Table of Contents	Volume 60 Number 2, March/April 2007

Features A New Look at the Olmec Younger scholars are looking beyond age-old feuds and finally asking the right questions about the Olmec by Andrew Lawler Curse of the Stolen Cloak A rare Roman tablet in England calls for a thief's death by Jason Urbanus A Different History After 40 years of digging, a scientist now sees the past through Native American eyes by Tom Gidwitz Forest of Broken Urns Borneo's unexplored past is dying by the chainsaw by Karen J. Coates Betraying the Maya Who does the violence in Apocalypto really hurt? by David Freidel The Antikythera Mystery New imaging technology reveals the soul of the world's first computer by Jarrett A. Lobell Iceland's Unwritten Saga Did Viking settlers pillage their environment? by Zach Zorich

Departments In This Issue Altering the Past by Peter A. Young From the President Dressed for Success Honoring an Etruscan Ambassador by C. Brian Rose Letters The battle for last place, Colt .45s, seizing cultural heritage, and Jersey boy From the Trenches St. Paul's coffin, raiders of the old-folks' home, fake eyeballs, Russian Vishnu, an unmysterious bankruptcy, Chinese bribery, turtle vs. python, Neanderthal hunting party, plumbing the secrets of an ancient toilet, Peru's national knives, and counting on war Conversation Reading, writing, arithmetic, and archaeology? A high-school teacher makes his own curriculum Insider Israel cuts off excavation teams that keep their finds to themselves Letter from Bahia Searching for mining wildcatters on Brazil's diamond frontier What We Learn The world can be found in the amber necklaces of a Chinese princess.

On the Cover: Colossal stone head (Olmec, 1200-400 B.C.) from La Venta in Tabasco, Mexico (©Boltin Picture Library/The Bridgeman Art Library)

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