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 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 were undertaken by Andersson's assistant Austrian palaeontologist Otto Zdansky in 1921 and 1923 unearthing a great deal of material that was sent back to Uppsala University in Sweden for further analysis.

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 focused on structures within the southwest walled area, and one residential group immediately south of the area.

Excavations in plazas near Moche huacas have found groups of people sacrificed together and the skeletons of young men deliberately excarnated, perhaps for temple displays.

Excavations of Effigy Mound Builders ' village sites indicated they lived in small nomadic groups, hunted, fished, gathered fruits and nuts, fashioned tools of stone, wood, bone and copper, made pottery and may have been the first people in Wisconsin to use the bow and arrow.

* 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.

* 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.

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

Excavations showed that the town of the Mycenaean Period was situated on the left bank of the Eurotas, a little to the south-east of Sparta.

* Excavations on Cranborne Chase ( 4 volumes )

* Excavations on Bokerly and Wansdyke.

Excavations commenced and confirmed the initial supposition ; the find was formally announced on August 9, 2005 and received substantial international media attention.

Excavations in the area of " Bolobok Cave " on Sanga-Sanga Island, Tawi-Tawi Province, have shown the remains of humans dwelling there about 4, 000 years ago.

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.

* McGuire Gibson, A Re-Evaluation of the Akkad Period in the Diyala Region on the Basis of Recent Excavations at Nippur and in the Hamrin, American Journal of Archaeology, vol.

Excavations in the 19th century revealed one layer on top of another.

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.

* P. R. S. Moorey, A Re-Consideration of the Excavations on Tell Ingharra ( East Kish ) 1923-33, Iraq, vol.

* Seton Lloyd, Back to Ingharra: Some Further Thoughts on the Excavations at East Kish, Iraq, vol.