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 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 on Glastonbury Tor, undertaken by a team led by Philip Rahtz between 1964 and 1966, revealed evidence of Dark Age occupation around the later medieval church of St. Michael: postholes, two hearths including a metalworker's forge, two burials oriented north-south ( thus unlikely to be Christian ), fragments of 6th century Mediterranean amphorae ( vases for wine or cooking oil ), and a worn hollow bronze head which may have topped a Saxon staff.

Excavations undertaken during the restoration of the church in the 1970s uncovered the fragmentary walls and foundation stones of two earlier buildings contained within the footprint of the remains of a Norman-era church which was built circa 1140.

Excavations undertaken in 1930 and 1931 in the Texas Panhandle uncovered the Saddleback and Antelope Creek ruins on the Canadian River.

Excavations undertaken during the course of conversation have added to the understanding of the gate and its surroundings.

Excavations were undertaken to establish the Memorial from July 1995 to November 1998, that are considered the most important urban archaeological investigations in Vienna.

Excavations undertaken in 1959-1960 revealed remains of stone structures on the eastern half of the island, associated with pottery which suggested that the moated site was occupied during the 12th and 13th centuries and possibly until the 15th century.

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 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.

* Fisher, Clarence, Beth-Shan Excavations of the University Museum Expedition, 1921 – 1923 ", Museum Journal 14 ( 1923 ), pp. 229 – 231.

* 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 1923.

1923, Excavations at Kerma I-III / IV-V. Harvard African Studies Volume V. Peabody Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge Mass.