Volume 63 / Number 1

2021

Spotlight On: Tikal: Connecting the Maya Through Time

On The Cover: From the 1960 season, this image of restoration work captures the quintessential Tikal: monumental architecture, intricately carved stelae, and lush jungle backdrop. PM Image 60-4-182.

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By: Gabriel Jermaine Vanlandingham-Dunn

Blood In A Box: Wrestling with Skin and History Through an Mbila

Artifact Perspective As a black American child growing up in West Baltimore, Maryland during the 1980s, I was fortunate enough […]

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Welcoming New Collaborations, Faces, Initiatives, and Funders: Welcome News

Fostering Global Interdisciplinary Collaboration In an effort to foster global interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange, the Penn Museum has entered into […]

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Member Spotlight: Membership Matters

Ian Seltzer, C09, is a member of the Museum’s Young Alumni Council, a volunteer group that helps create strategies for […]

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By: Kevin A. Schott and Raquel Quinones

Steps Towards Decolonizing a Museum: Sharing Diverse Voices

Learning Lessons Serving Our Public Audiences The year 2020 has brought many changes to museums. Among the most important are […]

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By: Katherine M. Moore

Pivoting in CAAM: Getting Hands-On-Learning to Remote Students

In The Labs This has been a year of teaching remotely in the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials […]

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By: Stephen Lang

Identifying an Ancient Script

One of the ongoing projects in the Asian Section is an attempt to identify, transcribe, and translate any text found […]

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By: Jean Macintosh Turfa

Fragments of Carthage Rediscovered: Discoveries From Our Museum Storerooms

Fragments of Carthage Rediscovered Discoveries From Our Museum Storerooms [authors] The objects in the Penn Museum store rooms—many collected more […]

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By: Lucy Fowler Williams and Fernando Madrid

Tikal—Oasis in Time and War

Tikal—Oasis in Time and War [authors] Fernando Madrid was born 20 miles from Tikal in El Remat Village at the […]

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By: Marshall Joseph Becker

Understanding the Ancient Maya: Contributions of the Penn Museum’s Excavations at Tikal

Understanding the Ancient Maya Contributions of the Penn Museum’s Excavations at Tikal [authors color=”white”] Over the years, Expedition has provided […]

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By: Megan C. Kassabaum and Austin J. Bell

From Lantern Slides to Snapchat: The Key Marco Collection Rediscovered

From Lantern Slides to Snapchat The Key Marco Collection Rediscovered [authors color=”white”] The Penn Museum holds an exceptional collection of […]

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At the Museum

A New Chapter Introducing Two New Penn Museum Leaders Before taking up his appointment as the Penn Museum’s twelfth Williams […]

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Ancient Collections, New Voices: An Interview with Christopher Woods

Christopher Woods became the Penn Museum’s twelfth Williams Director on April 1, 2021. He shared with Expedition what drew him […]

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By: Amanda Mitchell-Boyask

Diverse Perspectives: From the Publisher

In the last issue of Expedition I was, with my co-interim directors Melissa Smith and Steve Tinney, on the other […]

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