Complex sentence: Excavation of the site began shortly after Mozambique achieved independence, conducted from 1975 until 1978 by the Centre for African Studies at Eduardo Mondlane University and the British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Split into simpler sentences: Excavation of the site began shortly after Mozambique achieved independence. The process ran from 1975 until 1978 and was conducted by the Eduardo Mondlande University Centre for African Studies and the British Institute in Eastern Africa.