FISHING IN THE DESERT
When a vast lake suddenly formed in their desert and then gradually evaporated, the Cahuilla people were forced to adapt.
BY RICK DOWER
page 20
DISCOVERING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TIME CAPSULE
Archaeologist Jeffrey Brain is excavating Popham Colony, an undisturbed site as old as Jamestown and in some ways more important.
BY LANCE TAPLEY
page 12
OF MOUNDS AND MYSTERIES
Archaeologists have been working for years at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site to better understand the remarkable Mississippians.
BY JOHN G. CARLTON AND WILLIAM ALLEN
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A CULTURAL AFFILIATION CONTROVERSY
Chaco Culture National Historical Park has determined the Navajo are culturally affiliated with the Anasazi. Some Native Americans and archaeologists strongly disagree.
BY JOANNE SHEEHY HOOVER
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