By Zach Zorich | At sunset, when the light drains from a landscape, it forces a change in perspective that archaeologists have not often considered....

By Sara Millhouse | Native Americans built earthen mounds across much of the Eastern half of the United States, but effigy mounds are largely found...

By David Malakoff | For more than a century, archaeologists have debated why ancient Native Americans built the stout stone towers that sit high above...

By Julian Smith | When European explorers and missionaries began arriving in the Great Lakes region in the sixteenth century, they found groups including the...