Features
Mysterious Mongolia Seeking clues to ancient nomadic life at the edge of the Arctic by Eric A. Powell | ![[cover]](cover.gif) |
A Native Take on Jamestown Four centuries later, the colony still provokes debate (and just what was the deal with Pocahontas?) by Sandra Scham
In Search of Ancient Earthquakes Can archaeologists help predict the next big one? by Lois Wingerson
Alexander, Piece by Piece Replicating a famous Roman mosaic by Marco Merola
The Americas' First Colony? A possible Olmec outpost in southern Mexico by David Cheetham
A City by the Sea Early urban planning on Mexico's Pacific coast by Jennifer Pinkowski
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Departments
In This Issue In the Land of the Reindeer Herders by Peter A. Young
From the President 1906: A Remarkable Year for Archaeology  Celebrating the anniversary of two important acts of Congress
by Jane C. Waldbaum
News Lima's oldest (and headless) mummy, Rome has crabs, the Curse of Ötzi, the Oregon fort of Lewis and Clark, Harriet Tubman's army raid, and lions at the Tower of London
Conversations
Site Q Discovered!  Epigrapher Stanley Guenter on finally identifying Site Q, Maya archaeology's missing city
Reviews The real David and Solomon, the Persian Empire rises again, Moche artifacts at Harvard, sepia-toned sites in the Mediterranean, Egypt's famous female pharaoh, rethinking the New World, and editors' picks
Letter From the Southwest Guardians of the Past Volunteer stewards are crucial to protecting sites.
by Deborah M. Norman
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