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. £20.00. (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. |