excavation

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Four test excavations were completed by archaeologists to understand the site's occupation.

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The archaeologists will continue their excavations later this year.

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The fossils were first discovered in 2015, but transforming them into scientific evidence required nearly ten years of careful excavation, preparation, sorting, identification, and analysis.

From Science Daily

Further excavations in the area unearthed five more graves and then few years later, about 23 sets of remains were discovered.

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Butyagin is accused of illegal excavations and "illegal partial destruction" of an archaeological complex.

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