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many of them with sub-headings,
the bibliographyshould prove to be
a useful tool for people in all
branches of museum work. At the
same time it indicates the innumerable ramificationsof museum work
and thus the number of talents
needed to operate a museum. For
economic reasons many of these
talents must be combinedin a single
person; thus the bibliography may
serve as a guide to those who are
training to work in museums by
giving them a clear idea of what is
needed and what may be expected
of them.

tion during the Late La Tène and
Roman periods. On the basis of
changes in cemetery organization
and grave furnishings, and
" the appearance of "chieftains' graves
outside the main cemetery,it argues
for a shift from a clan society in
an advanced state of decay to an
early feudal society by the fifth
of
era.
A BYZANTINE
AT KHIRBATcentury our
CHURCH
AL-KARAK,
by Pinhas Deloügaz and
CulturaMatrizde la CivilizaRichard C. Haines, with contribu- CHAVIN:
tions by Carl H. Kraeling and ción Andina.'PrimeraParte,by JULIO
Florence E. Day. xi, 68 pages, 62 C. Tello, xx, 364 pages, 180 figplates, 2 tables. University of Chi- ures, 53 plates. University of San
cago Press, Chicago I960 (Oriental Marcos,Lima 1961 $4.00
Institute Publications, Vol. 85)
This large work is only the first
ISRAEL:
AncientMosaics.Preface by $6.50
part of the monumental report on
Meyer Schapiro. Introduction by
oldest important Peruvian culMichael Avi-Yonah. 30 pages, 8
Admirably fulfilling its expressed the
ture
center by its most devoted and
"to
the
basic
discharge
figures,32plates.New York Graphic purpose,
of any excavator by making diligent student, the late great PeSociety, Greenwich, Connecticut duty
maestro, Tello. Its appear1960 (UNESCO World Art Series) our finds available . . .," this care- ruvian
ance has long been awaited by Peful
describes
the
excapublication
$18.00
vation of a church of the fifth- ruvianists, for whom it is a must.
In the sumptuous format of the seventh centuries which stood on a This part treats exclusivelyof the
Unesco World Art Series Schapiro mound above the Sea of Galileeregion of Chavín; the second part
and Avi-Yonahtogether give a brief a mound best known for its Bronze - if it was ever written- probably
but concisedescriptionof the art of
(Khirbat Karak) ware. Finds concerns Chavin influence in other
mosaic and of the history and style Age
from contemporary tombs are also parts of Peru.
of the mosaicsof Israel, which were included, the whole
After short sections on geogmaking a valproduced in quantity, especially uable contribution to Byzantine raphy, climate, human culture, genfrom the mid-fifth to the late sixth studies.
eral Andean civilization, and Chavin culture, the Temple of Chavin
century. It is understandable that
the Beth Alpha synagogue pavede Huántar is treated in detail.
FROMTHESEA,by MARY Then each of the ninety-eightknown
ment looms large both in text and THEBULL
illustrations. It is these illustrations Renault. 343 pages. Pantheon Chavin sculptures is discussed, as
which form the chief focus of in- Books,New York 1962 $4.95
well as other stone objects and imterest in the volume. All are devoted
Not even Robert Graves has suc- plements. Chapters on pottery and
to details rather than to views of ceeded better in
an atmos- other objects follow.
entire floors or even large sections phere of high evoking
and yet
antiquity
of any of them, which leaves the
the charactersliving, breath- SECRETS
OF THECUNAEARTHMOTHER:
reader with no clear idea of the making
men and women. Miss Re- A ComparativeStudy of AncientReing
whole of which these are parts. In nault's novel- really a sequel to ligions, Clyde E. Keeler. 352
by
the color plates especially, the de- The King Must Die- is a fascinat97 figures. Exposition Press,
tails are magnificently presented, ing compound of mythology, ar- pages,
New York I960 $6.00
making possible an appreciation of chaeologyand fantasy which shoúld APPLES IMMORTALITY
OF
FROMTHE
the mosaicisti art to the best ad- please archaeologists even more
TREE
CUNA
OF
LIFE:
The
of a
Study
vantage.
than laymen and make them enviAncientCeremonialand a Belief
ous of the author's ability to bring Most
that Survived10,000years,by CLYDE
SYLLOGE
NUMMORUM
GRAECORUM.
The the past to life.
E. Keeler. 72 pages, 46 figures.ExBurton Y. Berry Collection.Part I:
position Press, New York 1961
Macedoniato Attica. Unpaged, 28 STUDIANAD STOSUNKAMI
SPOLECZ- $3.50
plates. American Numismatic So- NYMIw Okresach Poznolatenskim
i
"A comparative study of ancient
ciety, New York 1961 $15.00
w Dorzeczu
Rzymskim
Odry i Wisly,by religions."
As a result of sevenyears
With this first section of a cata- Kazimierz Godlowski. 140 pages, of
study with the Cuna Indians of
7
of
Polish
the
Burton
Y.
Col5
3
tables,
logue
plans, diagrams.
Berry
Panama, Keeler learned the secrets
lection of ancient Greek coins the Archaeological Society, Warsaw of
the "once universal Earthmother
American Numismatic Society is- I960 (Bibliotéka Archeologiczna, religion" of ten thousand years ago.
sues its first publication in the Sil13)
Evidently well read in his field, he
This statistical study (in Polish, quotes myths and reports from
loge Nummorum Graecorum series
initiated by the British Academy with English summary) of more peoples the world over, drawing his
thirty years ago. Twenty-eight than four thousand graves in ceme- own interpretations from them.
plates reproduce 746 gold and sil- teries in the Oder and Vistula basins Most of his statements, however,
ver coins representing mints from traces changes in social organiza- are incorrect, untrue or unsound.
220

Macedonia through Attica. The
plates are accompanied by brief
catalogue descriptions. Unusually
fine sequencesare those of Athens,
the Chalcidian League and the
kings of Macedonia and Thrace. A
second part, coveringthe remainder
of the collection,is in preparation.

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