Nevertheless the first excavations did not begin until the summer of 1914, and were soon interrupted by the First World War.

However, Watkin's plans for a Channel Tunnel ground to a halt soon after early excavations started due to both financial and political problems.

The dating of the events in the poem has been confirmed by archaeological excavations of the barrows indicated by Snorri Sturluson and by Swedish tradition as the graves of Ohthere ( dated to c. 530 ) and his son Eadgils ( dated to c. 575 ) in Uppland, Sweden.

Perhaps at that time the Varangian warriors were recruited ; their presence is indicated by archaeological excavations in the vicinity of Poznań.

Archaeological excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ) in 1970, 1992 and 2003 in and around the disputed site have indicated a large Hindu complex existed on the site.

It is likely that Roman carriages employed some form of suspension on chains or leather straps, as indicated by carriage parts found in excavations.

Recent excavations ( 2006 ) have indicated that there were, in fact, several standing stones on the site, arranged in a " cove ".

A series of excavations at Samanalawewa indicated the unexpected and previously unknown technology of west-facing smelting sites, which are different types of steel production.

Archaeological excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India in 1970, 1992 and 2003 in and around the disputed site have indicated a large ancient complex existed prior to the Babri structure.

Earlier excavations had indicated Saxon burials in the area however it was not expected to make such a significant find.

Archaeological excavations have indicated near continuous settlement from the Ghassulian culture of the Chalcolithic Age ( c. 4500 – 3300 BCE ) to the Ayyubid periods of the 11 – 13th centuries.

Archaeological excavations at the mouth of Cathedral Caverns have indicated occupation by Native Americans 2, 000 years ago, and perhaps as early as 8000 BC.

The historian can only point out those lines which were major enough to find reflection in our limited evidence, and must hope that future excavations will enrich our understanding.

However, despite intensive excavations, archaeologists have found no evidence of a prehistoric major settlement in the area.

However, lack of archaeological evidence for Nazareth from Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic or Early Roman times, at least in the major excavations between 1955 and 1990, shows that the settlement apparently came to an abrupt end about 720 BC, when many towns in the area were destroyed by the Assyrians.

The location of the Templo Mayor was rediscovered in the early 20th century, but major excavations did not take place until 1978-1982, after utility workers came across a massive stone disc depicting the nude dismembered body of the moon goddess Coyolxauhqui.

During his career he performed many major excavations within Britain, including that of Roman Verulamium ( modern-day St Albans ), the late Iron Age hill-fort of Maiden Castle, Dorset and Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications in Yorkshire.

The first major excavations of Hurrian sites in Iraq and Syria began in the 1920s and 1930s.

Jacques de Morgan conducted major excavations from 1897 until 1911.

As a professor of archaeology at UCLA from 1963 to 1989, Gimbutas directed major excavations of Neolithic sites in southeastern Europe between 1967 and 1980, including Anzabegovo, near Štip, Republic of Macedonia and Sitagroi and Achilleion in Thessaly ( Greece ).

In the 1930s, major excavations were conducted at the site under the leadership of John Marshall, D. K. Dikshitar and Ernest Mackay.

The last major series of excavations were conducted in 1964 and 1965 by Dr. George F. Dales.

Archeological excavations in Thailand ( Spirit Cave, Non Nok Tha ) and northern Vietnam ( Dong Son, Hoa Binh ) revealed a major surprise: the first Southeast Asians had agriculture and pottery at the same time as the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia.

The major excavations of the British Egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, conducted from 1907 to 1912, uncovered the majority of the ruins as seen today.

Further excavations of the pillared hall and pylon of Rameses II ; the discovery of granite blocks bearing the annals of the reign of Amenemhat II ; excavations of the tombs of high priests of Ptah ; research and major explorations at the necropolis near Saqqara.

Another major contribution to Biblical archaeology from excavations at Lachish are the LMLK seals, which were stamped on the handles of a particular form of ancient storage jar.

Albright's publication in the Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1932, of his excavations of Tell Bir Mirsim, and further descriptions of the Bronze Age and Iron Age layers of the site in 1938 and 1943, marked a major contribution to the professional dating of sites based on ceramic typologies, one which is still in use today with only minor changes.

Archaeological excavations on the isthmus between Lake Songkhla and the sea reveal that in the 10th through the 14th century this was a major urbanized area, and a center of international maritime trade, in particular with Quanzhou in China.

One of the discoveries of the 1990s excavations was a 9th-to 10th-century workshop where crucible steel was being produced, confirming in detail contemporary Islamic reports: a major achievement in the history of technology.

Trellech was one of the major towns of medieval Wales, the remains of which have been subject to excavations which have been sustained over many years and which continue today.

