MESA VERDE’S PREHISTORIC HYDROLOGISTS
Cliff dwellings weren’t the only remarkable things the Anasazi made at Mesa Verde.
BY TAMARA STEWART
page 36
EXAMINING JEFFERSON’S RETREAT
A long-term investigation of Poplar Forest shows that Thomas Jefferson didn’t merely relax there.
BY COLLEEN P. POPSON
page 12
THE WORLD IN A WHELK SHELL
The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Conference is providing scholars an unusual opportunity to interpret Mississippian art.
BY ELAINE ROBBINS
page 19
INVESTIGATING THE EVOLUTION OF THE PERIPHERAL HOHOKAM
Research at the Marana Mound site has changed the thinking about where large Hohokam settlements were located.
BY ADELE CONOVER
page 25
CONFRONTING A CONUNDRUM
Can technological advances help archaeologists solve a 40-year-old mystery?
BY RACHEL DICKINSON
page 31
Cliff dwellings weren’t the only remarkable things the Anasazi made at Mesa Verde.
BY TAMARA STEWART
page 36
EXAMINING JEFFERSON’S RETREAT
A long-term investigation of Poplar Forest shows that Thomas Jefferson didn’t merely relax there.
BY COLLEEN P. POPSON
page 12
THE WORLD IN A WHELK SHELL
The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Conference is providing scholars an unusual opportunity to interpret Mississippian art.
BY ELAINE ROBBINS
page 19
INVESTIGATING THE EVOLUTION OF THE PERIPHERAL HOHOKAM
Research at the Marana Mound site has changed the thinking about where large Hohokam settlements were located.
BY ADELE CONOVER
page 25
CONFRONTING A CONUNDRUM
Can technological advances help archaeologists solve a 40-year-old mystery?
BY RACHEL DICKINSON
page 31