American Section

Vol. V / No. 6

Expeditions

A JOINT expedition of Columbia University and the University Museum, under the auspices of the Latin-American Institute, is leaving at […]

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Vol. V / No. 6

The Latin-American Institute

ACTIVE in the advisory council of the newly-formed Latin-American Institute are E. R. Fenimore Johnson, Percy C. Madeira, Jr., J. […]

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Vol. V / No. 6

By: M. B.

A Maya Pottery Vase

THE Maya Indians developed pottery-making into a considerable art. No other people of pre-Columbian America attained the same skill in […]

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Vol. V / No. 5

By: Dr. Frederica de Laguna

Eskimo Dug-Outs

THE expedition of the University Museum and the Danish National Museum to Prince William Sound, Alaska, In 1933, acquired three […]

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Vol. V / No. 4

By: J. A. M.

Gold in Ancient America

So much is the question of gold in the minds of all of us, that it is not out of […]

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Vol. V / No. 3

By: J. A. M.

A Pottery Vessel from Mexico

THE most notable recent addition to the Mexican collections is a remarkable pottery vessel [Plate VI] lent to the Museum […]

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Vol. V / No. 3

A Survey of Prehistoric Research

MR . EDGAR B. HOWARD will continue this summer the search for prehistoric man in America in which he has […]

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Vol. V / No. 3

The Piedras Negras Expedition

THE Museum’s Expedition to Piedras Negras, Guatemala, has commenced the fourth season at this Maya ‘Old Empire’ site. Mr. Linton […]

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Vol. V / No. 3

By: V. P.

Mr. Petrullo’s Report

THE region lying between the Apure and the Meta rivers (both of which are western tributaries of the Orinoco) is […]

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Vol. V / No. 3

By: Vincent Petrullo

Research in Venezuela

MR. VINCENZO PETRULLO, the Museum’s field director for South American Research , was sent to Venezuela in July, 1933 to […]

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