While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.
An anthropologist and comic artist collaborated to bring to life the cultural squabbles and social complexities of the first pandemic year in Okoboji, a tourist town in northwest Iowa.
The Amazing Archive of First Nations Stories Written on StoneRock art created by First Nation peoples over the millennia are more than decorative. Non-Indigenous archaeologists are beginning to appreciate how they constitute an Indigenous archive of memories, histories, and relationships to the land and Ancestors.
When Anthropology Meets the Graphic Novel in ThailandAn anthropologist, comic artist, and translator collaborated to bring the complexities of one human story to life in the English translation of The King of Bangkok.
The Last Wild Lions of EuropeMounting archaeological evidence is revealing that modern lions may have roamed free in Southeastern Europe—overturning long-held assumptions about art and mythology in the process.
Head of a MaidenA poet-anthropologist considers the life of a looted fourth-century B.C. Etruscan maiden.
Ancient Art Deep in the Southeastern United StatesAn archaeologist examines the history and diversity of art found in the dark zones of caves across the Southeastern U.S.
Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant MysteryArchaeologists may finally know the age and true identity of the “Rude Man,” also known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, one of dozens of geoglyphs etched into the British countryside.
How Museums Can Do More Than Just Repatriate ObjectsIt is beautiful when museums go beyond returning objects toward “propatriation”—collaborating to commission new objects for display.
Reimagining Rock Art in Southern AfricaWith the help of key contemporary ethnographic texts about modern San peoples, archaeologists are reconsidering the meaning of cave paintings created by ancient San in a new—and sacred—light.
Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in SulawesiAn anthropologist goes back to see Sulawesi cave paintings he reported in Indonesia decades ago—and mourns their degradation and loss.