However, formal excavation started only recently in 2000.

According to Morde flooding prevented formal excavation, but he planned to return in January 1941.

This site has had pieces recovered from it since the first half of the 20th century, but formal excavation has only occurred in the past decade.

There have been calls for formal excavation and cataloguing, but no substantial developments have yet emerged.

No formal archaeological excavations were conducted until 2004.

Many were found in formal excavations but some, particularly a coffin still containing a male skeleton, were unearthed nearby during building work.

It was only from 2004, however, that formal excavations took place in this area, as three sites were scheduled for development.

While a number of artifacts have been recovered from this site, there have been no formal archaeological excavations.

Due to the lack of any formal excavation and the paucity of sources, much remains unclear about the site.

During the first formal scientific excavation in 1967, several skeletons, together with bronze grave gifts, were unearthed.