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To facilitate accurate recording of ar tifact locations, we divided the pit into quadrants and excavated each in arbitrary 20 cm levels.
When excavated, this pit was found to be empty.
Over-wintering pupae excavated in cotton lands are also commonly found to be like this.
An area of 0.2r0.2 m was excavated to a depth of 300 mm with a narrow, flat-bladed shovel and handsaw.
Anterior pleural field excavated by rather large triangular depression devoid of sculptural elements.
The central area was excavated in the early 20th century so the stratigraphy is not always clear.
In an area near where the sculpture was found we excavated 25% of the interior of a square house foundation.
Another was reportedly found when a pit was excavated for one of the supports for the foundations of a house.