Patagonia at the end of the Ice Age was not a pleasant place to live: it was a time of great climatic and environmental fluctuations, and, despite the thaw, much colder than today. Yet, into these uninviting conditions at the southern tip of the Americas, came the first early human societies. How did they survive such a bleak environment? Ariel Frank believes three sites in Patagonia have the answers.
Digs, Discoveries, Travel, Exploration
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Welcome to Current World Archaeology, the magazine that studies archaeology round the world.
CWA was founded in 2003 as a sister magazine to Current Archaeology which, since 1967, has been reporting on the latest discoveries in British archaeology.
But CWA does not just look at the latest discoveries: it also travels the globe, looking at great monuments around the world, explaining how they came to be the sites - and sights - we see today.
Caitlin McCall, Editor
7 Wonders…
7 facts you might not know about Howard Carter
Today (May 9) is Howard Carter’s birthday, so we thought we would share some of our favourite facts about the discoverer of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
7 ship-shape sites
We’re in a maritime mood today. Read on for seven of our favourite ship-related archaeological sites. Bon Voyage!
7 discoveries that changed the archaeological world
7 game-changing finds that captured the archaeological imagination.
Great Discoveries
Petra
Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world’s ‘lost cities’: it was known from historical references, but the site had not been located on the ground.
Alva at Huaca Rajada
The discovery of an intact Moche royal tomb was like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. A gang of impoverished local looters entered one of three pyramids at Huaca Rajada, Sipan, a major Moche site near the Peruvian coast.
Gustafson at Oseberg
Gustafson’s excavation had provided an extraordinary window into the material culture and public appearance of the world represented by the Norse Sagas at the beginning of the Viking Age.
Anyang, The first Chinese Civilization
CWA takes a look at the Late Shang Dynasty palace and funerary complex
Pompeii
We know more about Pompeii than any other Roman town. It is the benchmark, and yet we still have so much to learn…
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