Fall 2015 is Here!
The most recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, Fall 2015 , is now available.
COVER: A side-scan sonar image of HMS Erebus, the flagship of the ill-fated
1845 Sir John Franklin expedition in search of a...
Book Review – Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central Mexico
Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central Mexico
By George L. Cowgill
(Cambridge University Press, 2015; 312 pgs., illus., $35 paper; www.cambridge.org)
Beginning in about 150 B.C., a great city developed in the fertile Teotihuacan (Nahuatl spelling) Valley...
Book Review- Medieval Mississippians: The Cahokia World
Medieval Mississippians: The Cahokia World
Edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Susan M. Alt
(SAR Press, 2015; 169 pgs., illus. $60 cloth, $25 paper; www.sarpress.org)
This collection of 17 essays by 28 archaeologists and Native Americans explores...
A Sneak Peak: Understanding the Prehistoric Landscape of Rock Art Ranch
Sneak Peak Ahead Field Blog for Fall 2015
Our intrepid reporter, Tamara Stewart, visited Chevelon Canyon and Rock Art Ranch. Join her for a Sneak Peak at some reporting in the field underway for our...
Summer 2015 is Here
The most recent issue of American Archaeology Magazine, Summer 2015 , is now available.
COVER: San Francisco de Asís’ modest 18th-century
adobe church features this spectacular altar.
Credit: Rubén G. Mendoza
Unearthing Magic of Slaves and Immigrants
Visiting California’s...
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...
Visiting California’s Historic Missions
Summer 2015:
By Gayle Keck
It was 1782, and an earthquake had ripped through Alta California. "In Santa Clara, it broke a bottle of brandy," Father Junípero Serra noted, "which the poor Fathers there were jealously...
A Lost City Found?
Summer 2015:
By Charles C. Poling
On March 2, 2015, a news story on the National Geographic website announced the discovery of an ancient “lost city” that was once inhabited by a mysterious culture in the...
Grappling With A Great Mystery
Summer 2015:
By David Malakoff
It had seemed like a good idea at the time. In the spring of A.D. 1250, you and your new spouse decided to move away from the hamlet where you were...
Revisiting Old Vero Man
Summer 2015:
By Tamara Stewart
In 1916, as Florida State geologist Elias Sellards stood on the bank of Van Valkenberg Creek, which has run along Florida’s eastern coastal region for the last 14,000 years, he...