THE CLOVIS COMET CONTROVERSY
Did an extraterrestrial impact some 13,000 years ago result in a number of dramatic events?
BY MIKE TONER
page 12
READING THE LAND
Cultural landscape studies at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument are yielding a glimpse of life there hundreds of years ago.
BY TAMARA STEWART
page 19
REEXAMINING KINCAID MOUNDS
Approximately 60 years after the initial investigation of Kincaid, archaeologist employing sophisiticated technology are arriving at new conclusions about this Mississippian site.
BY SUSAN CABA
page 26
INVESTIGATING THE MYSTERIES OF THE SHIVWITS PLATEAU
Until recently, this remote region in northern Arizona had been ignored by archaeologists. Now researchers are trying to understand the lives of the people who once occupied it.
BY STEVE FRIESS
page 32
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
What is indigenous archaeology, and is it good for the discipline?
BY WAYNE CURTIS
page 37
Did an extraterrestrial impact some 13,000 years ago result in a number of dramatic events?
BY MIKE TONER
page 12
READING THE LAND
Cultural landscape studies at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument are yielding a glimpse of life there hundreds of years ago.
BY TAMARA STEWART
page 19
REEXAMINING KINCAID MOUNDS
Approximately 60 years after the initial investigation of Kincaid, archaeologist employing sophisiticated technology are arriving at new conclusions about this Mississippian site.
BY SUSAN CABA
page 26
INVESTIGATING THE MYSTERIES OF THE SHIVWITS PLATEAU
Until recently, this remote region in northern Arizona had been ignored by archaeologists. Now researchers are trying to understand the lives of the people who once occupied it.
BY STEVE FRIESS
page 32
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
What is indigenous archaeology, and is it good for the discipline?
BY WAYNE CURTIS
page 37