Volume 17 / Number 1
1974
On The Cover: Stamp issued by the Government of Iran to commemorate the 2nd International Congress of Architecture, September 1974, Persepolis--Shiraz, showing the plan of Hasanlu in the period 1000-800 BC. Actual size of stamp, 4.3 x 3.2 cm.
Vol. 17 / No. 1
By: Mildred A. Konan
Calabashes in Northern Nigeria
Several women huddled together in the shade of old trees in a small open market. They sat on the sandy […]
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By: Jean Silverman
A Lost Notebook From the Excavations at Gournia, Crete
In the spring of 1973 a small notebook, titled “Inventory of Gournia Finds. Gournia, by class,” was presented to the […]
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Vol. 17 / No. 1
By: Michael Zimmerman
New Approaches to the Study of Ancient Disease
The elderly Eskimo woman moved aside the notched stones which held down the skin cover on the sod roof and […]
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By: Leland Meister
Yemen: Breaking With the Feudal Past
Two aspects of the agricultural system in Yemen warrant description: the technology of the farmers and the relationship existing between […]
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By: Musa Baran
Children’s Games
Child’s play—it is not as simple as we think. Men and even animals begin their lives in play. Grandfathers pass […]
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