the visible remains including one wing of the palace.

The next year, now 54 years old, he retired from the Army to become Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, exploring in detail the remains of the Indus Valley Civilization at Mohenjodaro.

Archaeological remains of the Scythians include kurgan tombs ( ranging from simple exemplars to elaborate " Royal kurgans " containing the " Scythian triad " of weapons, horse-harness, and Scythian-style wild-animal art ), gold, silk, and animal sacrifices, in places also with suspected human sacrifices.

Archaeological finds in the county of Møre og Romsdal have been dated to 9, 200 BC and are probably the remains of settlers from Doggerland, an area now submerged in the North Sea, but at the time a landbridge that connected the present day British Isles with Jutland.

Archaeological remains found in the coastal zone indicate that the area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age ( ca.

The Archaeological site of " School of Homer " on modern Ithaca is the only place between Lefkas-Kefalonia-Ithaca Triangle where Linear B has been found, near royal remains.

Archaeological remains, although fragmentary, suggest the idea of a flourishing and lively city.

Archaeological excavation has revealed what some Biblical scholars believe to be the ruins of the tower ; archaeologists believe that the remains are.

Archaeological excavations in the 1950s and 1960s uncovered remains from many periods, in particular, a complex of Crusader fortifications and a Roman theatre.

Archaeological evidence shows that the earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BC.

Its remains are situated in Lower Austria halfway between Vienna and Bratislava on the " Archaeological Park Carnuntum ", extending over the area of 10 km² near today's villages Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.

Archaeological excavations have found remains dating back to the stone age and Iron Age although it is not known if the area was permanently inhabited.

Archaeological remains show the presence of aboriginal natives in the town.

Archaeological remains have shown the Roman willingness to experiment with different geometric forms in their buildings, such as the underground octagonal hall in Nero's Domus Aurea.

Archaeological investigations in 1979 found the remains of a probable earlier chapel, dating to the 11th century, standing within the foundations of the 12th century chapel.

Archaeological remains testify to the fact that ancient peoples lived here.

Archaeological findings suggest that bronze and iron weapons were not used for war until later, particularly at the beginning of the Yamato era, as the metal weapons found from the remains do not show wear consistent with use as weapons.

Archaeological remains of rough stone tools suggest people have occupied the hilltop area of Old Sarum since Neolithic times ( around 3000 BC ).

Archaeological remains have also been discovered at the Headwater's West Terrace Site along the west bank of the Mississippi near Lake Itasca, the Bear Paw Campground Site which lies adjacent to Lake Itasca, as well as Pioneer Cemetery which is located on the eastern shore of Lake Itasca and contains the remains of early European pioneers.

Bronze deer figurine dating from between the XI and VI centuries BC, National Archaeological Museum ( Bulgaria ) | National Archaeological Museum of Sofia

Archaeological findings in the Sarawak river delta reveal that the area was once a thriving trading centre between India and China from the 500's until about 1300 AD.

In 1893 the French Archaeological School removed vast quantities of soil from numerous landslides to reveal both the major buildings and structures of the sanctuary of Apollo and of Athena Pronaia along with thousands of objects, inscriptions and sculptures.

Archaeological studies of rock art in Northern Australia suggest that the people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for less than 1, 000 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.

Archaeological finds indicate the possible beginnings of the Bronze Age, which would ultimately spread throughout the ancient world from Afghanistan.

Hoplite armour exhibit from the Archaeological Museum of Corfu.

Archaeological evidence indicates that from at least the eighth millennium BC.

Archaeological and linguistic evidence strongly suggests southwestern Asia as the point from which the ancestors of the Berbers may have begun their migration into North Africa early in the third millennium BC.

* 1971 " An Essay on Archaeological Technique: the Publication of Results from the Excavation of a Tell ", Harvard Theological Review 64 ( 1971 ), 271-279.

They have continued from 1913 to the present day under the German Archaeological Institute at Athens.

Archaeological discoveries from this period at Coppergate, York, show the shipwright had a large range of sophisticated woodwork tools.

Archaeological research has revealed that there was a funerary and cult center at Kfar HaHoresh, about two miles ( 3 km ) from current Nazareth, dating back roughly 9000 years to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B era.

Archaeological sites in Yemen and Oman have yielded a stone tool style that is distinct from the East African tradition.

Archaeological evidence suggests that pigs were being managed in the wild in a way similar to the way they are managed by some modern New Guineans from wild boar as early as 13, 000 – 12, 700 BP in the Near East in the Tigris Basin.

Archaeological finds show that Sierra Leone has been inhabited continuously for at least 2, 500 years, populated by successive movements from other parts of Africa.

Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could possibly have served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.

Roman bust of Sappho, copied from a lost Hellenistic original in Istanbul Archaeological Museum

* The important Archaeological Museum, with collections including findings from the mid-Bronze Age to 5th century BC.

Archaeological collections arising from excavations and other research by faculty, staff and students are also housed in the museum.

Archaeological evidence of obsidian use provides data on how this material was increasingly the preferred choice rather than chert from the late Mesolithic to Neolithic, requiring exchange as deposits of obsidian are rare in the Mediterranean region.

Archaeological evidence ( Greenberg 1951 ) of the first use of trade-marks are from China dated about 2700 BC.

Archaeological investigations were undertaken from 1859 to 1874 by William Boyd Dawkins, who moved to Somerset to study classics with the vicar of Wookey.