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Features
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(Cover Photo: Eric Lafforgue)
Petra's Sister City
New excavations amid the rock-cut tombs of the Saudi desert
by Eric A. Powell
Lasers in the Jungle  Full text!
Airborne sensors reveal a vast Maya landscape
by Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase,
and John F. Weishampel
Battle for the Xinjiang Mummies
How an American researcher put himself at the center of an ethnic conflict in western China
by Heather Pringle
Neanderthal Genome Decoded Full text!
Paleogenetics shows our ancient cousins aren't so extinct
By Zach Zorich
Cities Upon Cities
For almost 2,500 years, a succession of cultures rebuilt a ritual center in northeast Mexico
by Tom Gidwitz
Rediscovering Paestum
The forgotten Greek temples
of southern Italy
by Samir S. Patel
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Departments
In This Issue
Summing Up
An editor's farewell
by Peter A. Young
From the President
A World of Surprises
Celebrating the vision of ARCHAEOLOGY's editor in chief
by C. Brian Rose
Letters
Spotting looters in the field, the Kensington debate rages, respect for bog bodies, and bull scrota
From the Trenches
Cracking the Pictish code, Maya doomsday app, medieval brain matter, a new hominid emerges, Tut's mummy ceremony, Rome's lead burrito burial, beauty of the oasis, Ulysses for kids, poison mummies of the Andes, Maya sculpture garden, economic evolution, the Donner Party's unfortunate dog, and the origins of moo-shu pork
Conversation Full text!
A Louisville police detective takes early retirement to pursue his life-long passion
for archaeology
Insider
Surprising new projects across Europe are rewriting the story of Jewish life in the Middle Ages
by Neil Asher Silberman
Letter from Finland
Climate change survival tips from
Neolithic seal hunters
by Kate Ravilious
Artifact
A painted scallop shell from southern Spain shows that Neanderthals had an artistic side
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