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How Captives Changed the World
Stolen people—mostly women and children—were a driving force in the evolution of modern society
Catherine M. Cameron is an archaeologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work focuses on sites in the American Southwest, including Chaco Canyon. She has been studying captives in early small-scale societies around the world for the past 12 years. Credit: Nick Higgins
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