Discovering Coronado: New sites found in Arizona, including the first townsite
By Tamara Jager Stewart
It took no more than five minutes of scrambling through angry, needle-sharp undergrowth of dense cat’s claw and trying to dodge an equally angry overstory of mesquite, for me to relate...
U.S. Archaeology Confronts Labor Crunch With Infrastructure Spending
By David Malakoff
Late last year, the residents of Winlock, a small town in eastern Washington, got some good news: thanks to a $23 million government grant, contractors would soon begin installing 250 miles of...
Podcasting is a Digital Outreach, Educational Tool for Archaeologists
By Gayle Keck
For millennia, tales have been told around the fire – a tradition archaeologists likely reflect on as they sift through ancient fire pits. But these days, the new campfires are our smartphones,...
Fringe Theories Presented as Fact Perpetuate Harmful Myths
By Julian Smith
The eight-part series Ancient Apocalypse premiered on Netflix in November 2022. Hosted by the British journalist Graham Hancock, the show took viewers to archaeological sites from Mexico to Indonesia using drone footage,...