Table of Contents	Volume 60 Number 6, November/December 2007

Features On the Cover: Likely plague victim from a medieval Dutch cemetery Letters to the Crocodile God Fragments of ancient writing illuminate 3,000 years of life in an Egyptian oasis town. by Marco Merola Dynasty of Nomads Rediscovering China's forgotten Liao Empire by Jake Hooker Lucy Up Close Full text! A paleo-celebrity's contributions to evolutionary science by Blake Edgar Steamboats of the Yukon Racing to record the vessels that opened the Canadian Northwest by Tom Koppel Lessons from the Black Death Medieval DNA, Modern Medicine: Will a cemetery excavation establish a link between the Black Death and resistance to AIDS? by Heather Pringle Attention, Shoppers Plans for a Greek supermarket lead to the discovery of an ancient agora. by Jarrett A. Lobell

Departments In This Issue Space Archaeology by Peter A. Young From the President An Amazing Opportunity Praise for the AIA's Field School Scholarships by C. Brian Rose Letters Tabloid tattoo, Jesus's cult, and the long shadow of Nazi science From the Trenches Buried Viking treasure, chewing on the past, a big mummy movie, Angkor's urban sprawl, adultery in Nubia, Chinese beer, Mexican chilis, the Jesuit and Peking Man, weasely cave art, "accidental" Korean mummies, and a homemade submarine Conversation Alice Gorman talks about space junk, archaeology in orbit, astronaut poop, and the celestial heritage of the modern world Insider Should an art conservator risk her reputation to save potentially looted artifacts, or let them fall apart? Letter from Louisiana Mound-spotting in the Bayou State Artifact When the falcon became the symbol of Egyptian royalty

September/October 2007 | January/February 2008

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