Volume 23 / Number 3
1981
On The Cover: Compressing xuupej (black salt) by pounding with a wooden mallet as the water evaporates with heating. Photo by Ruben E. Reina and John Monaghan.
Vol. 23 / No. 3
By: Maria C. Shaw
Sir Arthur Evans At Kommos: A Cretan Village Remembers its Past
The four elderly gentlemen shown in Figs. 3, 7, 9, 10 have a few things in common. Their ages range […]
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By: Ruben E. Reina and John Monaghan
The Ways of The Maya: Salt Production in Sacapulas, Guatemala
Guatemalans of Maya ancestry, living in rural communities, possess a wide variety of skills and technologies for the manufacture of […]
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By: Michael Parrington
Medical Archaeology in Philadelphia: A Study of Early Twentieth Century Medicine Bottles Excavated at Bartram's Garden
Introduction Bartram’s Garden, located on the Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia, was the home of John Bartram, the eighteenth century […]
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By: Ilene M. Nicholas
Investigating An Ancient Suburb: Excavations at the TUV Mound, Tal-e-Malyan, Iran
Archaeology is often described as the science of the human past, a discipline which seeks to explain such complex phenomena […]
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Vol. 23 / No. 3
University Museum Announcements – Spring 1981
Appointments James A. Sauer will take up his duties as Associate Curator-in-charge of Syro-Palestinian Archaeology in July. He obtained his […]
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By: Martin Biddle
New Directions – Spring 1981
For over ninety years The University Museum has been digging ancient sites and studying contemporary traditional communities virtually alI over […]
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