Expedition Volume 53, Number 1 Spring 2011

Cover: Detail from Afghan war rug shown on page 13. Amanullah Khan, depicted here, helped lead Afghanistan to independence in 1919. Photo by Textile Museum of Canada.

Features

Afghan Wars, Oriental Carpets, and Globalization
By Brian Spooner

Resurrecting Gordion: Preserving Turkey's Phyrgian Capital
By Frank G. Matero and C. Brian Rose

In Search of San Pietro D'asso
By Stefano Campana, Michelle Hobart, Richard Hodges, Adrianna de Svastich, and Jennifer McAuley

Archaeometry and Shipwrecks: A Review Article. From Mine to Microscope: Advances in the Study of Ancient Technology
By James D. Muhly

Departments

From the Editor
Jane Hickman

From the Director
Richard Hodges

From the Archives—Jim Thompson, the Thai Silk King

What in the World—Telmu and Petrui: A Rediscovered Romance?

From the Field—Guerilla Fashion: Textiles in Motion Push Change in Indian Art

Museum Mosaic—People, Places, Projects

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