Table of Contents	Volume 53 Number 5, September/October 2000

The full texts of newsbriefs and selected longer articles are available
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In This Issue Our Far-Flung Staff by Peter A. Young From the President The Electronic Auction Block by Nancy C. Wilkie Newsbriefs Caucasus Kurgan Cache; Royal Coffin Controversy; Stonehenge Skeleton Mystery; Monument Make-Over; Rape of Titanic; Sophocles at the Colosseum; Cretan Shrine Discovered; Jeweler's Wheel Secrets; Cambyses' Lost Army; Supervision at Temple Mount Insight Beirut in Transition by James Wiseman Books Who Were the First Americans? by Kenneth B. Tankersley At the Museums Subway Art by Angela M.H. Schuster Multimedia Web Links to the Past by Kristin Romey American Scene Hounding the Dead by Brenda Smiley Forum A Blessed Bayonet by Donald J. Young

Mystery of the Maya Facade  Brothers or Cousins?  Web Links to the Past  Facing the Past

Mystery of the Maya Facade Astute detective work gives new meaning to a looted artwork. by David Freidel Tales from the Crypt A descent into the Tomb of Osiris by Angela M.H. Schuster Cultural Revolutionary An eminent Beijing archaeologist and communist looks back on a lifetime weathering political tempests. by Erling Hoh Troubled Waters An ancient trading center in Turkey is being partially flooded by dam construction, spurring last-minute rescue efforts. by Özgen Acar Arabian Time Capsule An undisturbed trove of relics reveals the trading patterns of a Bronze Age society. by Daniel T. Potts Brothers or Cousins? Climate change and competition from modern humans led to the demise of the Neandertals. by Jean-Jacques Hublin Writing Collaborative History How the Monacan Nation and archaeologists worked together to enrich our understanding of Virginia's native peoples by Jeffrey L. Hantman, Karenne Wood, and Diane Shields Facing the Past A forensic artist reconstructs the visages of Monacan ancestors. by Mark Rose

Photos, from top: Mexico City facade (Jorge Pérez de Lara, Courtesy the Instituto Nacional de Anthropología e Historia); reconstructed Neandertal skull (Jean-Jacques Hublin); illustration (Ray Bartkus); facial reconstruction of Monacan woman (Terri Brayton)

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