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Table of Contents March/April 2024

FEATURES

Freedom Fort

In eighteenth-century Spanish Florida, a militia composed of formerly enslaved Africans fought for their liberty

Discovering a New Neolithic World

Excavations in southeastern Turkey are revolutionizing how archaeologists understand the monumental achievements of hunter-gatherers

Magic on the Road to Mecca

Artifacts left by pilgrims on the hajj illuminate the role of wonder-workers in Islamic practice

Divine Lords of the Andes

How a new generation of leaders claimed power in northern Peru by embracing cosmic connections to their ancestors

Breaking the Code of the Kushan Kings

High in the mountains of Tajikistan, the discovery of a first-century A.D. royal inscription was the key to deciphering a mysterious script

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DEPARTMENTS

Digs & Discoveries

Painting by Roman Numerals
The Parthenon’s Paint Job
Six Centuries of the Condor
Spells Against Snakes
Paleo Palette
Mohenjo-Daro’s Buddhist Past
Cuts Like a Shark
Neolithic Honey Hunters
Watchdog for the Afterlife
Update: Royal Rendlesham
Off the Grid

Around the World

Earliest archers in the Americas, sounds of a spirit cave, Tibetan yak herders, joining up with Caesar, and the first Buddhist king of the Khmer Empire

Letter from Nicaragua

Archaeologists are challenging long-held assumptions about Mesoamerica’s influence on Indigenous peoples to its south

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