COVER STORY: COPING WITH THE BP OIL SPILL
Archaeologists are dealing with the challenges posed by the disaster.
BY KEITH O’BRIEN
page 18
A NEW LIFE IN THE NEW WORLD
Alaska’s Broken Mammoth site is offering a glimpse of the earliest Americans.
BY NED ROZELL
page 12
NAGPRA AT 20
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was passed 20 years ago. It’s had a huge effect on archaeology, but is it helping or harming the discipline?
BY MIKE TONER
page 25
THE COMPLEXITY OF COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS
The investigation of the Otstonwakin site is contradicting assumptions about European and Native American interaction.
BY MICHAEL SIMS
page 32
TAKING ON A TEXAS-SIZED PROJECT
Robert Drolet has investigated more than 50 sites in his long-term project in south Texas.
BY RICHARD A. MARINI
page 38
Archaeologists are dealing with the challenges posed by the disaster.
BY KEITH O’BRIEN
page 18
A NEW LIFE IN THE NEW WORLD
Alaska’s Broken Mammoth site is offering a glimpse of the earliest Americans.
BY NED ROZELL
page 12
NAGPRA AT 20
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was passed 20 years ago. It’s had a huge effect on archaeology, but is it helping or harming the discipline?
BY MIKE TONER
page 25
THE COMPLEXITY OF COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS
The investigation of the Otstonwakin site is contradicting assumptions about European and Native American interaction.
BY MICHAEL SIMS
page 32
TAKING ON A TEXAS-SIZED PROJECT
Robert Drolet has investigated more than 50 sites in his long-term project in south Texas.
BY RICHARD A. MARINI
page 38