NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2
SITE-SEEING: NOTES FROM THE FIELD (WITH AN EDITORIAL EDGE): SMALL
DECISIONS, HUGE REPURCUSSIONS: WHY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS IS
IN DANGER
by Elin Danien 3
GOSSIP COLUMN
by Lady Sharp Tongue 7
ROADS TO UNDERSTANDING: A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE MAYA WORD FOR 'ROAD'
AND ANCIENT MAYA CAUSEWAYS
by Angela H. Keller 8
CHECK IT OUT! THE MUSEUM LIBRARY REPORT
by Anita Fahringer 32
XIBALBA WELCOMES: 36
CODEX BOOK REVIEWS
by Jane Buikstra
38
GLYPH COLUMN: INSCRIBED MAYA MONUMENTS IN THE MESOAMERICAN GALLERY OF
THE UNIV. OF PA MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY VI: CARACOL STELA
17 AND ALTAR 10
by John F. Harris 41
WEB SITES OF INTEREST 55