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Issue 35

When, in 1911, the American explorer, Hiram Bingham, slashed his way through the South Peruvian forest to rediscover the Inca site of Machu Picchu, the world was rightly entranced. However, as this issue illustrates, there is much more to Peru than Machu Picchu.
Thus, the startled golden face, half child and half 'space-cadet', shown on the cover, was modelled by the Moche; people who lived along the Northern coast of Peru a thousand years before the Inca marched through the land. Found in 1987, it marked the site of the elite tombs of the 'Lords of Sip

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CWA 35

When, in 1911, the American explorer, Hiram Bingham, slashed his way through the South Peruvian forest to rediscover the Inca site of…

Issue 35/Features/Peru

Tombs of the Lords of Sipan

CWA investigates the unplundered tombs of the Moche culture 'Lords of Sipan', who were buried with dazzling splendour in the early centuries…

Issue 35/Features

Roman Frontiers

The world's largest archaeological site - the former frontiers of the Roman Empire - are to be given World Heritage Site status…

Issue 35/Features/Thailand

Thailand’s Bronze Age Superburials

Inside report on the newly - uncovered Bronze Age elite burials of Ban Non Wat…

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Issue 35/Features

Astroarchaeology

The final frontier for archaeological exploration? Daavid Miles examines the effects of human forays into outer space - and looks at the…

Issue 35/China

The Origins of Staple Food

Could the origins of agriculture be located in the well drained foothills of mountain chains rather than river valleys as previously thought?…

Issue 35/Dominican Republic

Dental News on Columbus Crew

Discoveries from South American graveyard thought to contain the dead from Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the Americas…

Issue 35/Kazakhstan

Early Date for Horse Domestication in Kazakhstan

Excavations from Kazakhstan reveal horse domestication to be some 5,500 years old…

Issue 35/Mexico

Maize Domestication

Earliest evidence for maize domestication found in Mexico…

Issue 35/Opinion

Digging Deeper

News Extra from Brian Fagan…

Issue 35/China

Domestication of Rice

Research on Chinese Neolithic sites aim to discover true date of rice domestication…

Issue 35/China

The Origins of Staple Food

Animal bones used to analyse ancient diets…

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