American Archaeology Fall 2018 is Here!
The most recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, FALL 2018, is now available!
COVER: At the tip of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula lies L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. This 1,000-year-old settlement is the...
Charles Lindbergh’s Little-Known Passion
SUMMER 2017: By Tamara Jager Stewart.
In 1927 an obscure U.S. Air Mail pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris, thereby achieving word-wide fame. Virtually everyone...
Remembering Historic Achievements: Chinese Railroad Workers in America
Spring 2017: By Julian Smith.
On May 10, 1869, a crowd cheered as former California governor Leland Stanford hammered home a ceremonial golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah, marking the completion of the First Transcontinental...
A Hopewell Woodhenge
Winter 2014 A Hopewell Woodhenge By Dave Ghose
Two excavators dug a long, narrow trench in the flat, vacant landscape. They were part of a small crew that worked quietly in an unremarkable patch of the...
As NAGPRA Turns Thirty | American Archaeology
Thirty years ago Congress passed landmark legislation designed to return the remains and funerary objects of countless Native Americans to the ground from which they were taken long ago.
By Mike Toner
This is an article...
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...
Spring 2016 is Here!
The most recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, SPRING 2016, is now available.
COVER: A kiva (foreground) and the remains of an 18th-century Spanish mission church (background) are seen in this photo of Pecos National...
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...
American Archaeology Magazine Spring 2017 is Here!
The most recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, SPRING 2017, is now available!
COVER: A feather bundle (upper right), a pair of tapestry-woven yucca
sandals (below) and a woman’s yucca-cordage apron with human-hair
waistcord are some...
Rich Man, Poor Man
Summer 2018: By Wayne Curtis.
In the first half of the first millennium A.D., Teotihuacan in central Mexico was the largest city in the western hemisphere. At its peak, it had about 125,000 residents and...