Reexcavating The Collections
Spring 2017: By Wayne Curtis.
In the mid-1890s, a rancher and avid amateur archaeologist from southwest Colorado named Richard Wetherill stood accused of fabricating an entire culture. Digging for artifacts in and around newly discovered...
FALL 2019 | Recovering from the Ashes
The following is an article excerpt from the Fall 2019 Issue of American Archaeology Magazine. Become a member to subscribe and read the full story!
By Gayle Keck
Jasper, a border collie with a mottled black,...
The Story Of Holy Ground: Investigating A Legendary Battle Site
Summer 2016: By Mike Toner.
The newly exposed outline of a small cabin and the fire-hardened clay of a 200-year-old hearth bear mute testimony to what was, for a brief moment in time, the holy...
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...
Sneak Peek: Did The Clovis People Have Neighbors?
Special Onsite Blog from the Field... Winter 2015 By Marcia Hill Gossard.
The day begins early at the Cooper’s Ferry Field School to beat the heat. Temperatures this summer soared past 100 degrees in the...
Book Review – The African Burial Ground in New York City
The African Burial Ground in New York City
By Andrea E. Frohne
(Syracuse University Press, 2015; 444 pgs., illus., $75 cloth, $50 paper; syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu)
In the late 1980s, the General Services Administration (GSA) made plans to build...
Spring 2015 is Here
The recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, Spring 2015 , is now available.
COVER: Peter Fix (foreground) and Jim Bruseth reassemble the hull timbers of La Belle, the ship of the French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sier...
Sneak Peek: Saving An Ancient Library
Winter 2017 Sneak Peek By Richard A. Marini
Hanging out with smart, talented people is one of the best parts of being a journalist. When they’re also fun to be with, it’s a bonus. That’s what...
Artifacts For Sale
Spring 2016: By Julian Smith.
When Shelby Anderson of Portland State University arrived at Port Clarence in western Alaska to conduct an archaeological survey in 2013, she was astonished at what she found. The narrow...
Of Mastodons And Men
Fall 2018: By Tamara Jager Stewart.
For millennia, humans have flocked to the lush region now known as the Aucilla River drainage in north-central Florida. Some twenty miles to the west, an underground river emanates...