In 2006 a test excavation was carried out, but no diagnostic material was found.

Other sites are known from test excavations and/or aerial surveys.

A test excavation of the Burchenal Mound was conducted in 1850.

"We will begin test excavations in the morning," he said.

He conducted test excavations at both sites in 1895 and in 1911, during his study of Hopi migration traditions.

During test excavations in the 1970s, remnants of structures, features, and artifacts were recovered.

Decades ago, a small test excavation was conducted at the site and a site plan was drawn.

Little to no evidence of Cherokee occupation was found during the 2004 test excavations and it is doubtful that they ever inhabited the site.

The resulting plowing brought up enough artifacts to warrant further investigation of the site, and in 1954, archaeologists conducted a test excavation.

Since 1994, around 26 additional test excavations have been done.