SUMMER 2019 | Spirituality And Big Data
The following is an article excerpt from the Summer 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full issue!
By Gayle Keck
Cover Photo: This small ceramic jar from Cahokia is...
SUMMER 2019 | Glen Canyon Then and Now
The following is an article excerpt from the Summer 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full issue!
By David Malakoff
Cover Photo: Erik Stanfield of the National Park...
SUMMER 2019 | Touring Ancient Art Museums
The following is an article excerpt from the Summer 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full issue!
By Tamara Jager Stewart
The Southwest is world-renowned for its abundance...
SUMMER 2019 | Friends, Followers, And Retweets
The following is an article excerpt from the Summer 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full issue!
By Elizabeth Lunday
More than a thousand years ago, women living...
SUMMER 2019 | Gone Missing
The following is an article from the Summer 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full issue!
By Wayne Curtis
COVER IMAGE: 1978 Moundville excavation | Credit: Vin Steponaitis
In...
American Archaeology Wins Its Fifth Gene S. Stuart Award
The article “Discovering the Archaeology of Tattooing” by Gayle Keck has won the Gene S. Stuart Award. The award, which is bestowed by the Society For American Archaeology, is given to the author of...
SPRING 2019 PREVIEW | Harvard’s History Lesson
The following is an excerpt from the Spring 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine.
By Elaine K. Howley
COVER IMAGE: The excavators have recovered numerous pipes. This white clay pipe with a partially broken stem dates to...
SPRING 2019 PREVIEW | Righting Wrongs At Effigy Mounds
The following is an excerpt from the Spring 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine.
By Julian Smith
COVER IMAGE: Effigy Mounds’ officials bought so many new pieces of construction equipment that a shed was built to hold...
SPRING 2019 PREVIEW | Disappearing Digital Data
The following is an excerpt from the Spring 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine.
By Alexandra Witze
COVER IMAGE: Archaeologists with Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. collect data from a Paleo-Indian site in Cave Valley, Nevada ...
SPRING 2019 PREVIEW | A Glimpse Of The First Americans
The following is an excerpt from the Spring 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine.
By David Malakoff
COVER IMAGE: A researcher works at Trail Creek Cave 2 in Alaska, where DNA was extracted from the tooth of...