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loginThis book was originally commissioned by Kristi Ward, and I thank herand successive editors at ABC-CLIO for their patience and support, par-ticularly Simon Mason, Peter Westwick, and Alex Mikaberidze, as we battleddelays brought about by the effects of chronic illness.It is no understatement that this book would not have been completedwithout the crucial input of Susan Bridekirk, my editorial assistant. Thanksare due to the vice-chancellor of La Trobe University for allowing me to re-tain Susan’s vital services and to complete the work we began in the early1990s with The Encyclopedia of Archaeology.I thank Wei Ming of the Archaeol-ogy Program at La Trobe University for drawing the maps.