July/August 2016
Volume 69, Number 4
CONTENTS
features
26 Rites of the Scythians
Spectacular new discoveries from the
Caucasus set the stage for a dramatic
hilltop ritual
BY ANDREW CURRY
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Timelines
Tracking when humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans crossed
paths-and what became of their
offspring
BY ZACH ZORICH
36 Franklin's Last Voyage
After 170 years and countless searches,
archaeologists have discovered a
famed wreck in the frigid Arctic
BY ALLAN WOODS
42 Children of Giza
Finds from a cemetery near the
pyramids are illuminating the Egyptian view of youth and the afterlife
BY DANIEL WEISS
44 The Bard at Home
Renovations, entertainment, and grief
at New Place, Shakespeare's manor
in Stratford-upon-Avon
BY KATE RAVILIOUS
48 Vietnam's First City
At the site of Co Loa, researchers are
examining the foundations of power
in Southeast Asia
BY LAUREN HILGERS
Cover: Griffins attack a stag on a 2,40036 Canadian military divers extract an
ice block to access the wreck of the
19th-century exploration ship Erebus.
year-old gold vessel from Russia.
PHOTO: Igor KozhevnIKov/Courtesy
Andrey BelInsKI
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Archaeology Magazine - July/August 2016