Ice Age Human Footprints Discovered in Utah Desert - Cornell Chronicle

More examples of the dynamism permeating contemporary archaeology. Linda B. Glaser describes how "ghost tracks" led to a major find recording human habitation perhaps 12,000 years ago in what is now the Air Force's Utah Testing and Training Range. Contending for significance is Katie Hunt's news that an Ancient Fortress Found by Archaeologists May be a Lost Royal City. So far, "Natounia is only really known from its rare coins," says Heidelberg University's Michael Brown, who thinks drones and digs have provided a good candidate for this lost royal city. Speaking of small artifacts and big stories, Tasos Kokkinidis headlines an Archaeologist Solves Mystery of the Phaistos Disc in Greece. Well, even Gareth Owens admits it's only been "solved by 99 percent," but his 30-year-work in more than one way has been a "labor of love," and here's hoping the mystery has finally been deciphered. And a fun puzzle is profiled in Aliens? Lasers? Water? What Caused the Al Naslaa Rock to Split So Precisely?. Laurie L. Dove lists the guesses, ending with the poetic "Nature may be the most creative artist of all." (WM)

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