March/April 2016 - Archaeology Magazine

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Table of Contents March/April 2016

FEATURES

Öland, Sweden. Spring, A.D. 480

A hastily built refuge—a grisly massacre—a turbulent period in European history

France’s Roman Heritage

Magnificent wall paintings discovered in present-day Arles speak to a previously unknown history

Colors of the Priesthood

An intriguing source of power is revealed in an ancient Andean tomb

Recovering Hidden Texts

At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection

The Lost Town of Dunluce

Just outside an iconic Irish castle, archaeologists uncover the remains of a completely undisturbed historic town

An Ancient Battlefield Emerges

Evidence of a dramatic military victory has been found beneath fishponds and rice paddies around Vietnam's Bach Dang River

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DEPARTMENTS

From the Trenches

Legends of Glastonbury Abbey
Off the Grid
A Circle of Skulls
Medieval Russian Memo
The Ring’s the Thing
Chinatown before the Quake
Tomb from a Lost Tribe
Alfred the Great’s Forgotten Ally
Reading an Inca Archive
Minding the Beeswax
Quarrying Stonehenge
A Viral Fingerprint
Caesar’s Diplomatic Breakdown
Ship Underground

Letter from Guatemala

Beneath Guatemala’s modern capital lies the record of the rise and fall of an ancient city

World Roundup

Alaskan ghost fleet, how Tut got his beard back, an ill-fated Spanish colony, oldest church in the tropics, East Timor’s giant rats

Artifact

How the ancient Egyptians learned their ABCs

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