TAG: United States
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Features September/October 2022
1,000 Fathoms Down
In the Gulf of Mexico, archaeologists believe they have identified a nineteenth-century whaling ship crewed by a diverse group of New Englanders
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(Bridgeman Art) -
Letter from Virginia July/August 2015
Free Before Emancipation
Excavations are providing a new look at some of the Civil War’s earliest fugitive slaves—considered war goods or contraband—and their first taste of liberty
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Off the Grid May/June 2015
Saul's Mound, Pinson Mounds, Tennessee
(Wikimedia Commons, Photo: Brian Stansberry) -
Digs & Discoveries May/June 2015
Telecom History Deep Beneath the Pacific
(Courtesy UH HURL) -
Digs & Discoveries May/June 2015
Medicine on the High Seas
(Courtesy NC Department of Cultural Resources) -
Digs & Discoveries May/June 2015
A Western Wiki-pedia
(Courtesy Curtis Martin, Colorado Wickup Project) -
Letter from Hawaii May/June 2015
Inside Kauai's Past
Ideal conditions within an ancient cave system are revealing a rich history that reaches back to a time before humans settled the island and extends to the present day
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Digs & Discoveries January/February 2012
A New Look with Neutrons
Scientists have developed an imaging device that uses a beam of neutrons, a particle found in the nucleus of most atoms, to make three-dimensional images of archaeological artifacts.
