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CONTENTS 24 FEATURES 16 Glass beads, ritual deposits, and laser beams A sanctuary on Timpone della Motta entangled in networks of trade and resettling 24 African Queen An intact royal burial from Egypt reveals new insights into cultural connections 32 Unlocking a hidden landscape Preliminary fieldwork at Qarn bint Sa’ud, Abu Dhabi 40 The power of words Racing to read the lost secrets of Egypt 40 4 CURRENTWORLDARCHAEOLOGY 32 16 Issue 116
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December 2022/JANUARY 2023 Volume 10 | Number 8 REGULARS UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 10 NEWS FOCUS Pirates, Portuguese, and ladies in purdah 12 CHARLES HIGHAM Unlocking prehistoric houses 14 HORIZON Ancient mounds in America TR AVEL 46 ÖTZI’S ONE-MAN SHOW Richard Hodges explores the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy CULTURE 54 MUSEUM Alexander the Great: the making of a myth – a new exhibition at the British Library explores the history of storytelling surrounding this famous figure 56 REVIEWS Everyday Life in the Ice Age; War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes; Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: the story of ancient Egypt in 100 objects 58 RUBINA RAJA & SØREN SINDBÆK Small is beautiful 60 SPECIAL REPORT Mesolithic human bone pendants 62 CHRIS CATLING Mesolithic human bone pend 62 CHRIS CATLING DNA, diets, and dealing with the weather 64 FORUM DNA, diets, and dealing with the weather 64 FORUM Letters, crossword, cartoon 66 OBJECT LESSON Letters, crossword, cartoon 66 OBJECT LESSON Decorated ivories Decorated ivories 46 46 6 14 10 54 www.world-archaeology.com www.world-archaeology.com CURRENTWORLDARCHAEOLOGY 5

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December 2022/JANUARY 2023

Volume 10 | Number 8

REGULARS

UPFRONT 3 EDITOR’S LETTER 6 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 10 NEWS FOCUS

Pirates, Portuguese, and ladies in purdah 12 CHARLES HIGHAM

Unlocking prehistoric houses 14 HORIZON

Ancient mounds in America

TR AVEL 46 ÖTZI’S ONE-MAN SHOW

Richard Hodges explores the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy

CULTURE 54 MUSEUM

Alexander the Great: the making of a myth – a new exhibition at the British Library explores the history of storytelling surrounding this famous figure 56 REVIEWS

Everyday Life in the Ice Age; War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes; Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: the story of ancient Egypt in 100 objects 58 RUBINA RAJA & SØREN SINDBÆK

Small is beautiful 60 SPECIAL REPORT

Mesolithic human bone pendants 62 CHRIS CATLING

Mesolithic human bone pend 62 CHRIS CATLING

DNA, diets, and dealing with the weather 64 FORUM

DNA, diets, and dealing with the weather 64 FORUM

Letters, crossword, cartoon 66 OBJECT LESSON

Letters, crossword, cartoon 66 OBJECT LESSON

Decorated ivories

Decorated ivories

46

46

6

14

10

54

www.world-archaeology.com www.world-archaeology.com

CURRENTWORLDARCHAEOLOGY

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