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 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 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 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 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.

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 were also made below the royal tombs layer: a-thick layer of alluvial clay covered the remains of earlier habitation, including pottery from the Ubaid period, the first stage of settlement in southern Mesopotamia.

Excavations show that there were considerable birch woods with birch trees up to 4 to 6 meters high in the area around the inner parts of the Tunuliarfik-and Aniaaq-fjords, the central area of the Eastern settlement, and the hills were grown with grass and willow brushes.

The facade and roof of the building were listed in 1983 on the advice of the Royal Commission of Monuments, Sites and Excavations.

Excavations have found that children were buried in painted pottery jars.

Excavations suggest that all the male children from the wealthier families of Mesopotamia were educated.

Excavations are underway in the Ottoman kilns where the historic Nycean tileware were made.

Excavations at Salamis began in 1952 and were in progress until 1974.

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

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

Excavations at hill forts in the first half of the 20th century focussed on the defences because of the assumption that hill forts were developed as the result of military tensions.

Excavations were undertaken in the Culebras and Palmitas residential groups on either side of the Pajaro-Romonal Causeway to determine whether differential composition of residential complexes existed in close proximity to the center.

Excavations were also undertaken in the Northeast Acropolis and the Culebras residential group ( especially focusing on Structure C20 ).

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 have shown that many of the buildings were richly adorned with wall paintings, floor mosaics and sub-floor hypocausts, demonstrating the wealth of the elite.

Excavations in the 1920s ascertained the extent of the surviving rooms, and the vaults were reconstructed in 1929.

* Excavations at Alalakh, Turkey, conducted by Leonard Woolley, begin ( continue until 1949, interrupted by World War II ).

Excavations were carried out at Lindos in the years 1900 to 1914 by the Carlsberg Institute of Denmark, directed by K. F.

* Excavations of the ruins of Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, by Ludwig Borchardt of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft ( continues to 1914 ).

* Bushe-Fox, J. P. Excavations on the Site of the Roman Town at Wroxeter, Shropshire, in 1914: Third Report ( Society of Antiquaries of London.

* Excavations at Viroconium ( Wroxeter ) in England begin ( continue to 1914 ).

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.

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.

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

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 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.

Image: Excavations on James Street, Montreal, for construction of Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral. jpg | Excavations on James Street during construction of the cathedral.

Excavations continued at the site and remained fruitful until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.

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

It has been suggested that this is an earlier 15th-century structure, dating from the reign of James I. Excavations within this building in 1998 revealed burials, suggesting that this may have been the site of a church or chapel.

( 1971 ) Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in beds I & II 1960 – 1963.

* Mazar, Amihai, Excavations at Tel Beth Shean 1989-1996, Volume I: From the Late Bronze Age IIB to the Medieval Period, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society / Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2006.

* David I. Owen and Ernest R. Lacheman, Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians: Volume 5-General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi 9 / 3, Eisenbrauns, 1995, ISBN 0-931464-67-6

* David I. Owen and Gernot Wilhelm, Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians: Volume 9-General Studies and Excavations at Nuzi, CDL Press, 1998, ISBN 1-883053-26-9

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 Tel Beth-Shean 1989 – 1996, Volume I.

* Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963, 1971.

Part I: The Excavations at Kom Ge ’ if ( Atlanta, GA 1997 )

Yadin, Hazor I: An Account of the First Season of Excavations, 1955, Magnes Press, 1958

1997: Pistiros I, Excavations and Studies, Prague ;

* Excavations at the Laurens Site, Probable Location of Fort de Chartres I, ( Jelks, Ekberg and Martin, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1989 )

* Excavations at Mezhirich, Ukraine, resume, by N. L. Korniets and M. I. Gladkih ( continue to 1981 ).

* Leakey, M. D., 1971: Olduvai Gorge Volume 3, Excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

* Excavations at Mezhirich, Ukraine, by I. G. Pidoplichko begin ( continue to 1974 ).

* Naguib Kanawati, Ali El-Khouli, Ann McFarlane, & Naguib V. Maksoud, Excavations at Saqqara: North-West of Teti's Pyramid, Volume I ( Sydney, 1984 ).