In this context, among the major accomplishments of Flannery's work in Oaxaca are his extensive excavations at the important formative center of San José Mogote in the Etla branch of the valley, a project co-directed with Joyce Marcus of the University of Michigan ( Flannery and Marcus 1983 ; Marcus and Flannery 1996 ).

A major fire in the park in 1926 revealed six more mounds near Streetly Lane, excavations of which uncovered charred and cracked stones within them and pits below the two largest mounds.

Before turning the complete site into a modern open air museum documentation and necessary investigations, including excavations especially in places that may need to be remodelled, are planned in three major phases.

The first major archaeological excavation, which ultimately encompassed 589 of the approximately 700 graves, began in 1952, although excavations had been conducted as early as 1889.

The Plenge Site along the lower river in Warren County was the first of only two major Paleo-Indian archaeological site excavations in New Jersey, and is considered one of the most significant in the northeastern United States.

While little is known about Morocco settlement in these early times, excavations elsewhere in the Maghreb suggest an abundance of game and forests that would have been hospitable to Mesolithic hunters and gatherers.

Gwyn Jones notes that " no true town has been found and excavated " and that the identification of the site in Elbląg with Truso is based on " finds of Norse weapons " and the presence of " a large Viking Age cemetery " nearby, According to Mateusz Bogucki " by now, there is no doubt that the settlement really is Wulfstan's Truso " The Elbląg Museum brochure: Truso-A Discovered Legend, by Marek F Jagodziński, describes a large number of buildings found during the recent excavations, with burnt remains of posts suggesting buildings of c. 5 x 10 m and long houses of about 6 x 21 m.

* c. 1500 BC: Earliest evidence ( from archaeological excavations ) of a settlement at Aylesbury, England.

Archaeological excavations conducted from the 1950s onwards have revealed evidence of sparse settlement by hunter gatherers in the late stone age, followed by a larger population of early iron age settlers.

Archaeological excavations and surveys carried out in Van province indicate that the history of human settlement in this region goes back at least as far as 5000 BC.

Major excavations beginning with C. A. Ralegh Radford's work in the 1930s on and around the site of the 12th century castle have revealed that Tintagel headland was the site of a high status Celtic monastery ( according to Ralegh Radford ) or a princely fortress / trading settlement dating to the 5th and 6th centuries ( according to later excavators ), in the period immediately following the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain.

As well as the cemeteries, the excavations in the 1990s confirmed the presence of a linear settlement, stretching along the Fosse Way for perhaps a kilometre, comprising cobbled streets, wooden and stone workshops and houses ( some with two storeys ) containing hearths and ovens, industrial areas, and a stone-lined well.

It this time, according to the archeological excavations, the first Slavic settlement was founded on the Ostrówek-the northern part of the Pasieka island in the middle of the Odra river.

The ruins of the oldest human settlement in the Aegean Islands found so far have been unearthed in archaeological excavations on Lemnos by a team of Greek, Italian and American archaeologists at the Ouriakos site on the Louri coast of Fyssini in Moudros municipality.

In 2006 archaeological excavations at Pocahontas Island found evidence of prehistoric Native American settlement dated to 6500 B. C.

Archaeological excavations around the village suggest settlement in the area dating back to the Roman era.

Recent excavations have revealed extensive Roman settlement ; the town lies alongside a Roman road.

The area to the north of the Strand was long thought to have remained as unsettled fields until the 16th century, but theories by Alan Vince and Martin Biddle that there had been an Anglo-Saxon settlement to the west of the old Roman town of Londinium were borne out by excavations in 1985 and 2005.

It was established that this was part of the Anglian settlement that had also been identified during earlier excavations.

The archaeological excavations conducted in 1987-88 underneath the monastery ruins revealed several Viking graves which have served to confirm the earlier age of the original settlement.

At the Bronze Age site of Phylakopi ( Greek Φυλακωπή ), the chief settlement, on the north-east coast, excavations by the British School of Archeology revealed a town wall and a Minoan palace with some important and very interesting wall paintings.

During excavations for the construction of an office building in Hennef Way in 2002, the remains of a British Iron Age settlement with circular buildings dating back to 200 BC were found.

Although de Vaux's excavations of Qumran were quite exhaustive, and thereby the most important source of information on the settlement, there have been several excavations since de Vaux finished his work.

Archaeological investigation into the site began in the 19th century as it became a tourist attraction, with visitors coming to see the ruins of Richard's castle, excavations in the 1930s however revealed significant traces of a much earlier high status settlement that had trading links with the Mediterranean during the Late Roman period.

Archaeological excavations: around the old High street area and the church of St Peter & Paul ; on high ground over the Wallington Estuary, have yielded evidence of settlement on the site contemporary with the Roman occupation.

It was initially thought that Tripontium was a small wayside settlement of little importance ; however, excavations of the site have revealed that it was an important Romano-British town, with large public bath houses, an extensive administrative building and a mansio ( hotel ) building.