SHELTER FROM THE PREHISTORIC STORM
People used the Bonneville Estates Rockshelter for thousands of years. Archaeologists are learning what they did there.
BY KURT REPANSHEK
page 26
EXPLAINING THE PHENOMENON OF CAHOKIA
Archaeologist Tim Pauketat believes that charismatic leaders played an essential role in the creation of Cahokia.
BY JOHN CARLTON
page 12
ANCIENT ENVIRONMENTALISTS
Archaeologists believe we can learn how to sustain our endangered coastal ecosystems by uncovering the past.
BY MICHAEL SIMS
page 19
THE DIFFICULTIES OF DEACCESSIONING
Museums and archaeologists are faced with the problem of how to dispose of unwanted archaeological items.
BY TONY REICHHARDT
page 32
EXAMINING A MYSTERIOUS MOUND-BUILDING CULTURE
An investigation of the Feltus Mounds is giving researchers a glimpse of the Coles Creek people.
BY CRAIG GUILLOT
page 38