Archaeology
Downtown Digs
One step ahead of bulldozers, Urban archaeologists pull historic treasures from America's cityscapes
May 2002 |
By Grace Lichtenstein
The Secrets of Easter Island
The more we learn about the remote island from archaeologists and researchers, the more intriguing it becomes
March 2002 |
By Paul Trachtman
A Fury from Hell—or Was He?
As underwater archaeologists pull artifacts from what may be the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, historians raise new questions about the legendary pirate
February 2000 |
By Constance Bond
Hot-Rock Cooking Party
For archaeologists, the proof is in the pudding or rather, in the agave, cactus and other goodies
November 1997 |
By Jake Page
Around the Mall & Beyond
At the site of a new Smithsonian museum, a team of archaeologists dug up traces of a 19th-century neighborhood; bottles, chinaware and even a doll will help us learn more about how the people lived
February 1995 |
By Michael Kernan
