Next, a report must be written up. It contains the description of the evolution of the site supported by photographs and scale drawings of the structures and objects discovered. Specialist studies or analyses, which add to the understanding of the site, are integrated into the text.

Before completing the writing up of the excavation report, the last stage is begun: the preparation of inventories of all the documentation collected prior to their transfer to the local Ministry of Culture archaeology service for safe-keeping. The final excavation report can be the basis for full publication.