John F. Cherry is Professor of Classical Archaeology and Greek in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. Despina Margomenou is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Lauren E. Talalay is Associate Director and Curator at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan.

• List of Figures List of Tables About the Authors Authors' Addresses Preface 1. Reflections on the 'Aegean' and its prehistory: present routes and future destinations   Despina Margomenou, John F. Cherry and Lauren E. Talalay 2. 'Just the facts, Ma'am': surveying Aegean prehistory's state of health   John F. Cherry and Lauren E. Talalay 3. A profile of Aegean prehistorian in the 1990s   Tracey Cullen 4. The landscapes of modern Greek Aegean archaeology   Stelios Andreou 5. Embedding Aegean prehistory in institutional practice: a view from one of its North American centers   Jack L. Davis and Evi Gorogianni 6. The Aegean prehistorian's role in classical studies today   Bryan E. Burns 7. Greek modernists' discovery of the Aegean, or How the Aegean came to occupy Greece's center   Artemis Leontis Commentary and response 8. Round a bigger pond   Colin Renfrew 9. On our political relevance?   Michael Fotiadis 10. Whither Aegean prehistory?   Yannis Hamilakis