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Description Archaeology Magazine - September/October 2013 English | PDF | 72 pages | 48.4 mb FEATURES 26 Everlasting City A new picture emerges of how a settlement of a few reed huts evolved into the city-state that helped set in motion the urban revolution BY ANDREW LAWLER 33 Wolf Rites of Winter Archaeologists digging a Bronze Age site on the Russian steppes are using evidence from language and mythology to understand a remarkable discovery BY ERIC A. POWELL 37 An Extreme Life The Kuril Islands, a remote and inhospitable archipelago stretching between Japan and Russia, are providing researchers with insights into the nature of what humans can endure—and what they cannot BY VICTORIA SCHLESINGER 42 Battlefi eld: 1814 In farmland on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, archaeologists have tracked troop movements of an American victory over the British BY KATHERINE SHARPE 46 Tomb of the Vulture Lord A king’s burial reveals a pivotal moment in Maya history BY ROGER ATWOOD DEPARTMENTS 4 Editor’s Letter 6 From the President 8 Letters Where Vikings buried their dead, the value of salt, and facial reconstruction at Jamestown 9 From the Trenches How humans’ throwing ability gave us a competitive edge, moles dig a Roman fort, an unlooted Wari imperial tomb, and French wine’s Italian roots 24 World Roundup An Ohio brewery tries its hand at Sumerian beer, English archaeologists expose one of the world’s oldest railway tunnels, sediments from Lake Malawi contradict a past “volcanic winter,” and the oldest evidence of humans consistently eating meat 52 Letter from Norway The race to fi nd, and save, ancient artifacts emerging from glaciers and ice patches in a warming world 68 Artifact A tablet bearing a birthday party invite includes the earliest Latin script penned by a woman Related Torrents
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