Volume 15 / Number 1
1972
On The Cover: Design motifs derived from New Britain shields.
Vol. 15 / No. 1
By: Loren Eiseley
Flight 857
Loren Eiseley, the well-known author, is Curator of Early Man at the University Museum. This poem “Flight 857” is reprinted […]
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Vol. 15 / No. 1
By: Ann Chowning
Ceremonies, Shell Money and Culture Among the Kove
The Kove (or Kombe) have the reputation of being the most difficult people in the large island of New Britain, […]
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Vol. 15 / No. 1
By: Alfred Friendly and Eleni Karapanayiotis
Nemesis
A remarkable piece of archaeological detective work—in effect the solving of a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle—has “recovered” one of the few […]
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Vol. 15 / No. 1
By: Solomon H. Katz
Change…On “Top Of the World”
Introduction The Arctic ranks with the highest mountains and the broadest deserts as one of the most severe environments occupied […]
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Vol. 15 / No. 1
By: A. Gutkind Bulling
China: Archaeological Excavations, 1966-1971
When in the spring of 1966 the People’s Republic of China stopped the publication of all archaeological journals all of […]
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