Archaeology - Amum - Atlantis - March - April 2009 - archaeology march/april 2009 PRIESTESS OF AMUN: A VIRTUAL UNWRAPPING Inside: departments 4 In This Issue From the President 8 Letters Genocide as justification, Maya brain damage, and falling profit margins 9 From the Trenches Firings at the Penn Museum, the real Robinson Crusoe, looters at sea and on TV, first nuclear family, Argentina's tango cafe, Pompeii before the ash, Basque whalers' island, King Solomon's mines, oldest marijuana stash, and Copernicus's DNA 6 Conversation A diver who leads a volunteer program that documents shipwrecks talks about what archaeology means to African Americans 18 Insider The difficulties of reburying the remains of Native Americans with no clear descendants 49 Letter from Dubai In this hyper-modern metropolis, an overthe-top resort channels the ancient legend of Atlantis (minus the cautionary tale) 72 Artifact Oracle bones offer prophecies and some of the earliest examples of Chinese writing on the web ^ Exclusive Features: Southern France's Roman ruins, Adolph F. Bandelier and the exploration of the American Southwest • Videos: Interview with Jim Delgado, head of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, about diving Khubilai Khan's lost fleet and investigating remains of San Francisco's Gold Rush port (also available at www.youtube.com/archaeologyty) www.archaeology.org ^ Reviews: Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. at the Metropolitan Museum; Worshiping Women at the Onassis Foundation ^ Archaeological News from around the world—updated by 1 p.m. ET every weekday. And sign up for our E-Update so you don't miss a thing. 2    ARCHAEOLOGY • March/Agri' features 2 0 Trash Talk Sorting through a mountain of pottery to track the Roman oil trade BY JARRETT A. LOBELL 26 Map Quest Follow a pre-Hispanic manuscript into the world of the Chichimecs BY TOM GIDWITZ 30 Grave of the Middle East's Oldest Witch BY MATI MILSTEIN 32 Climate Change: Sites in Peril BY ANDREW CURRY 36    A Mummy's Life     State-of-the-art scanning reveals     there's more to an Egyptian     priestess than just a pretty face     BY ETI BONN-MULLER 40    The Case of the Missing     Buffalo Soldier         A grave robbery leads federal     authorities to one of the     Southwest's most prolific looters     BY SAMIR S. PATEL 45 Drugs, Guns, and Dirt Methamphetamine fuels a new epidemic of looting BY SAMIR S. PATEL Item Details:  Magazine      Condition:  Used, acceptable condition     Size:  Standard, magazine     Media:  Soft cover      Other:  Front cover creased, bent (see photo) View My Other Items For Sale Shipping Shipping: Save 25% on shipping for each additional eligible item you buy from ObscurBooks.com. Location: San Jose, California (Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area), United States. We gladly ship WORLDWIDE. *The estimated delivery time is based on the shipping service selected, and when we receive cleared payment. We ship daily!! Special shipping request? Just let us know. And, feel confident that your shipment will be packaged securely so it arrives safely at your location. Payment Payment Methods: * PayPal * Visa * Master Card * Discover * American Express You can feel confident & secure ordering 24 hours a day protected by PayPal. And, because we are a verified PayPal merchant. Terms of Sale Policies: Return policy: The buyer has 7 days to return the item (the buyer pays shipping fees). The item will be refunded. We want you to be satisfied!! About Us About Us: READ MORE. PAY LESS. Books, Publications, Periodicals, Magazines, Newspapers, Historical / Collectors Items, Merchandise & Gifts. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. WORLDWIDE SHIPPING. Specialties: Unusual, different, interesting, hard-to-find, out-of-print books, publications, periodicals, magazines, newspapers, manuals. Things you may not find anywhere else. Also, a lot of stuff that would be filed under "Other" -- this is where you find it!! email: [email protected] telephone: (408) 597-6869

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