In the Heat of the Moment According to the masthead, this is the fall issue of the Bulletin, but the thermometer in my car says otherwise. In this part of the world, the heat index has passed triple digits and shows little sign of slowing down. The conditions certainly concentrate one’s attention to just how much fieldwork must be done with respect to the amount of shade available. The heat is on within the pages of this newsletter as well. First, I hope that you have noticed the amount of information within these pages that references material available on the Internet. In an effort to keep you up-to-date, the Bulletin has moved beyond the paper version mailed to your home or office. It is also accessible immediately through the SAS website found at http://www.socarchsci.org/ . The advantage to offering a digital copy of the Bulletin is that you can now click on the hot links appearing as underlined text throughout the sections. No longer do you need to bring the Bulletin to your computer and meticulously type in the long web address. Instead, bookmark the SAS home page and let the hot link do the work for you. Other hot topics in these pages include Gordon Rakita’s opinion piece on the current debate regarding work done by Stephen Jay Gould on the introduction of bias in science. Several books hot off the presses are also reviewed, and Tom Fenn asks readers to turn up the heat on a Chinese mining company that threatens the archaeological significance at Mess Aynak. Find these and more burning issues within. Jay VanderVeen, Editor-in-Chief Call for Papers 2011 Developing International Geoarchaeology Conference. The University of Tennessee’s Archaeological Research Laboratory and the Department of Anthropology will be hosting the 2011 Developing International Geoarchaeology (DIG) conference in Knoxville, Tennessee from September 20 to the 24 2011. This includes a field trip based workshop held September 20, 21, and 22 and general session held September 23 and 24. The conference blends archaeological topics, such as land use practices, human-environmental interactions, landscape reconstruction, site formation processes, and trade and exchange, with geoscience and environmental based topics, such as geomorphology soil science, sedimentology, petrography, paleobotany, and archaeometry. Online registration, abstract submission, detailed conference information, and travel information is now available at: www.digknoxville.com Travel assistance is available for conference presenters from non-Western countries through a Wenner-Gren Conference Grant. Limited funding may also be available for attendees from Europe and Canada. In order to apply, you must submit a 500 word abstract for either a podium or poster presentation. Any questions can either be sent to Calla McNamee at callamcnamee@gmail.com or to Howard Cyr at hcyr@utk.edu . Call for Associate Editor Speaking of geoarchaeology, the SAS Bulletin, this fine newsletter you are holding in your hand (or now conveniently viewing on the screen at http://www.socarchsci.org/sasb.html ), is seeking an individual to serve as Associate Editor for Geoarchaeology. Responsibilities include soliciting articles, delegating short reviews of books and articles, bringing attention to previous and forthcoming meetings, and generally letting the membership know what is going on with all things geoarchaeological. Contact Jay VanderVeen at jmvander@iusb.edu if you are interested in learning more about the position. ANNOUNCEMENTS VOLUME 34 NUMBER 3 FALL 2011 IN THIS ISSUE Announcements 1 Predictive Modelling of the Buried Archaeology of Aggregate Bearing Landscapes (K. Challis, et al.) 2 Archaeological Ceramics (C.C. Kolb) 4 Archaeometallurgy (T.R. Fenn) 13 Bioarchaeology (G.F.M Rakita) 21 Remote Sensing and GIS (A. Sarris) 23 Book Reviews (D. Hill) Scientific Methods and Cultural Heritage (R.H. Tykot) 26 Glass Along the Silk Road (S. Simpson) 27 Visualizing the Sacred (B.J. Skousen) 28 Upcoming Conferences (R.S. Popelka-Filcoff) 30