An Echo of the Miami Circle
Fall 2014 An Echo of the Miami Circle By Michael Bawaya
Over the course of approximately two years a vacant lot in the heart of downtown Miami will be transformed into METsquare, an atrium-style complex. METsquare,...
From Atlatls To Arrows
Spring 2015: From Atlatls To Arrows, By Mike Toner.
For thousands of years, North America’s ancient people relied on an ingenious spear-throwing device called the atlatl to hunt game and wage war. Then they discovered, and...
The Lost History Of Tlaxcallan
Winter 2017: By Lizzie Wade.
Climbing up a hillside away from the heart of Tlaxcala, Mexico, it doesn’t take long to leave behind the well-maintained churches and immaculate plazas of this colonial city. The road...
The 3D Past Reproduced
Spring 2018: By Elizabeth Lunday.
In 1885, when British scholar Alfred Percival Maudslay and his wife Anne Cary Morris Maudslay first explored the ruins of the Maya city Copán, Morris Maudslay described the unexcavated site...
On the Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage
Summer 2014: Amid the theme parks and interstates, beachfront hotels and strip malls, remnants of ancient Florida remain. Native Americans lived in Florida as far back as 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, millennia before...
Investigating A Maritime Mystery
Fall 2015: By Tom Koppel
“That's it. That's it,” shouted underwater archaeologist Ryan Harris as the clear outline of a sunken ship suddenly came across his screen in September 2014. His crewmates in the wheelhouse...
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...
The Road To Prehistory
Winter 2015: By Elizabeth Lunday.
U.S. Highway 175 emerges from the sprawl of Dallas, shaking off the suburbs as it stretches southeast. Just beyond the city of Athens, this four-lane highway narrows to two lanes....
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...
WINTER 2019 | And Yet, They Persisted
The following is an article excerpt from the Winter 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full story!
By Gayle Keck
At Mak-‘amham restaurant in Berkeley, California, you can...