Did a Magnetic Field Reversal Doom Neanderthals?
A Neanderthal expert weighs in on a new theory that proposes a swap in the planet’s poles triggered a climate catastrophe that killed off our evolutionary cousins.
Archaeology
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Preserving the Voices of the Antioch Colony
Archaeologists are working with descendants to preserve the history of a community in Texas formed by Black freedmen and women after the Civil War.
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The Fire This Time: Black and Indigenous Ecologies
This panel, composed of leading Black and Indigenous archaeologists and artists, considers what it means to confront the challenges of a changing climate alongside the legacies of environmental racism.
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Sutton Hoo’s Story Goes Deeper Than The Dig
The archaeologist in charge of the Sutton Hoo burial mounds recounts what has been discovered at the famous English site since the 1930s excavation portrayed in the movie The Dig.
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Stop Destroying African American Cemeteries
Highways, factories, and other development projects across the United States are threatening the sacred spaces of African American cemeteries. An archaeologist looks to new Congressional action to stop the destruction.
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The Phantom Forests That Built Mesa Verde
For years, archaeologists working in Mesa Verde National Park have been looking for evidence of where Ancestral Puebloans harvested the thousands of trees they used to build their elaborate cliff dwellings.