An Official ARCHAEOLOGY VOLUME 43 NUMBER of 1990 1 JANUARY/FEBRUARY the Publication Archaeological Institute of America Columns Features of Became One: The Archaeology When Two Worlds First in a series of articles marking the the Contact Period 500th anniversary of the arrival of Columbus in the New World Millions of native people were ill-equipped 32 A Clash of Cultures the the onslaught of mighty Spanish . for by Brian Fagan A major traveling exhibition 38 The Contact Years: 1492-1570 tells a story of change, adaptation , and persecution. by Susan Milbrath 20 Timelines: A PhoenicianFable by Patricia M. Bikai and Pierre M. Bikai 24 Newsbriefs: Bonesin the Basement,Mining theMacedonian Past, SurpriseShellmound , Saga of StonyHill Santa Fe Tale 74 Travel: A PerfectRuin by Andrew SzegedyM ASZAK 80 Books: Roman Britain in Flux by T . W . Potter 88 Forum: Flounderingin the Past by Mark Rose Departments 2 In This Issue 6 From the President 10 Letters 42 Sacred Places The painted photography of Corson Hirschfeld For 29 years Kenan T. Erim has been 50 Master of Aphrodisias and the treasures finding restoring of a remarkable Greco-Roman city. by Sharon Nelton Now a watery labyrinth offallen 58 Mystery Islets of Micronesia tombs and temples, the islets of Nan Madol once thrived as a religious and governing centerfor a group of western Pacific chiefdoms. by William S. Ayres 64 In the Field by StuartD. A Fort Called Niagara and Patricia Scott 68 Letter from Greece Tracking an Elusive Past by Peter A. Young Kay Scott l4 Current Exhibitions 86 Further Reading 87 The Authors This issuá ewerphotographcf thtsadpttiredheadcfajidio' Clmuiimprina, discovered durti cxcavrtions ing Aphrodisias, xmstakenbyJonathan Blair.