Volume 37 / Number 2
1995
On The Cover: The "Splatt" Theory: an artist's conception of how the archaeological site of Ban Chiang, Thailand, was formed. See "Illuminating the Past: Art and Artists of the Ban Chiang Project" Painting by Ardeth Anderson
Vol. 37 / No. 2
By: Jeremy A. Sabloff
Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer 1995
The University of Pennsylvania Museum recently presented a small but very important temporary exhibit entitled “Illuminating the Past: The Art […]
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By: Hattula Moholy-Nagy
Shells and Society at Tikal, Guatemala
Thousands of unworked mariner shells, shell artifacts, and fragments of production waste, or debitage, were recovered from the University of […]
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By: Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas
Household Craft Specialization and Shell Ornament Manufacture in Ejutla, Mexico
INTRODUCTION It has been more than 60 years since Alfonso Caso (1932) discovered the spectacular Tomb 7 at the hilltop […]
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By: Timothy Matney
Re-excavating Cheshmeh Ali: Reviews and Reports
Fainted ceramic traditions were widespread across southwestern Asia in the Early Chalcolithic period (roughly 5500 to 5000 B.C.), distributed from […]
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By: Steven E. Sidebotham
Routes Through the Eastern Desert of Egypt
Not since the Ptolemaic-Roman-Byzantine era (late 4th century B.C. to 7th century A.D.) have the Eastern Desert and Red Sea coast of Egypt […]
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Illuminating the Past: Art and Artists of the Ban Chiang Project: Behind the Scenes
The exhibition “Illuminating the Past: Art and Artists of the Ban Chiang Project” ran from April through August 1995 at […]
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