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The American Journal of Archaeology is one of the foremost archaeologicaljournals in the world. Founded in 1885 and published quarterly, theJournal continues to devote itself to the advancement of archaeological

studies and to the promotion of interest in them. Circulation of AJA reaches53 countries and 123 universities, learned societies, departments of antiqui-ties, and museums.

AJA Outlook is a supplement to the Journal that includes space for advertise-ments and announcements of upcoming events, meetings, fellowships, andother topics of interest to the Journal’s readers. Because Outlook is publishedin tandem with the American Journal of Archaeology, it provides an effectivemeans to reach a specialized readership.

The American Journal of Archaeology and Outlook are published in January,April, July, and October each year. Advertisement and announcement spacein Outlook must be booked in advance. Final copy must arrive via email, ondisk, or camera-ready no later than four weeks prior to the 1st of publica-tion months. Please note that the editors reserve the right to select adver-tisements and announcements at their discretion.

For information on dimensions and rates, call (617) 353-9364 or visit ourWeb site at www.ajaonline.org.

R. Bruce Hitchner, University of DaytonEditor-in-Chief

Marni Blake WalterEditor

Michael J. MozinaAssistant Editor

Kevin MullenElectronic Operations Manager

Paul Rehak and John G. Younger, University of KansasCo-editors, Book Reviews

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American Journal of Archaeology ● Located at Boston University656 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215-2006 ● (617) 353-9364 ● aja@aia.bu.edu ● www.ajaonline.org

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CALL FOR PAPERSDARTMOUTH COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON

CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHILDHOOD IN THE ANCIENT WORLDNovember 7–8, 2003

The Hood Museum of Art and the Departments of Classics and Art History invite papersfor a conference to be held at Dartmouth College in November of 2003. The conferencewill accompany an exhibition at the Hood Museum entitled “Coming of Age in AncientGreece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past.” Although the exhibition itself willfocus on Greek art, the conference will adopt a wider comparative perspective. In additionto Greece, we seek papers that address representations of children in the broader Mediter-ranean region, ranging from prehistory to the end of the Roman empire. We welcome avariety of approaches, primarily art historical and archaeological, but literary and historicalpapers are also welcome. The aim is to explore the influential and controversial assumptionthat the pre-modern world lacked a notion of childhood as a distinct phase in human life.Papers may deal with any aspect of childhood and its representation, for example, genderand sexuality, education, daily life, death and burial, visual relationships between childrenand adults, or contrasts between ideal and experienced patterns of childhood.

Abstracts should be a maximum of 350 words, while the papers themselves will be 20minutes long. Submissions will be judged individually, but the effort will be to assemblea coherent program that will merit prompt publication. Submission deadline is OctoberSubmission deadline is OctoberSubmission deadline is OctoberSubmission deadline is OctoberSubmission deadline is October15, 2002.15, 2002.15, 2002.15, 2002.15, 2002.

Please send submission to either of the following: Jeremy Rutter, Department of Classics, H.B.6086, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, 603-646-3353 (fax), jeremy.b.rutter@dartmouth.edu;Ada Cohen, Department of Art History, H.B. 6033, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 03755, 603-646-3428 (fax), ada.cohen@dartmouth.edu.

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTThe Center for American Archeology (CAA) seeksto fill the full-time position of Staff Archeologist/Instructor at our campus located in Kampsville,Illinois. S/he will perform tasks associated withthe administration, implementation, and promotionof our education and public outreach programs,including administrative support, teaching fieldexcavation, laboratory methods, and experimentalarcheology, and in general working with staff tomaintain the quality and vitality of our programs.

Qualified applicants will have earned the M.A. inAnthropology/Archeology and have completed anarcheological field school, with additionalcoursework and/or experience in both the sciencesand humanities. Instructional experience ispreferred, but applicant need not be a certifiedteacher. Candidate must have excellentinterpersonal skills, computer proficiency, and theability to work with people of all ages in a dynamiceducational setting. Strong verbal and writtencommunications skil ls are vital. Salary iscommensurate with experience.

