Departments	Volume 52 Number 3, May/June 1999

In This Issue Quest for Roots	African archaeology comes of age by Peter A. Young
From the President Letter from Sri Lanka	There are many unanswered questions about Sri Lanka's past. by Nancy C. Wilkie
Insight Challenge of the Deep	An MIT conference assesses the new technology. by James Wiseman
Books Chaco Death Squads	Two new books address prehistoric warfare in the Southwest; one suggests a reign of terror by a warrior cult from Mexico. Reviewed by Stephen H. Lekson (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's bookstore for the latest list of new books.)
At the Museums The Parthenon Marbles Custody Case	Did British restorers mutilate the famous sculptures? by Shareen Blair Brysac (Check out ARCHAEOLOGY's latest list of museum exhibitions.)
Multimedia Is Archaeology Ready for Prime Time?	Digging and discovery as mass entertainment by Neil Asher Silberman
Forum Mood Music	Loreena McKennitt's music inspires an archaeologist. by David Soren

© 1999 by the Archaeological Institute of America www.archaeology.org/9905/abstracts/depts.html

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