Table of Contents	Volume 57 Number 6, November/December 2004

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

Features The Forgotten Realm of Alexander A poor former Soviet republic lies at the heart of the Macedonian conqueror's story by Kristin M. Romey The Alchemist's Lab Despite efforts to turn lead into gold, the average sixteenth-century alchemist was probably more scientist than magician by Jennifer Pinkowski Beer of Kings Great pots of potent brew marked royal rituals in Peru by William H. Isbell The Trouble with Blood A modern chef takes on the challenge of ancient cooking by Julie Powell Utah's Ancient Ones Closely guarded ruins on a cattle ranch may unlock the secrets of a Great Basin culture by Melissa Sanford Space: The Final [Archaeological] Frontier  The notion of archaeological research and heritage management in space is an idea whose time has arrived. by P.J. Capelotti

Departments From the President Talking Turkey Food for thought this Thanksgiving by Jane C. Waldbaum In This Issue Matters of Taste by Peter A. Young Newsbriefs Medieval Houses of God, or Ancient Fortresses Martin Luther's Kitchen Putting a New Face on Thrace Cairo Tomb Find Viking Surprises Harrogate's Hidden Treasure Roman Rest Stop Early Walkers Conversations Lucy Turns Thirty  Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson reflects on Lucy's legacy 30 years after the famous hominid's discovery Reviews St. John's Cave Natives in Brooklyn Your Extended Family History Hunter-Archaeologist The Looting Game Recalling the Ironclads Editors' Picks Letter From Ludlow Colorado Coalfield Massacre Excavators uncover chilling evidence of a brutal assault during a 1914 miners' strike by Randall McGuire

On the Cover: Alexander the Great fought the Persian king Darius at the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C., a great confrontation depicted in this mosaic discovered in Pompeii's House of the Faun. One of antiquity's masterpieces, it is thought to be a copy of a now-lost Hellenistic painting. (Erich Lessing/Art Resource)

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