Departments, March/April 1997 - Archaeology Magazine Archive


Departments	Volume 50 Number 3, May/June 1997

In This Issue
Virtual Archaeology How technology is changing the very nature of archaeological inquiry and enabling us to reconstruct the past. By Peter A. Young

From the President
Lure of the Field The Archaeological Institute of America's Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin and newly established Undergraduate Archaeological Research Fund help young scholars undertake fieldwork. By Stephen L. Dyson

Letters Readers vs. Agogino, Recipe for Fire, Ancient Egyptian Bread, Word of Caution

Insight
Life at the Front Letters buried at a succession of Roman forts near Hadrian's Wall tell of the concerns and pleasures of ordinary men and women. By James Wiseman

Books
Rotten Apples: Sotheby's and the Antiquities Market A new book released in Britain and soon to be published in the United States reveals the sleazy dealings inside the world's most famous auction house. Sotheby's: Inside Story. By Peter Watson. 326 pages. London: Bloomsbury Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7475-3443-8. Ł20.00. (A revised and updated edition, Sotheby's: The Inside Story, will be published by Random House in September. ISBN 0-679-41403-7. $25.00.) Reviewed by Mark Rose. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of new books.)

At the Museum
Cambodia's Khmer Past An exhibition at Paris' Grand Palais and opening soon at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., highlights the cultural legacy of a war-torn country. By Ellen Herscher. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)

Multimedia
Rise of the Hominids An informative, albeit simplistic, journey through time is presented in Origins of Mankind, a CD-ROM from Maris Multimedia (1996). Distributed by Maxis, Inc., tel. 1-800-33-MAXIS, $39.95. Reviewed by Jean-Jacques Hublin.

Forum
An Unsinkable Story The Titanic saga continues after 85 years in films, books, exhibitions, and on the Broadway stage. By John L. Cotter.

In This Issue Virtual Archaeology	How technology is changing the very nature of archaeological inquiry and enabling us to reconstruct the past. By Peter A. Young
From the President Lure of the Field	The Archaeological Institute of America's Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin and newly established Undergraduate Archaeological Research Fund help young scholars undertake fieldwork. By Stephen L. Dyson
Letters	Readers vs. Agogino, Recipe for Fire, Ancient Egyptian Bread, Word of Caution
Insight Life at the Front	Letters buried at a succession of Roman forts near Hadrian's Wall tell of the concerns and pleasures of ordinary men and women. By James Wiseman
Books Rotten Apples: Sotheby's and the Antiquities Market	A new book released in Britain and soon to be published in the United States reveals the sleazy dealings inside the world's most famous auction house. Sotheby's: Inside Story. By Peter Watson. 326 pages. London: Bloomsbury Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7475-3443-8. Ł20.00. (A revised and updated edition, Sotheby's: The Inside Story, will be published by Random House in September. ISBN 0-679-41403-7. $25.00.) Reviewed by Mark Rose. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of new books.)
At the Museum Cambodia's Khmer Past	An exhibition at Paris' Grand Palais and opening soon at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., highlights the cultural legacy of a war-torn country. By Ellen Herscher. (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)
Multimedia Rise of the Hominids	An informative, albeit simplistic, journey through time is presented in Origins of Mankind, a CD-ROM from Maris Multimedia (1996). Distributed by Maxis, Inc., tel. 1-800-33-MAXIS, $39.95. Reviewed by Jean-Jacques Hublin.
Forum An Unsinkable Story	The Titanic saga continues after 85 years in films, books, exhibitions, and on the Broadway stage. By John L. Cotter.