In This Issue
Hot News
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Keep up with breaking stories on line! By Peter
A. Young
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From the President
Archaeology Be Dammed
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Dam builders and archaeologists vie for China's past. By Stephen L. Dyson
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Letters
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What's the Point?, Celtic Divinity, Linking the Evidence, Anderson Supporter
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Insight
Eighth Wonder of the World
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A perilous journey through Pakistan's Karakoram yields traces of the ancient Silk Road. By James Wiseman
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Special Report
A Battle Over Bones
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Lawyers contest the fate of an 8,400-year-old skeleton from Washington State. By Andrew L. Slayman 
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Letter From New York
America's Forgotten War
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The French and Indian War determined the course of American history. Why do so many Americans know so little about it? By David R. Starbuck
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Books
Unearthing the Human Mind
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What does the archaeological record tell us about human cognitive abilities? The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of Art, Religion, and Science. By Steve Mithen.
288 pages. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1996. ISBN 0-500-05081-3. $27.50. Reviewed by April Nowell. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of books received.)
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At the Museums
Variations on Antiquity
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Five major institutions--the Metropolitan Museum, the British Museum, the University of Pennsylvania Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Vatican Museums--have undertaken the renovation of their classical galleries. By Angela M.H. Schuster, Larissa Bonfante, and Antonia Rallo. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)
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Multimedia
What's On Line?
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An introduction to the World Wide Web of Archaeology. By Jessica E. Saraceni
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Forum
Antique Archaeologists
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Old archaeologists would rather publish than perish. By John L. Cotter
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