Table of Contents	Volume 56 Number 5, September/October 2003

The full texts of newsbriefs, reviews, and selected longer articles are available online; abstracts of other departments and features are also available.

Features Faking Biblical History What happens when you try to mobilize archaeology--at any cost--to prove the Bible "true"? by Neil Asher Silberman and Yuval Goren Cloak & Trowel The romantic image of archaeologist as adventurer fuels much of the speculation linking archaeology with espionage. A look at the facts behind the fiction by David Price Solstice at the Stones For the quarter million druids, wiccans, and heathens that live in the United Kingdom today, sites like Stonehenge are sacred ground. by Eric A. Powell Extreme Sport Once the blood sport of Maya kings and Aztec warriors, ulama lives on in the dusty playing fields of western Mexico. by Colleen P. Popson Spirited Explorer Katherine Routledge, intellectual adventurer and Quaker spiritualist, raced against time to save the living history of Easter Island by Jo Anne Van Tilburg Further Reading

Departments In This Issue Dangerous Deceptions by Peter A. Young From the President Basement Archaeology by Jane C. Waldbaum Newsbriefs Live from Inner Mongolia Elusive Ice Age Art Far-Flung Figurines Bowled Over Neolithic Nightmare Ancestromorphs? Top-Notch Tomb Quarry Excavations Race for Early Rice Special Report: Europe's First Mummies Surprising evidence that ancient Britons also preserved their dead by David Keys Conversations: Secrets of the Seeds  Lee Ann Newsom, recipient of a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," talks about her fascination with ancient plant remains. Reviews Cyber Sets and Sanctuaries Art by Any Other Name Legacy of Jade and Gold Archimedes' Disgusting Document Rewriting Cypriot History Delight to the Eye Maximus to the Rescue Virtual Earthworks Suburban Villa Life Editors' Picks Letter From East Timor: Timor's Safe Havens How caves shaped the history of the world's newest nation by Karen J. Coates

On the Cover: This ceramic figurine, outfitted and ready to play the Mesoamerican ballgame, hails from the west Mexican state of Jalisco and dates from between 200 B.C. and A.D. 200. Modern farmers in west Mexico still play a version of the game, though their numbers are decreasing. © Scala/Art Resource

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