HIGH LIFE IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
Did prehistoric people like living at 10,000 feet?
BY LOIS WINGERSON
page 12
UNDERSTANDING EL PILAR
An archaeologist takes an unconventional approach to her investigation of a Maya city.
BY MICHAEL BAWAYA
page 19
RECONSTRUCTING THE GREAT MOUND
Troyville’s Great Mound was leveled years ago. Now local people are working to reconstruct it with the original dirt.
BY STANLEY NELSON
page 26
THIRTY YEARS OF PRESERVATION
The Archaeological Conservancy turns 30.
BY TAMARA STEWART
page 32
PROOF OF A PRE-CLOVIS PEOPLE
Could the 14,000-year-old coprolites found at Paisley Caves settle one of American archaeology’s great debates?
BY JULIAN SMITH
page 38