Stepping Into The Past
Fall 2016: By Tom Koppel.
“Footprints have raised ridges,” says Duncan McLaren, as he crouches and scrapes with his trowel at the bottom of the seaside pit. “Here, you can see what we think is...
A Story Of Salt: Ancient Maya Saltworks
Spring 2017: By Elizabeth Lunday.
Salt is a substance so ordinary and inexpensive today that its ready supply is often taken for granted. Yet salt is essential: humans need salt to live and also crave...
When The Gambler Came To Chaco
Summer 2018: By Alexandra Witze.
Navajo oral histories tell of a Great Gambler who had a profound effect on Chaco Canyon, the Ancestral Puebloan capital located in what is now northwestern New Mexico. His name...
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...
Sneak Peak: Covering the Mississippian Frontier at Carter Robinson
Fall 2017 Sneak Peek By Linda Vaccariello.
The cell reception is pretty bad at Carter Robinson Mound and Village in Lee’s County, Virginia. Sometimes, if she’s lucky, Maureen Meyers can stand on the top of...
Unearthing Magic of Slaves and Immigrants
Summer 2015:
By Julian Smith
In the late 17th century, Annapolis enjoyed a thriving economy as the capital of the Maryland colony. An average of at least 300 slaves were brought in every year between 1695...
Spring 2015 Additional Images Online Gallery
Explore our newest online feature our additional Images gallery! Each Issue of American Archaeology Magazine we get way too many wonderful images to fit into the magazine. Now we have a chance to share...
American Archaeology Magazine Winter 2016 is Here!
The most recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, WINTER 2016, is now available!
COVER: A researcher operates a ground-penetrating radar machine at the Alamo in search of buried artifacts and features.
Credit: Reimagine The...
Discovering The Archaeology Of Tattooing
Spring 2018: By Gayle Keck.
In old Western movies, Indians were invariably depicted galloping into the scene whooping and streaked with war paint. At least one aspect of that cliché is true. Native Americans did...
Book Review – Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives
Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians
By Christopher B. Rodning
(University of Alabama Press, 2015; 272 pgs., illus., $60 cloth or ebook; www.uapress.ua.edu)
Tulane University archaeologist...