In 2008 Fennell led summer research and excavations at the New Philadelphia Town Site in Illinois.
A revival of digging in section with machines has occurred in recent years by a proliferation of limited time constrained development led excavations.
On hearing of the discovery of bones by local workmen he led excavations in the area of the hyena den.
He, along with Ellison Orr, created the first extensive lists of sites in Iowa and led numerous excavations.
During his first term as director, he led excavations at Old Paphos and Salamis in Cyprus.
He has led several major excavations along with studies of stone circles and standing stones of the later neolithic period, in particular their astronomical and calendrical qualities.
It was discovered in 1967 by Henri de Contenson who led excavations in 1971-1972.
He led excavations for ordinary members of the DAI to Greece and Asia Minor.
Between 1950-1955 Schaeffer led concentrated excavations at the palace which unearthed a vast corpus of tablets and artefacts.
Then he led excavations at the cave that found the arms, the legs, the torso and the almost complete skull, including both jaws with full sets of teeth in place.