NOT ALL ROADS LEAD TO CHACO
Ancient roads in the Southwest's San Juan Basin have baffled researchers for years. David Noble introduces readers to these mysterious, monumental etchings on the land.
BY DAVID GRANT NOBLE
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OLD MOBILE : France's Great American Experiment
The Spanish and English got a head start on colonizing America, but it was the French who dominated the Gulf Coast for 150 years.
BY RENEE PAUL
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ANIMALS INSIDE THE EARTH: Effigy mounds of the Upper Midwest
Hundreds of mounds in the shape of animals dot the Upper Mississippi region. Archaeologists are just beginning to understand the people who made them.
BY MARTIN HINTZ
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