26 HOW TO SURVIVE CLIMATE
CHANGE
Peru’s Casma state endured unpredictable El Niños
and centuries of drought
BY LIZZIE WADE
32 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
GARDENS
Archaeology’s editors explore the many reasons
people have tended the earth
42 IMAGING THE PAST
What stone toolmaking and neuroscience can tell us
about what it means to be human
BY ANDREW CURRY
46 ENTOMBED IN ASPHALT
A natural tar pit in Trinidad is a time capsule of some
of the oldest wooden objects in the Caribbean
BY MEGAN GANNON
50 THE VIKING GREAT ARMY
A tale of conflict and adaptation played out in
northern England
BY DANIEL WEISS
MARCH/APRIL 2018 • VOLUME 71, NUMBER 2
FEATURES
32 Excavating a nearly 4,000-year-old shrub, Luxor, Egypt
CONTENTS
COVER: Fresco, Villa Arianna, Stabiae 1st century a.d.
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