NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2
MEET THE CURATORS: ROBERT J. SHARER, CURATOR-IN-CHARGE, AMERICAN
SECTION
by Deborah I. Olszewski
3
IN MEMORIUM: ROBERT J. SHARER 1940-2012
by Simon Martin and Ricardo Agurcia F. 5
HOW BOB SHARER LAUNCHED MY TEACHING CAREER
by John
Harris
8
SITE-SEEING: NOTES FROM THE FIELD: TIKAL REMEMBERED, RETURN TO
THE FORGOTTEN CITY
by Olga
Stavrakis
9
GOSSIP COLUMN
by Lady Sharp
Tongue
26
NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE OJO DE AGUA MONOLITH OF XOCHIPALA,
GUERRERO, MEXICO
by Arnaud F. Lambert
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GRAMMAR IN THE SCRIPT:
PLAYING WITH SHARKS: MAYA NOBILITY AND THE SHARK NAME, WHO ARE
THEY REALLY? PART 1
by Hutch
Kinsman
36
ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIGRAPHY REVISITED: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ENIGMA AND
THE ORIGINS OF MAYA WRITING
by Robert J. Sharer
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