The Author: Patrick Hunt is the Director of the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project at Stanford University, California, where he has taught since 1994. He received his Ph.D. in archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, University of London. His published articles appear in many journals and he is also the author of Caravaggio, a book on this revolutionary artist's life and imagery, as well as books of poetry, notably House of the Muse.