BY Theo Toebosch

Surrealist. Drug addict. Heretic. Revolutionary. Art historians, theologians, and psychiatrists, among others, have all offered explanations for the bizarre paintings of medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch. Now, everyday utensils and religious mementos recovered from 500-year-old garbage dumps in Bosch's Dutch hometown of Den Bosch, about 50 miles south of Amsterdam, are showing that this gifted painter was also a man of his times. 
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The article goes on for several pages and is pretty interesting. Like most of the articles in Archaeology I think the authors camp out on thin ice with some of their conclusions and extrapalations, but I realize the magazine has to water down its content for consumption by the general public. I also think the mugs worn on the feet of one of the creatures in the "Garden of Earthly Delights" look more like Siegburg mugs than the ones shown in the article, but that's just my opinion. The article is interesting if a bit superficial, and worth tracking down.

The magazine also contains interesting newsbriefs on:

The Rose Theatre: http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=0201/newsbriefs/rose

Columbus' mystery ship: http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=0201/newsbriefs/columbus

Tuscan Excalibur? http://www.archaeology.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=0201/newsbriefs/sword