This led to two rescue excavations in 2001.

Therefore, a rescue excavation was initiated, which resulted with interesting archaeological findings.

It is a long-term rescue excavation, since parts of the site are close to the surface and thus plough damaged.

Construction was halted while archeologists performed four days of rescue excavations.

For Israeli archaeologists, the rescue excavations are a mixed blessing.

During the initially launched rescue excavation, the complete burial site were excavated and documented in a 3 weeks operation.

The focus of early work was to set up organisations to undertake rescue excavations shortly before an area was disturbed by construction equipment.

Many European countries, such as, e.g., Germany, practice virtually no rescue excavation (though there is extensive research archaeology).

First is the rescue excavation of the area that will be covered by water after Oct. 4.

The city council of Riverside listened to testimony from archaeologists and local residents and decided to pay for rescue excavations at the site.