Table of Contents	Volume 55 Number 1, January/February 2002

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Departments In This Issue Images of Lower Manhattan by Peter A. Young From the President The Need to Travel by Nancy C. Wilkie Reviews West Bank Thriller The Bible as Artifact A Democratic Genghis Khan? Botching a Good Story Peopling Poverty Point The Truth is in Our Trash Saving Old Cairo Editors' Picks Commentary: Letters from Troy A surgeon's letters from Troy offer new insights into the character of Heinrich Schliemann. by David A. Traill and Paul C. Appleton On the Cover: An effigy pot from the Casas Grandes region depicts a shaman smoking a pipe to induce a trance for his flight to the spirit world. Photo by Brian Kanof.

Cover Story Flight of the Shaman Exquisite painted pots from the Casas Grandes region depict journeys to the spirit world. by Christine S. VanPool NEWSBRIEFS Mammoth Ottoman Hoard Bizarre Rituals Runestone Fakery Hoax Update Mural Flap Tuscan Excalibur? Caves and Climate Car Wash Cover-up Bogus Time Capsule Rare Ashoka Statues Curtains for Overkill? Revisiting the Rose Columbus Mystery Ship "Auto House" Discovered Pottery Heist

Features Beyond Ground Zero Taking stock of Lower Manhattan's endangered heritage by by Eric A. Powell Pioneers of the Bajo Jungle surveyors in Guatemala uncover the breadbasket of the Maya world. by Tom Gidwitz Digging the Fantastical Medieval dumps yield the everyday items found in Hieronymus Bosch's enigmatic paintings. But what about that walking bagpipe? by Theo Toebosch Celtic Sacrifice Grim deposits of butchered bones attest ritual slaughter by Galatians at Gordion. by Jeremiah R. Dandoy, Page Selinsky, and Mary M. Voigt Motel of the Mysteries Urban archaeology in the nation's oldest city by Jerald T. Milanich

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