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The archaeologists who were led to the cave in 2018 had been excavating early modern human sites in Laos’s lush Annamite Mountains for 15 years.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2022

In that year, a blue-ribbon panel of researchers took a hard look at evidence presented by Tom Dillehay, then at the University of Kentucky, from a site he had been excavating in Monte Verde, Chile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Evidence of this prehistoric jaunt was reported last week by U.S. geologists who had been excavating hillside sediments that were once part of the lake.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that year, a blue-ribbon panel of researchers took a hard look at evidence presented by Tom Dillehay, then at the University of Kentucky, from a site he had been excavating in Monte Verde, Chile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Judith burst into angry expressions of wrath over the incompleteness of the cave which she and Arnold had been excavating together.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield