Volume 5 / Number 2

1963

Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: Alfred Kidder, II

A Unique Peruvian Weaver

The Museum has recently acquired a very unusual specimen. It is a pillow on which is seated an effigy of […]

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Vol. 5 / No. 2

Expedition News – Winter 1963

Three major problems occupied the attention of the Hasanlu staff during the past summer. These were: (1) the clarification of […]

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Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: T. Cuyler Young, Jr.

Dalma Painted Ware

The archaeologist leaves for the field with his mind full of the historical problems he will solve through further excavation. […]

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Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: Donald Freeman Brown

In Search of Sybaris: 1962

Down in the foot of Italy, or more accurately under the instep and facing the blue Ionian sea, lies the […]

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Photo of mask.

Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: William R. Coe and John J. McGinn

Tikal: The North Acropolis and An Early Tomb

What is it that motivates anticipation of a rich tomb as the trench is cut further and deeper back in […]

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Photo of diver working underwater

Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: Peter Throckmorton and John M. Bullitt

Underwater Surveys in Greece: 1962

During the winter of 1961-62, Admiral Th. Voutsaras, President of the Federation Hellenique…des Activities Subaquatiques, received reports of a group of […]

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Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.

A Babylonian Lion in Toronto

Glazed lions molded in relief on baked brick facades are relatively rare on the North American continent.One of the best […]

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Photo fo object

Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: Elisabeth H. West

Jade: Its Character and Occurrence

Jade, considered as the material used for prehistoric tools and objects of art, has numerous aspects of interest. The special […]

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Vol. 5 / No. 2

By: Peter Harrison

A Jade Pendant From Tikal

During the 1962 season at Tikal, field work included investigation of the West Plaza, a large ceremonial group immediately west […]

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