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 made in 1879 and 1880 led to the discovery of the remains of this station, arranged round three sides of a courtyard some 100 ft. square, including traces of baths and other buildings, and a massive embanking wall above them, some 150 ft. in length, to protect them from landslips, while a discharge certificate ( tabula honestae missionis ) of sailors who had served in the Ravenna's fleet was found in some ruins here or hereabouts.

Excavations in Alby, Sweden, adjacent to the Stora Alvaret have yielded elk antlers in wooden hut remains from 6000 BC, indicating some of the earliest elk hunting in northern Europe.

Excavations in 1990 revealed a monumental entryway consisting of a number of large inscribed orthostats and " bull-man " sculptures, some apparently unfinished.

Excavations at nearby Traprain Law, Dunsapie Hill, Duddingston and Inveresk had revealed relatively large settlements and it was supposed that these sites had, for some reason, been chosen in preference to the Castle Rock.

Excavations on the site conducted in 1910 identified a well and a system of underground channels, as well as some inscriptions dedicated to Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Agatis, and the nymphae furrinae.

Excavations from this archeological site in the 1950s revealed mammoth bones with embedded Clovis points, providing evidence of the hunting activities of Paleo-Indians some 13, 000 years ago.

Excavations have revealed deposits of both burnt and unburnt human bone in the passage, indicating human corpses were indeed placed within it, some of which had been cremated.

Excavations at Petra since 1974 have revealed a temple, apparently dedicated to Isis / al -‘ Uzzá, now named after some carvings found inside, the Temple of the Winged Lions ( Hammond ).

Excavations continue to this day and finds now total some 500 hominids, making Sterkfontein one of the richest site in the world for early hominids.

Excavations by Stuart Piggott and Alexander Keiller in the 1930s indicated that around 100 pairs of standing stones had lined the avenue and that they dated to around 2200 BC based on finds of Beaker burials found beneath some of the stones.

He expresses some valid points, but it became obvious during the Swedish Excavations at Tell Abu al-Kharaz 1989 to 2008 ( and still going on ) which are directed by Peter M. Fischer that only distinct archaeological evidence could support his theory.

Excavations at other sites on Dartmoor have shown that such walls were probably built by small teams of men working simultaneously on a section each, as shown by differences in building style ; some evidence of this is visible here.

Excavations of 2 dwellings of at least 6. 5 metres in length near Altenerding from c. 2500 BC provides the first evidence of permanent agricultural based inhabitants, while some 20 early Bronze Age graveyards from c. 1800 BC have been found in Langenpriesing.

Excavations between 1957 and 1999 some 700m south-east of Cabinteely suggests that the area was of " considerable status and importance " from the 6th-7th centuries, with possible evidence of a church, ancillary buildings, possible workshops and cemetery.

Excavations at the New Market Hall showed that Romano-British occupation of the town may have continued in some form into the sub-Roman period, even if the town's population was greatly reduced.

Excavations in Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gath reveal dog and pig bones which show signs of having been butchered, implying that these animals were part of the residents ' diet.

Excavations were underway in Babylon, Uruk, Assur, Miletus, Priene and Egypt, and objects from these sites could not be properly displayed within the existing German museum system.

Excavations of the site uncovered underground war-time fuel tanks and associated pump rooms ; these were re-covered during the same building works.

Excavations of these earthworks in 1956 revealed a series of peasant enclosures and hut remains dating from the 9th to the 12th century, but no evidence of a manorial farmstead was found.

Excavations led by Pei in 1966 unearthed a premolar and two pieces of skull fragment, these were discovered to match fragments retained from previous excavations in 1934 and 1936, and the only extant example of a nearly complete skullcap was pieced together.

Excavations conducted there for six months, from Christmas of 1903 to June 1904, for the University of Chicago, by Dr. Edgar James Banks, proved that these mounds covered the site of the ancient city of Adab ( Ud-Nun ), hitherto known only from the Sumerian king list and a brief mention of its name in the introduction to the Hammurabi Code.

Two monolith pillars were erected here by King Yasodharman in 528 AD with inscription which describe his exploits including victory over Hunas., Excavations by the Indian Archaeology Department show that these pillars are lying at their original site.

( Vatican City ) 1951 ; the results were assessed in Roger T. O ' Callaghan, " Recent Excavations underneath the Vatican Crypts ", in The Biblical Archaeologist 12 ( 1949: 1-23 ) and " Vatican Excavations and the Tomb of Peter ", The Biblical Archaeologist 16. 4 ( December 1953: 70-87 ).</ ref > Construction of Constantine's Old St. Peter's Basilica and of foundations for Bernini's Baldacchino destroyed most of the vaulting of these semi-subterranean burial chambers.

Excavations seem to show that the site was not occupied after these Rozvi took over.

Excavations prior to the building of Heathrow ’ s Terminal 5 site a few miles north west of Bedfont found evidence of settlement during the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods, suggesting there may have been people living in and around the Bedfont area during these periods.

Excavations carried out in the area during the construction of the M50 motorway revealed cooking areas and hut sites as well as a food vessel inserted as a secondary burial.

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.

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 Yorgan Tepe, ancient Nuzi, proved to be one of the most important sites for our knowledge about the Hurrians.

Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals.

Excavations at nearby Thracian sites have shown uninterrupted occupation from the 7th to the 4th century and close commercial relations with the colony.

" Excavations at sites linked to the tale of Túathal have produced Roman material of the late 1st or early 2nd centuries.

Excavations were done simultaneously with the sites of Cenote and Punta Nima.

Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals.

Excavations in the late 1800s and early 1900s at over fourteen sites in the vicinity of Borama in modern-day northwestern Somalia unearthed, among other things, coins identified as having been derived from Qaitbay.

Excavations at Kadesh conducted by Dr Rudolph Cohen ( former head of the Israeli Antiquities Service ) during the Israeli occupation of Sinai following the 1967 war uncovered copious remains of the Middle Bronze I period ( sometimes known as Intermediate Bronze Age ), which were also found at numerous other sites in the Negev.

Excavations at sites such as Holne Moor have shown that such huts had an interior plank lining.

* Excavations on stone age sites on Rügen island and at Dabki in 2004

Excavations at sites such as the Trail Creek Caves and Cape Espenberg in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve as well as Cape Denbigh to the south have provided insight into the timeline of prehistorical migrations from Asia to the Seward Peninsula.

* Alcock, Leslie & Alcock, Elizabeth A., 1992: ' Reconnaissance excavations on Early Historic fortifications and other royal sites in Scotland, 1974-84: 5: A, Excavations & other fieldwork at Forteviot, Perthshire, 1981 ; B, Excavations at Urquhart Castle, Inverness-shire, 1983 ; C, Excavations at Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, 1984 ', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 122 ( 1992 ), 215-287.

Excavations at various sites throughout Otago show evidence of an array of mining techniques, including ground sluicing, hydraulic sluicing and hydraulic elevating.

Excavations at a few sites have produced tiles of the Classis Britannica, suggesting that they were actually run by, or were supplying iron to this Roman fleet.

Excavations at the medieval churches of Mære in Trøndelag and at Old Uppsala provide the few exceptions where church sites are associated with earlier churches.

Excavations of two closely connected sites produced evidence of thriving iron-smelting industry in the village in the 10th century.