Archaeology – September-October 2019

4 EDITOR’S LETTER

6 FROM THE PRESIDENT

8 LETTERS
Mapping a way forward, the lasting lessons of
Peleliu, and what would you eat on a dare?

9 FROM THE TRENCHES
Seafaring swine, King Tut’s meteorite glass,
Paleolithic family outing, and a sunken palace on
the Tigris River

22 WORLD ROUNDUP
Egyptian watermelons, a Sumatran tsunami,
Siege of Yorktown shipwrecks, and the house of
the nine-day queen.

55 LETTER FROM

LAKE GEORGE

Evidence from forts, hospitals, and taverns in upstate

New York is illuminating the lives of thousands of

British soldiers during the French and Indian War

BY JASON URBANUS

68 ARTIFACT

Just a fleeting impression

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