May/June 2014 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents May/June 2014

FEATURES

Beyond the Palace Walls

Nothing is quite what it seems in Egypt's ancient city of Amarna

Pieces of the Song Dynasty

Investigating a hub of Chinese porcelain manufacture

Mosaic Masterpiece

A splendid fifth-century church is evidence of a thriving Byzantine community

America's Chinatowns

Dozens of digs and collections are revealing the culture, diversity, and challenges of the first Chinese Americans

Searching for the Comanche Empire

In a deep gorge in New Mexico, archaeologists have discovered a unique site that tells the story of a nomadic confederacy's rise to power in the heart of North America

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Trenches

A Brief Glimpse into Early Rome
Off the Grid
Port of the Pyramids
Hardening Brittle Bones
First American Family Tree
Recreating Nordic Grog
The Goddess' Brewer
Peeping through the Leaves
Clash of the War Elephants
England's Oldest Footprints
Secrets of Bronze Age Cheese Makers
Our Lady of the Lake
Big Data, Big Cities

World Roundup

Andean brain surgery, the first Americans, 850,000-year-old footprints, ancient war elephants, tomb of an Egyptian brewer, and Bronze Age cheese

Letter From Philadelphia

The unlikely preservation of thousands of years of history in a modern urban oasis

Artifact

How to ward off an earthquake with Roman magic

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