Excavations in the 1990s, revealing postholes, confirm that wooden steps were built.

Excavations continued through the 1980s and 1990s.

Excavations and building surveys by Ben Murtagh in the 1990s revealed traces of an earlier earthwork castle, exposed a postern gate ( side entrance ) and section of the castle ditch facing on to the Parade

Excavations in the 1990s demonstrated that the Rock was first settled in the 9th century when a fort or dún was constructed on the site.

Excavations in the 1940s, 1970s and 1990s revealed the presence of humans during several different cultural periods in North American history including, Paleo-Indian, Historic Native American, Archaic and Woodland.

Excavations in the 1990s of the area adjacent to the stone showed that the stone was originally horizontal and used as an anvil for a water powered crushing mill.

Excavations were resumed at the Walcott Quarry by the Geological Survey of Canada under the persuasion of trilobite expert Harry Blackmore Whittington, and a new quarry, the Raymond, was established about 20 metres higher up Fossil Ridge.

Excavations in modern-day Iraq by Ernest de Sarzec in 1877 found evidence of the earliest known code of justice, issued by the Sumerian king Urukagina of Lagash ca 2300 BC.

Excavations in 1861 indicated a rectangular central chamber surrounded by five smaller chambers.

Excavations at Praeneste, an Etruscan city which became Roman, turned up about 118 cistae, one of which has been termed " the Praeneste cista " or " the Ficoroni cista " by art analysts, with special reference to the one manufactured by Novios Plutius and given by Dindia Macolnia to her daughter, as the archaic Latin inscription says.

Excavations of prehistoric sites by Louis Dupree and others suggest that early humans were living in what is now Afghanistan at least 50, 000 years ago, and that farming communities in Afghanistan were among the earliest in the world.

In Harappa Excavations, 1986-1990: A multidisciplinary approach to Second Millennium urbanism, edited by Richard H. Meadow: 29-59.

* Kenrick, Philip M. ( 1986 ), Excavations at Sabratha, 1948-1951: a Report on the Excavations conducted by Kathleen Kenyon and John Ward-Perkins, ( Journal of Roman Studies Monographs 2 ), London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1986.

* Steiner, Margreet L. ( 2001 ), Excavations by Kathleen M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961 – 1967, Volume III — The Settlement in the Bronze and Iron Ages, London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.

Excavations were once again carried out in 1978 by Atkinson and John Evans during which they discovered the remains of the Stonehenge Archer in the outer ditch, and in 1979 rescue archaeology was needed alongside the Heel Stone after a cable-laying ditch was mistakenly dug on the roadside, revealing a new stone hole next to the Heel Stone.

* Stonehenge 20th Century Excavations Databases An English Heritage commissioned report by Wessex Archaeology on the 20th century excavations.

Once seriously questioned, the intermediates did not wait for the next Pan African Congress two years hence, but were officially rejected in 1965 ( again on an advisory basis ) by Burg Wartenstein Conference # 29, Systematic Investigation of the African Later Tertiary and Quarternary, a prestigious conference in anthropology held by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, at Burg Wartenstein Castle, which it then owned in Austria, attended by the same key scholars that attended the Pan African Congress, including Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey, who was delivering a pilot presentation of her typological analysis of Early Stone Age tools, to be included in her 1971 contribution to Olduvai Gorge, " Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963.

Excavations from 1922 to 1934 were funded by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania and led by the archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.

Excavations undertaken by the Monmouth Archaeological Society on sites along Monnow Street have uncovered a wealth of information about the early history of the town.

Excavations at Mantineia in Arcadia have brought to light the base of a group of Leto, Apollo and Artemis by Praxiteles.

Excavations at the Ciudadela were carried out in the 1920s, supervised by Manuel Gamio.

Excavations began in the anterior part, which is formed by a large courtyard of about 15 sq metres, opening on the south by a large door with reliefs supplying the names of the pharaoh and the epithets of Ptah.

* 2003 to 2004: Excavations by a combined Russian-Belgian mission in the great wall north of Memphis.

Excavations at Uisnech in the 20th century provided evidence of large fires taking place.

* MacKie, E W 2002a Excavations at Dun Ardtreck, Skye, in 1964 and 1965.

Excavations at early urban sites show that some cities were sparsely populated political capitals, others were trade centers, and still other cities had a primarily religious focus.

Excavations at Mathura revealed many Jain statues from the time of the Kushan Empire.

* 1948 Excavations at the Jewry Wall Site, of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London 15, Leicester, London: Society of Antiquaries, 1948.

* 1959 Excavations at Southwark, Papers of Surrey Archaeological Society 5, 1959.

* 1960 Excavations at Jericho-Volume I Tombs Excavated in 1952-4, London 1960.

* 1965 Excavations at Jericho-Volume II Tombs Excavated in 1955-8, London, 1965.

Excavations at thé site of Sinthiou Bara, near Matam, have proved particularly fruitful.

* Excavations at Stonehenge

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, The Excavations at Stonehenge.

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, Second Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge.

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, Third Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge.

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, Fourth Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge.

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge during the season of 1923.

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge during the season of 1924.

* Hawley, Lt-Col W, Report on the Excavations at Stonehenge during 1925 and 1926.

Excavations starting in 1967 at the site called Akrotiri under the late Professor Spyridon Marinatos have made Thera the best-known " Minoan " site outside of Crete, the homeland of the culture.

( 1928 ) Excavations at Wookey Hole and other Mendip caves 1926-7.