Sara Perry (University of Southampton) Enquiry into the epistemological implications of visual representation in the sciences has been ongoing for decades now, as historians, philosophers, and disciplinary specialists have increasingly come to challenge the often taken-for-granted nature of scientific practices... Sara Perry

Ian Straughn (Brown University) I. Foreclosure Alley and the trash stream Familiar are the images of the victims from hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and other natural and man-made disasters salvaging what they can from the ruins of their houses. Those items,... Ian Straughn http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/people/straughn.html

Fig. 1 Persepolis stone griffin double protome column capital Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University One of the most impressive yet enigmatic surviving capitals from Persepolis is an Achaemenid masterpiece: the double griffin protome capital. On the one hand, there... Patrick Hunt http://www.patrickhunt.net

Jim Dixon UWE, Faculty of Creative Arts I had a bad time in the first half of WAC in Dublin. A combination of bad organisation, questionable quality control in the presentation department and my own unrealistic expectations had led... James Dixon

Jim Dixon University of the West of England, Faculty of Creative Arts A World Archaeological Congress is an odd thing. The sheer scale of the event is astounding. WAC 6 in Dublin (29 June – 4 July 2008) attracted something... James Dixon

David H. Gremillion, MD, FACP (Fellow Infectious Diseases Society of America, Professor of Medicine, Nippon Medical School) Our current understanding of human migration derives from advances in four more or less integrated disciplines: archeology, physical anthropology, DNA analysis and linguistics.... David H. Gremillion

Elissa Z. Faro (Dartmouth College) I was lucky enough to read this book for the first time sitting on the beach outside Rethymnon on Crete. At first, I felt as though I were cheating – “working” while enjoying myself at... Elissa Z. Faro http://proteus.brown.edu/faro/Home

When presented with the question of “why I became an archaeologist” I tend to cycle between 3 different responses; responses all rooted in childhood experiences. Indeed, which of these I dispense varies with whom I am speaking. My answers are:... Christopher Witmore http://traumwerk.stanford.edu:3455/witmore/Home

In 1979, TAG was founded to explore interdisciplinary theoretical topics and its relevance to archaeological interpretations. Thirty years later, perhaps it is time to stop and critically evaluate where we are and where we want to go. Thus, to... Timothy Webmoor http://www.stanford.edu/%7Etwebmoor/cgi-bin/wiki/pmwiki.php