Archaeologists can only speculate as to why this was done to some of the skulls.

Archaeologists speculate that Quelepa was settled by Lenca speakers from Honduras, from which population pressure may have necessitated their migrations.

Archaeologists say the artifact is a 1st century Middle Eastern stone vessel, possibly from Antioch, Syria ( now Turkey ); its history can be traced to the 11th century, and it now rests atop an ornate stem and base, made in the Medieval era of alabaster, gold, and gemstones.

** Archaeologists named the prehistoric Fremont culture after the river, as the first archaeological sites of the culture were discovered near its course.

Archaeologists later proved that Shriver had dug up animal remains ; Osceola's body was still in its coffin.

Archaeologists discovered Woodhenge during excavation of the site and noted that the placement of posts marked solstices and equinoxes, like its namesake, Stonehenge.

Archaeologists estimate the city's population at between 6, 000 and 40, 000 at its peak, with more people living in outlying farming villages that supplied the main urban center.

Archaeologists have discovered the buried remains of settlements, as well as several of the Tarim mummies, along its ancient shoreline.

Archaeologists can use their presence to plot the layout of former structures as the holes may define its corners and sides.

Forensic Archaeologists are employed to locate, excavate and record buried remains, the variety of such targets is large and each case is unique in its requirements ( hence the need to use an experienced professional forensic archaeologist ).

Archaeologists believe the more than 300 rock art panels with 1, 700 individual design elements were created by native cultures from the Archaic to historic eras.

Archaeologists agree that the purpose of this road system may have changed through time and that the Chaco Road system probably functioned for both economic and ideological reasons.

Archaeologists John Hodgson and Mark Brennand suggest that bog bodies may have been related to religious practice, although there is division in the academic community over this issue and in the case of Lindow Man, whether the killing was murder or ritualistic is still debated.

Archaeologists have found four, or possibly five, large Mesolithic postholes ( one may have been a natural tree throw ), which date to around 8000 BC, beneath the nearby modern tourist car-park.

Archaeologists Alasdair Whittle and Michael Wysocki note that this period of occupation may be " significant ", with respect to Parc Cwm long cairn, as it is " broadly contemporary with the secondary use of the tomb ".

Archaeologists have speculated that this may be the platform above the pool where the prophecy was revealed

Archaeologists have found an enormous fort complex at Chester ( Deva Victrix ) in northwest England that may have been planned as a centre to rule the islands, or as a military base to deter Irish invasions.

Archaeologists have speculated that the ancient city of Golan may be Sahm el-Jaulān, a large village east of Nahr ‛ Allān and southeast of Tsīl, where ruins were found from the early Byzantine era.

Archaeologists believe the tomb may belong to Lady K ' abel because the items within the tomb are similar to the image of her on Stela 34.

Archaeologists have found Viking sculptures at Gainford and some examples of these may be seen on display at Durham Cathedral.

Kintore is the site of Deers Den Roman Camp and is thought to relate to Agricola's campaigns into Scotland ; moreover, Deers Den is associated with the invasion of Severan. Archaeologists say that the Kintore camp was definitely occupied in 120 AD and may have been occupied on as many as three occasions during the Scottish campaigns, before lack of resources and more pressing matters elsewhere in the Roman Empire induced consolidation and retreat.

Archaeologists have already unearthed manuscripts that may provide evidence regarding the presence of Alexander the Great's troops.

Archaeologists found gold earrings and rings, gold leaves that may have been attached to ceremonial clothing, as well as glass and clay pots, bronze artefacts decorated with masks, a bronze lock and copper coins.

Archaeologists and historians attempting to trace the origins of these villagers have found it impossible to identify any distinctive features that could define them as specifically Israelite – collared-rim jars and four-room houses have been identified outside the highlands and thus cannot be used to distinguish Israelite sites, and while the pottery of the highland villages is far more limited than that of lowland Canaanite sites, it develops typologically out of Canaanite pottery that came before.

