He describes his passage on ships to the wilderness-to the Company's station, which strikes Marlow as a scene of devastation: " amongst a waste of excavations "-disorganized, machinery parts here and there, now and then explosions of demolition, weakened native black men, that have been demoralized, in chains, literally being worked to death, and strolling behind them a white Company man in a uniform carrying a rifle.

Exploratory excavations were undertaken here by the University of California expedition of 1989 – 90.

Archaeological excavations have proven the presence of an edifice here starting from the 4th century, while a Carolingian prayer house existed here in the 9th century.

In the 3rd century AD an eastern Germanic settlement existed here, but excavations have proved that the region was already inhabited as early as the late Stone Age.

One of the largest and oldest sites of Chinese archaeology, excavations here have laid the foundation for work across the country.

In addition, recent excavations at Caronia, which is clearly the site of the Hellenistic and Roman town Kale Akte, have revealed only very sparse remains from the 5th century BC, and show that a Sikel settlement already existed here in the early 5th century BCE.

During excavations in the next years fossils of some of the first known human ancestors, Pithecanthropus erectus (" Java Man ", now reclassified as part of the species Homo erectus ), were found here.

Recent excavations have revealed new structures here.

Archaeological excavations in the village of Żuławka revealed that humans arrived here as early as nine thousand years ago.

The weapon was a kind of battle-axe, collected from Eurasian steppe archeological excavations and depicted on the Achaemenid cylinders and ancient Greek pottery and other surviving iconographic material as a long-shafted weapon with a metal head, with a either sharp ( ax-like ) or blunt ( hammer-like ) edge on one side and a sharp ( straight or curving ) ' ice-pick '- like point on the other ( shown here in the Greek pottery painting of a Scythian archer holding a sagaris ).

Archaeological excavations have suggested that the Lombards built here a first settlement on the river banks.

Part of the city wall, a gate, and a few buildings of the Roman period were uncovered here in excavations.

Prehistoric and Roman remains have not yet been found here, as there have been no excavations as of April 2010.

A settlement is believed to have existed here in the 15th century, as excavations have unearthed Ming dynasty Chinese ceramics.

In further excavations here, in which David Kennedy from Australia participated in 1993, part of the central panel of the mosaic pavement belonging to the terrace of another villa turned out to have been stolen long since-probably around 1965-so the two figures are missing from the knees upwards. The missing mosaic fragment was later found to be in the Menil Collection at Rice University in the city of Houston.

The excavations have led to the recovery of a large number of items, a few of which are listed here.

There have been intermittent archeological excavations here with the most recent occurring in 2010 sponsored by INAH which found artifacts dating from the Epic Classics ( 650-900 CE ) and Post-Classic ( 900-1200 CE ) and showed that the crater was a meeting place for astronomer priests to predict the growing season.

From here a regular ferry service evolved ; around 1000 or 1100 herring was already being traded here and, during excavations on the island of Rügen, even Arabic coins were found.

The characters in this book in particular are also based on archaeologists Christie knew from her personal experiences on excavations sites.

Beginning with the earliest explorations and excavations, researchers wrote that the Ancient Puebloans are ancestors of contemporary Pueblo peoples.

Further archaeological objects found during the excavations are conserved at the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia, as well as at the Limassol District Archaeological Museum.

The white parallel vertical streaks are remnants of drill holes made during excavations in mid-1990s.

Numerous bulldozer excavations containing the remnants of metal, fuel, and water drums are scattered about the north central portion and northern edge of the island.

However, despite earlier concepts of a strict Early Historic evolution, Irish excavations are increasingly uncovering examples which date to the ' missing ' Iron Age in Ireland.

There are numerous prehistoric sites in the vicinity including Nether Largie North cairn, which was entirely removed and rebuilt during excavations in 1930.

There are also several man-made fresh-water ponds resulting from excavations made during construction of the airfield and road on the western half of the atoll rim.

Normally, excavations are made around the building and the building is separated from the foundations.

Archaeological collections arising from excavations and other research by faculty, staff and students are also housed in the museum.

Salukis are considered to be one of the oldest dog breeds in existence, with excavations of Sumerian Empire sites between 7000-6000 BC showing carvings and seals that look similar to the modern breed.

Some of the " mountains " of broken pottery are debris that has been removed from excavations.

In 1994, two more halls were added to the museum, where new discoveries from the excavations of the ancient city and the Garitsa cemetery are exhibited.

Beginning with the earliest explorations and excavations, researchers have believed that the Ancient Puebloans are ancestors of the modern Pueblo peoples.

Currently, excavations at ancient fortresses of Kerch are scientists from Russia, Ukraine, Poland.

Located in the Place Saint-Laurent, the collections come from the archaeological excavations done on the site and are dated throughout the 3rd century AD.

Several sites are situated within the border zone, making access for excavations problematic.

Recent excavations and surveys in progress are conducted by American, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, German and Italian teams of archaeologists, with international participants, in cooperation with the Syrian Department of Antiquities.

Some of Mulberry Row has been designated as archeological sites, where excavations and analysis are revealing much about slave life at the plantation.

Today plaster casts of actual victims found during excavations are on display in some of the ruins.

Around 1100, a tomb for him was made in Enger ; recent excavations have found that the contents of the tomb are indeed early medieval, but it is impossible to decide whether the body is Widukind's.

Archaeological excavations in 1937 and 1979 unearthed what are believed to be the building's foundations.

Most excavations are eventually published in professional journals although this process can take years.

Finds from the excavations are preserved at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.

Muslims allege that the Israelis are deliberately damaging the remains of Islamic-era buildings found in their excavations.