COVER STORY: THE BATTLE FOR THE DUNKIRK SCHOONER
A salvor firm is contesting the State of New York for the rights to this 19th-century shipwreck.
BY MIKE TONER
page 12
MAKING A CASE FOR THE PRE-CLOVIS
Archaeologists are excavating a 15,500-year-old site in central Texas.
BY ELIZABETH LUNDAY
page 20
REASSESSING WINTERVILLE MOUNDS
Centuries of occupation brought dramatic changes to this site. Archaeologists are trying to understand what occurred there.
BY WILLIAM L. ELLIS
page 26
THE MESOAMERICAN-SOUTHWEST CONNECTION
Was there extensive contact between the peoples of these regions?
BY DAVID MALAKOFF
page 32
POLYNESIAN CONTACT
Some researchers believe that Polynesians visited the New World before Columbus.
BY JULIAN SMITH
page 38
A salvor firm is contesting the State of New York for the rights to this 19th-century shipwreck.
BY MIKE TONER
page 12
MAKING A CASE FOR THE PRE-CLOVIS
Archaeologists are excavating a 15,500-year-old site in central Texas.
BY ELIZABETH LUNDAY
page 20
REASSESSING WINTERVILLE MOUNDS
Centuries of occupation brought dramatic changes to this site. Archaeologists are trying to understand what occurred there.
BY WILLIAM L. ELLIS
page 26
THE MESOAMERICAN-SOUTHWEST CONNECTION
Was there extensive contact between the peoples of these regions?
BY DAVID MALAKOFF
page 32
POLYNESIAN CONTACT
Some researchers believe that Polynesians visited the New World before Columbus.
BY JULIAN SMITH
page 38