Expedition Magazine

Vol. 36 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Spring 1994

It is a great privilege and honor for me to be the eleventh Director and the second Charles K. Williams […]

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Vol. 36 / No. 2-3

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer/Winter 1994

While media images of archaeologists come and go, from the pith-helmeted, absent-minded professor poring over piles of potsherds to the […]

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Vol. 37 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Spring 1995

The University of Pennsylvania Museum is delighted to have this special issue of Expedition appear in conjunction with the opening […]

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Vol. 37 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer 1995

The University of Pennsylvania Museum recently presented a small but very important temporary exhibit entitled “Illuminating the Past: The Art […]

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Vol. 37 / No. 3

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Winter 1995

“museum: an institution devoted to the procurement, care, and display of objects of lasting interest or value.” -Webster’s Third New International […]

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Vol. 38 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Settlement Patterns and Community Organization in the Maya Lowlands

Since the last century the principal emphasis of Maya studies has been on the ancient Maya elite. This fact is […]

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Vol. 38 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer 1996

It is a great privilege and honor for me to be the eleventh Director (and the second Charles K. Williams […]

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Vol. 39 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer 1997

As I write this column, the President’s Summit on America’s Future is about to take place in Philadelphia. This Summit […]

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Vol. 39 / No. 3

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Winter 1997

Looking at the rich array and diversity of the articles in this issue of Expedition, I was struck by the […]

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Vol. 40 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer 1998

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s collection of materials from the excavations in the Royal Cemetery at […]

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Vol. 41 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Spring 1999

Readers will note that Expedition has a new, and we hope, inviting look, with the addition of five short departmental […]

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Vol. 41 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

The Early Copan Acropolis Program (ECAP) of the University of Pennsylvania Museum has been an extraordinarily successful research endeavor. Under […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

The University of Pennsylvania Museum’s archaeological research at the site of Gordion in central Turkey was launched fifty years ago […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

This issue of Expedition highlights one of the most renowned strengths of the University of Pennsylvania Museum: our archaeological and […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 3

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

As I write this column, work on our new collections storage and research addition, the Mainwaring Wing, is moving along […]

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Vol. 43 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

In February 15, 2001, the Museum publicity launched its $55 million The 21st Century Campaign: Preserving the Past, Endowing the […]

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Vol. 44 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director – Summer 2000

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Beebe Bahrami is the new editor of Expedition. She is the latest in a distinguished […]

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Vol. 45 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director – Spring 2003

The readership of Expedition is quite varied, comprising residents of all parts of the United States and the world. While […]

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Vol. 45 / No. 3

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

As I write this column, I can look out my office window and admire the beautiful Stoner Courtyard, now in […]

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Vol. 46 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director – Spring 2004

This is my last column as Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Soon after this issue of Expedition appears, […]

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Vol. 49 / No. 1

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director – Spring 2007

As Penn Museum celebrates its 120th year of activity, we still take seriously our original trifold mission of cutting-edge archaeological […]

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Vol. 63 / No. 3

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

Pamela Hearne Jardine: An Appreciation

This is not an obituary but an appreciation of all that Pam Jardine (1939–2021) accomplished and contributed during her many […]

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