In This Issue
The Function of Myth
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How myth shapes our understanding of the past. By Peter
A. Young
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From the President
Annual Kudos
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Wilhelmina Jashemski of the University of Maryland is awarded the Archaeological Institute of America's Gold Medal for her work at Pompeii; Frederick Cooper of the University of Minnesota receives the first Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. By Stephen L. Dyson
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Letters
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Archaeology Be Wharfed, Save Paleoindian Skeletons, More Warrior Women, MayaQuest Free, Delicious Mystery
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Insight
Beyond the Danube's Iron Gates
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The construction of two dams and hydroelectric projects prompts rescue archaeology on the Roman Empire's northeastern frontier. By James Wiseman
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Special Report
Ancient Seafaring
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New discoveries, some controversial, are pushing back the date of the colonization of Southeast Asia and Australia, and are expanding our knowledge of early island networks. By Peter Bellwood 
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Books
The First Americans
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A brilliant new work documents the 13,000-year-old site of Monte Verde, Chile, the earliest-known settlement in the Americas. Monte Verde: A Late Pleistocene Settlement in Chile. By Tom Dillehay.
1,080 pages. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. ISBN 1-56098-680-8. $155.00. Reviewed by Brian M. Fagan. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of new books.)
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At the Museums
Ancient Sepphoris
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A major exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art explores the cosmopolitan nature of an ancient Jewish city. By Angela M.H. Schuster (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)
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Multimedia
What's On Line? Part II
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Digging into Old World web sites. By Jessica E. Saraceni
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Forum
Beneath the Shifting Sands
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Artifacts appear and vanish on the vast Saharan landscape. By Ernst Aebi
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