PHOTOGRAPHING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
Four exceptional photographers show their work and give insights on how to take remarkable pictures.
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Four exceptional photographers show their work and give insights on how to take remarkable pictures.
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LEGENDS OF ARCHAEOLOGY: SAVING THE SERPENT
Amazed and puzzled by Serpent Mound, Frederick W. Putnam was determined to excavate and preserve it.
BY BRADLEY LEPPER
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HITTING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JACKPOT
Caesars’s plan to build a grand casino in Indiana resulted in a huge archaeological project.
BY MARIA BRADEN
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RIGHTING HISTORY
Thomas Jefferson conducted American archaeology’s first excavation. Working at a Monacan Indian village that may be the same site as Jefferson’s, Jeffrey Hantman’s archaeology is informing history.
BY CHERYL PELLERIN
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PLEASURE GARDENS, ALCOHOL ENEMAS, AND CHOCOLATE-COVERED TAMALES
Ancient Americans knew how to party.
BY ROB CRISELL
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