January/February 2016 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents January/February 2016

FEATURES

Top 10 Discoveries of 2015

ARCHAEOLOGY's editors reveal the year's most compelling finds

The Many Lives of an English Manor House

A major restoration project at a grand estate reveals centuries of a nation’s history

Family History

Giving new life to some of Pompeii’s dead

Living with the Sea Bear

Carvings unearthed in the Arctic reveal a deep connection between an ancient people and polar bears

The Alchemist’s Tale

Long regarded as a charlatan’s game, alchemy is now taking its proper place in the history of science

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Trenches

Reading the Invisible Ink
Off the Grid
Irish Roots
A Kestrel’s Last Meal
Pompeii Before the Romans
A Baltic Sea Monster Surfaces
Built upon Bones
An Opportunity for Early Humans in China
Hidden Blues
Mr. Jefferson’s Laboratory
Under a Haitian Palace
From Yacht to Trawler to Wreck
Buddha Stands Tall
Denmark’s Bog Dogs
Leftover Mammoth
Finding Parker’s Revenge
Living the Good Afterlife

Letter from Hawaii

On the slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s cowboys developed a culture all their own

World Roundup

Prehistoric deadliest catch, Roman silver in Slovakia, victims of the Inquisition, Papua New Guinea pottery workshop, and Tomb of the Cave Lions

Artifact

How a Medusa survived Christianity

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