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Features
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(Cover Photo: Ken Garrett)
Amazonian Harvest
Can prehistoric farming methods lead us to a sustainable future?
by Mara Hvistendahl
Windows on the Past
"Ventanas Arqueologicas" offer a unique glimpse into Mexico City's ancient heart
Photo essay by Jorge Pérez de Lara
Native Sweden
Indigenous Saami are rediscovering their long-lost heritage
by Zach Zorich
The Shah's Great Wall
Massive fortifications on the Caspian Sea once kept nomadic warriors at bay
by Eric A. Powell
Ancient Excrement
An unexpected source of human DNA resets the clock on the settlement of the Americas
by Andrew Curry
Who Were the Hurrians?
New discoveries in Syria suggest
a little-known people fueled the rise of civilization
by Andrew Lawler
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Departments
In This Issue
Earliest Americans
by Peter A. Young
From the President
Virtual Digging
A taste of life on real excavations
by C. Brian Rose
Letters
Show your Indy spirit, questionable idol, and selling your crystal skull
From the Trenches
New hope for Iraq's National Museum,
the first European, earthquake apocalypse, Rome roundup, arrested on Easter Island, the Anti-Jerusalem, visiting the Neo-Hittites, Aztec math, Bronze Age riders, sitting ducks, and Egyptian asses
Conversation  Expanded version!
Director Rob Cohen talks about accuracy and villainy in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Insider Full text!
Debating the ownership of history and the complicity of Western museums in the illicit antiquities trade
Letter from Italy: City of the Dead
A journey through the ancient city
of the dead beneath modern Rome
by Sarah Yeomans
Artifact
A pig tooth helps unlock the mystery of how people colonized the Pacific Islands
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