NOT JUST ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION
Exciting finds near Tucson, Arizona - part of a contract excavation preceding a highway improvement project - have confirmed that at least one group of hunter-gatherers was settling down to farm 1,000 years before the Hohokam.
BY MARK MURO
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THE TALE OF TWO CITIES
Historical archaeologists in Maryland comb the fields of St. Mary's City and the historic district of Annapolis, using artifacts and architectural features to tell the story of a dawning in America.
BY JULIE GAMMILL GIBSON
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ARKANSAS' CULTURAL CROSSROAD
Volunteers and archaeologists working at the Menard-Hodges site, a Conservancy preserve, and its adjacent site, Lake Dummond, search for evidence of the Arkansas Post.
BY MICHAEL RAY TAYLOR
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