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A light-brown cross section of a tree shows narrow and wide tree rings.

Tree Rings Are Evidence of the Megadrought—and Our Doom

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Two Pioneering Female Archaeologists

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A black-and-white photograph shows the profile of a Black person on a horse in an open space.

A Hidden Figure in North American Archaeology

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The Blockbuster Exhibit That Shouldn’t Have Been

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A collection of tall, thin wooden statues of different heights rests against a wall.

Do Stolen Sacred Objects Experience Culture Shock?

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How Museums Can Do More Than Just Repatriate Objects

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Mesa Verde Ancestral Puebloan - Stone axes used by Ancestral Puebloans left distinctive jagged marks on wood, as seen on this beam end from a tree cut down around A.D. 625.

The Phantom Forests That Built Mesa Verde

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do twins share soul - The author and his twin pose with ère ìbejì on display at a 1967 Field Museum exhibition.

Do Twins Share a Soul?

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archaeology marijuana - Commercial marijuana products in the U.S. have proliferated since recreational use has been legalized in 11 states.

An Archaeology of Marijuana

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wildfire archaeology - The first poster of Smokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service’s now famous mascot for forest fire suppression, appeared in 1944.

Wildfire Archaeology and the Burning American West

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Total hip replacement surgeries, using titanium parts such as those shown, have become a routine medical procedure.

Two Surgeries, 800 Years Apart

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A Curator’s Search for Justice

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history of masks

The Masked Man

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radiocarbon dating

The Scientific Sorcery of Radiocarbon Dating

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Why We Buy Weird Things in Times of Crisis

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Sensory deprivation tanks purportedly help floaters enter a deeply relaxed state.

What Modern Extremes Taught Me About Noise in the Ancient World

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