Archaeologists and historians see more continuity than discontinuity between these highland settlements and the preceding Late Bronze Canaanite culture ; certain features such as ceramic repertoire and agrarian settlement plans have been said to be distinctives of highland sites, and collar-rimmed jars and four-roomed houses have been said to be intrinsically " Israelite ," but have also been said to belong to a commonly shared culture throughout Iron I Canaan.

Archaeologists in particular use the term to denote a record of material remains that is suspected of having formed during an extended period but that cannot be resolved in such a way that temporally discrete traces can be recognized as such.

Archaeologists have found stone tools in Malaysia which have been dated to be 1. 83 million years old.

Archaeologists are not yet sure of why, but they are leaning torwards the fact that artists status was low in the hierarchy so they could never be in front of a higher authority figure, and never be faced towards them.

Archaeologists have tentatively dated the Kassel model to be from the 6th or 5th centuries BC through iconographic and literary sources.

Archaeologists estimate the Phoenician vessel above ( H-3134 ) to be about 6 meters long and the beam about 2 meters.

Archaeologists are also concerned that an increase in humidity caused by the lake will speed Pasargadae's gradual destruction, however, experts from the Ministry of Energy believe this would be negated by controlling the water level of the dam reservoir.

Binford and other New Archaeologists argued that there should be a greater application of scientific methodologies and the hypothetico-deductive method in archaeology.

Archaeologists have discovered artifacts estimated to be 9, 000 years old, and historic buildings and landscapes offer graphic illustration of life along the international border in the 19th century.

* 16 January – Archaeologists announce the discovery of ancient man-made structures off the Gujarati coast which could be as many as 9, 500 years old – 5, 500 years older than the ancient Harappan civilisation whose remains are found around the same region.

Archaeologists continue to debate which Rostra the ruins represent, but they are commonly believed to be that of Julius Caesar and Augustus.

Archaeologists have found the stupa but no spring or lake can be identified.

* 1986: Archaeologists discover Aboriginal rock paintings in South-West believed to be 20, 000 years old

Archaeologists suspect the town to be identical to modern Khirbet el-Qaryatein.

Archaeologists believe that, when carried out naturally, the body would be left on a woven litter or altar.

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an early occupation at Ur during the Ubaid period.

Archaeologists usually date the end of the Middle Bronze Age to about 1550 BC, when the Hyksos were driven out of Egypt during the 17th and 18th Dynasties.

Archaeologists have also found Illyrian dedications and objects that were received by the oracle during the 7th century BCE.

Archaeologists found Bronze Age remains ( before 700 BC ) and medieval remains during the construction of The Chimes shopping centre.

Archaeologists found evidence of the stockade during excavation of the area and indications that it was rebuilt several times, in slightly different locations.

Archaeologists working in Tikal during the 20th century refurbished one of these ancient reservoirs to store water for their own use.

Archaeologists can encounter any number of problems during excavation which can lead to misinterpretation of the data, especially in Postclassic Maya sites where a lack of standardization of the ceramics and other factors makes reliable dating more difficult.

Archaeologists have since discovered two handwritten copies of the Analects that were written around 50 BC, during the Western Han dynasty.

Archaeologists found evidence of the stockade during excavation of the area and indications that it was rebuilt several times.

Defined by the Institute of Field Archaeologists ( IFA ) as: “… a formal programme of observation and investigation conducted during any operation carried out for non-archaeological reasons.

Archaeologists from the University of South Dakota, directed by project director Larry J. Zimmerman, field director Thomas Emerson, and osteologist P. Willey found the remains of at least 486 people killed during the attack.

Archaeologists discovered the wax tablets there, and the lararium, or shrine, in his house features a relief depicting the Temple of Jupiter during the 62 earthquake.

Archaeologists recovered in Pinagbayanan potteries and artifacts that indicate considerable settlement in the area during the Late Tang Dynasty ( 900 A. D .).