Interested applicant should submit a cover letter,resume, and three professional references to:

Cynthia Sutton, Executive DirectorCenter for American ArcheologyP.O. Box 366Kampsville, Illinois 62053

The Center for American Archeology is an EOE.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

THE HERITAGE OF SASANIAN IRAN:DINARS, DRAHMS AND COPPERS OF THE

LATE SASANIAN AND EARLY MUSLIM PERIODS

Sponsored by The American Numismatic Society with the Center forIranian Studies and the Middle East Institute at Columbia University

to be held at

Columbia University, June 8–9, 2002

Late Sasanian coins and their subsequent Muslim, Dabuyid and Hunnicimitations formed an important part of the monetary systems of lateClassical and early Medieval Iran. Late Sasanian coins became thepreeminent silver coinage in the Near East during the sixth and seventhcenturies CE. The early Muslims in Iran and dynasts of northern andeastern Iran later copied the main outlines of these coins while creatingdistinct provincial and regional coinages. The coins today representdocuments of social, political and economic life at a time of great culturalefflorescence as well as social and political change.

The conference invites papers treating any aspect of the Late Sasanianand early Muslim coins of Iran as artefacts of civilization and culture.The topics of papers may be numismatic, historical or art historical. Theymay examine problems in the reading and interpretation of the Pahlaviand Arabic legends or the iconography, the representation of sovereignty,Zoroastrianism and Islam, or the production, use and regulation of thesecoinages.

The conference will also feature a workshop in reading the Pahlavi legendson these coins and a roundtable for the discussion of issues of commoninterest and coins if anyone wishes to bring them in.

Abstracts and/or queries about further information and registration shouldbe sent by email to Dr. Stuart D. Sears at sears@aucegypt.edu or Dr.Michael L. Bates at bates@amnumsoc.org or by mail to:

Dr. Stuart D. SearsThe American University in CairoDepartment of Arabic Studies, Box 2511Cairo, 11511 EGYPT

Communications by email are preferred.

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The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 50 lecturing/research awards inAnthropology and Archaeology for the 2003–2004 academic year. Awards forboth faculty and professionals range from two months to an academic year, andinclude study in Africa, China, Latin America, Europe, and much more. Whilesome awards have specific guidelines, others are very flexible and can be designedby the applicant. A full awards catalog can be downloaded at www.cies.org.

Application deadlines for 2003–2004 awards are:

● May 1, 2002 for Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards in Austria,Portugal, and Canada

● August 1, 2002 for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grantsworldwide

● Rolling deadline for Fulbright Senior Specialists Program

For information, visit our Web site at www.cies.org or contact:

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars3007 Tilden St., NW - Suite 5-LWashington, D.C. 20008Phone: 202-686-7877

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AIAScript and Seal Use on Cyprus in theBronze and Iron AgesAIA Colloquia and Conference Papers 4

Edited by Joanna S. SmithWith contributions by Joanna S. Smith, Nicolle E. Hirschfeld,Jennifer M. Webb, Georgia Bonny Bazemore, Andres T. Reyes,and Barry B. Powell.

The contributors to this volume explore differentapproaches to the contextual study of Cypriot scriptsand seals, fostering a more integrated view of culturalcontinuities and discontinuities through time andspace, and among different methods of recording on

Cyprus. These contextual studies are integral to revealing informationon social, political, economic, and religious aspects of life on Cyprusduring the second and first millennia B.C.Paper $35, £29.95 ● ISBN 0-9609042-7-1

Excavating Our PastPerspectives on the History of theArchaeological Institute of America

AIA Colloquia and Conference Papers 5

Edited by Susan Heuck AllenWith contributions by Susan Heuck Allen, Phoebe A. Sheftel,Nancy Thomson de Grummond, Elizabeth Lyding Will, CarolineWinterer, Neil Asher Silberman, James E. Snead, Stephen L.Dyson, James Russell, Clemency Chase Coggins, and HarrisonEiteljorg II.

The history and development of the AIA arehighlighted here, and broad historical developments

in the field of archaeology are discussed in relation to the AIA.Contributors examine the founders, practitioners, relatedinstitutions, and the times that shaped them.Paper $35, £29.95 ● ISBN 0-9609042-8-X

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