American Archaeology Magazine Winter 2013-14
COVER FEATURE: THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAYED
BY ALEXANDRA WITZE
What did ancient people do once the day’s work was done? They played games.
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REINTERPRETING AN ANCIENT ISLAND
BY LINDA MARSA
A research project on California’s Santa Catalina Island is using ethnographic evidence and sophisticated technology to develop new interpretations of the island’s past.
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LIFE IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRISON CAMP
BY MIKE TONER
Archaeologists are discovering what took place in Camp Lawton, a huge Civil War prison.
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WHEN COPPER WAS KING
BY CHRISTIE BLECK
The Cliff Mine in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula triggered a copper boom in the mid-19th century. Archaeologists are investigating the mine to understand how it happened.
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THE BEST OF HER PROFESSION
BY KRISTIN OHLSON
Linda Cordell excelled at many things during her long career in archaeology.
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