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Copyright ? 1992 by the Archaeological Institute of America The paper in thisjournal is acid-free and meets the guidelines for permanenceand durabilityof the Committeeon ProductionGuidelines for Book Longevityof the Councilon LibraryResources. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 96 (1992) PAGES Akkermans, P.M.M.G., and M. Le Mitre, The 1988 Excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad, a Later Neolithic Village in Northern Syria 1-22 Allen, S.H., Rev. of Overbeck, Keos VII. Ayia Irini: Period IV. The Stratigraphyand the Find Deposits 175-76 Allison, P.M., Rev. of Franklin, Pompeii: The "Casa del Marinaio" and Its History 392 Anderson, J.C., jr., Rev. of King, Roman Gaul and Germany 573-74 , Rev. of Rivet, Gallia Narbonensis:Southern Gaul in Roman Times 193-95 Antonaccio, C.M., Rev. of Hughes, Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece 768 Arnold-Biucchi, C., Rev. of Buttrey et al., Morgantina Studies II: The Coins 188-90 Baker, B.J., Rev. of Roberts et al. eds., Burial Archaeology:Current Research, Methods and Developments 166-67 Balmuth, M.S., Archaeology in Sardinia, with a contribution by F. Lo Schiavo, Nuraghe Arrubiu 663-97 Barnett, W., Rev. of Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess 170-71 Barr-Sharrar, B., Rev. of Smith, Hellenistic Sculpture 565-66 Becker, M.J., Rev. of Howells, Skull Shapes and the Map: CraniometricAnalyses in the Dispersion of Modern Homo 762-63 , Rev. of Kieser, Human Adult Odontometrics.The Study of Variation in Adult Tooth Size 762-63 Bennet,