Archaeology Magazine - June 1964 - Cover3

far from civilizationand oppressed
by a pitiless climate. He will often
be obliged to spend years in the
company of illiterate halfwits before he can catch a glimpse of success. Often it eludes him altogether.
. . . Incurable disease has driven
many from the country in which
they hoped to find fame and
the glory of fresh discoveries.. . .
Others perished far from their
homes and families in the exotic
land which they had entered with
such high hopes, dying of fever or
plague, drowned,accidentallyburied
or the victims of some other exceptional mischance.Some of the best
were shot by brigands."

VONVELDIDENA
DIESIGILLATA
(WILTEN-INNSBRUCK),
by PAUL KaRnitsch. 56 pages, 20 plates. UniOF THE versitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck
SCULPTURES
THEPEDIMENTAL
INSAMOTHRACE,
HIERON
by PHYLLIS I960 (Archäologische Forschungen
Williams Lehmann, xiv, 30 pages, in Tirol, I)
60 figures. J. J. Augustin (for the
With this study of the Roman
Institute of Fine Arts, New York sigillata ware found at Veldidena
University), Locust Valley, New
(now the Wilten section of InnsYork 1962 $4.00
bruck) begins a new series of arreports from the AusDeliveringthe Walter W. S. Cook chaeological
In this fascicule is
trian
Tyrol.
UniYork
New
Lecture
at
Alumni
of the sigillata
a
included
catalogue
versity, Dr. Lehmann demonstrates ware, each
piece of which is illushow close study of the remains, of
trated with a drawing; two photomythologyand of ancient literature
plates show a few of the
graphic
of
can result in the reconstruction
more
complete
pieces and give some
a building's façade, in this case the
of the quality of the ware.
Hieron where initiation into the idea
This is a good beginning in making
higher degree of the Samothracian known the
finds at an important
mysteries was held. The steps toward reconstruction are fascinating Roman provincial center.
and the argument is convincing.
ANDMUThe volume is beautifully printed, BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF MUSEUMS
and expensive.
SEUMWORK1900-61,compiled by
Stephan F. de Borhegyi, Elba A.
Dodson and Irene A. Hanson.
DIGGING
FORHISTORY:
Archaeological 102 pages. Milwaukee Public Muthe World/1945- seum, Milwaukee 1961 $2.50
Discoveries
Throughout
1959, by Edward Bacon, x, 318
about a thousand titles listed
pages, 58 plates. The John Day in To
first bibliography are now
the
York
New
1961
$10.00
Company,
added almost fourteen hundred
Since the Illustrated London more.
fall in three main cateNews publishes most of the major gories:They
those which have ap1)
archaeological discoveries as a peared since publication of the first
regular feature, it was possible for bibliography; 2) a large group that
Mr. Bacon to assemble from its were not included in the first volpages alone a fairly accurate picture ume and which have been picked
of fifteen years of archaeological up since, often through the kind
work all over the world. Natusuggestionsof readers; and 3) those
rally, not every important excava- which belong under several major
tion is included nor is the space headings and sub-headings which
allotted each one always indicative are only now being added to the
of its relative importance; however, bibliographies. The last group inthe author has managed to produce cludes building maintenance, lia readable summary (occasionally braries in museums, publications
marred by "cute" remarks) of a
and research; under techniques,secvery large amount of material. The tions on furniture and wood objects,
illustrations are excellent.
paper materials and books, metals

and glass; under foreign museums,
a sectionon Australia and Oceania;
and two appendices, one giving a
select bibliography of primitive art
and the other a bibliography on
public relations. A new index covers
both volumes, increasing their usefulness even more.
NEAREAST
THEARTOF THEANCIENT
IN boston, by Edward L. B. Terrace. Unpaged, frontispiece in
color, 61 figures (2 in color), 1
map. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1962 $1.85
Although the collections of ancient Near Eastern Art in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are comparatively small, they share the
characteristic of high quality with
the larger groups of Egyptian and
Classical art. That is evident in the
fifty-three objects or groups shown
in this pictorial survey. Nine pieces
from the Fogg Museum of Harvard
University are also included, helping to make the coverage more inclusive of the many artistic styles
that comprise ancient Near Eastern
art. The excellent photographs, the
conciseand informative text and the
catalogue descriptions make this a
must for every museum, collector
and student of Near Eastern art.
TABLETS
THEMYCENAE
III, edited by
John Chadwick. 76 pages, 93 figures, 7 plates, 7 plans. American
Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
1963 (Transactions, New Series,
Vol. 52, Part 7) $2.50
Supplementing The Mycenae
Tablets II, this volume publishes all
the inscribed tablets found at the
site since 1958.The features of various private houses at Mycenae, in
all of which tablets were found, are
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