July/August 2016 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents July/August 2016

FEATURES

Rites of the Scythians

Spectacular new discoveries from the Caucasus set the stage for a dramatic hilltop ritual

Franklin’s Last Voyage

After 170 years and countless searches, archaeologists have discovered a famed wreck in the frigid Arctic

Timelines

Tracking when humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans crossed paths—and what became of their offspring

Children of Giza

Finds from a cemetery near the pyramids are illuminating the Egyptian view of youth and the afterlife

The Bard at Home

Renovations, entertainment, and grief at New Place, Shakespeare’s manor in Stratford-upon-Avon

Vietnam’s First City

At the site of Co Loa, researchers are examining the foundations of power in Southeast Asia

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Trenches

Is it Esmeralda?
Off the Grid
New Dates for the Oldest Cave Paintings
Fact-Checking Lawrence of Arabia
Etruscan Code Uncracked
Naval Mystery Solved
Off with Their Heads
Cursing the Competition
Proof in the Prints
Fit for a War God
A Life Story
A Villa under the Garden
Iceland’s Young Migrant

Letter from England

Excavations at one of Britain’s most majestic castles help tell the story of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom

World Roundup

Pirates of the Caribbean, evidence for the oldest Irishman, Iron Age Swiss cheese, India’s cannabis frescoes, and the Silk Road route to Nepal

Artifact

How an Old World horseshoe tells an unexpected New World story

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