Table of Contents	Volume 51 Number 6, November/December 1998

The full texts of newsbriefs and selected longer articles are available
on line; abstracts of other departments and features are also available.

In This Issue Newsbriefs Early Church at Aqaba, Golden Phiale Appeal, Laozi Debate, Vintage Canal Boats, A Byzantine Plot?, Jinmium Redated, History in the Chapel Cellar, Chauvet Study Begins, Buhl Woman, Kennewick Update 2 From the President Insight A Visit to Ancient Glanum by James Wiseman Multimedia Novice in Wonderland by Jerald T. Milanich At the Museums Invisible No More by Neil Asher Silberman Books Unraveling the Qumran Texts by Eric M. Meyers

The Prehistoric Pacific   The Star of Bethlehem   History Beneath the Sea

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM Was it a celestial event, a supernatural phenomenon, or a story made up by Matthew? by Anthony F. Aveni A DOOMED PEOPLE The collapse of the Hohokam at Pueblo Grande by Michael S. Foster and Tobi Taylor HISTORY BENEATH THE SEA The birth of nautical archaeology by George F. Bass THE PREHISTORIC PACIFIC Our understanding of the cultures of Oceania has come a long way since the voyage of Thor Heyerdahl and the evocative tales of James A. Michener. by John Edward Terrell Forum The Elusive Authur by Richard Hodges

Photos, from top: Festival participant in Papua New Guinea (John E. Terrell); artist's rendering of the Nativity Star (Brian Sullivan); diving off the coast of Uluburun, Turkey (Courtesy the Institute of Nautical Archaeology)

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