Expedition Volume 39, Number 3 Winter 1997

Cover: Photo by Peggy Reeves Sanday. In Eggi's village, kite time comes after the rice harvest and before the next planting, the only time when large spaces of dry flat land are available.

Features
Of Coffins, Curses, and Other Plumbeous Matters--The Museum's Lead Burial Casket from Tyre
Donald White

No Longer the "Pitcairn Nike"--A Minerva-Victoria from Cyrene
Irene Bald Romano

Eggi's Village--Reconsidering the Meaning of Matriarchy
Peggy Reeves Sanday

The Ritual on the Ratinlixul Vase--Pots and Politics in Highland Guatemala
Elin Danien

Ancient Roads, Modern Mapping--Evaluating Chaco Anasazi Roadways Using GIS Technology
John Kantner

Departments
Musings and Visions from the Director's Desk

About the Authors

Index to Volume 39