Volume 44 / Number 2
2002
On The Cover: Temple 1 as it looked after preliminary clearing in 1957. Photo credit: Walwin Barr. Tikal Project Neg. 57-8-71
Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Jeremy A. Sabloff
From the Director – Summer 2000
I am delighted to announce that Dr. Beebe Bahrami is the new editor of Expedition. She is the latest in a distinguished […]
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By: Sharon Aponte Misdea
Museum Mosaic – Summer 2002: : People, Places, Projects
Worlds Intertwined: The Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans will open to the public in Spring 2003. The $3 million project completes the reinstallation of […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Alex Pezzati
From the Archives: The Big One That Got Away: Heye-day Ends With Loss of Prized American Indian Collection
In the early 20th century, the University of Pennsylvania Museum competed with other museums in the United States and Europe for collections of primitive and ancient […]
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By: Sharon Nagy and Nabil Abu-Dayyeh
Village Air for Urban Elites: Heritage Cafe Complexes in Jordan
Memorializing everyday life is a common practice that spans cultures and countries. We easily recognize this in theme parks, living-history museums, […]
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By: Theodore G. Schurr
Book News & Reviews: 500,000 Years in Siberia: Digs Link a Long History of Migrations to Cultural Diversity: The Paleolithic of Siberia: New Discoveries and Interpretations
New archaeological evidence concerning how people lived in Siberia during the Paleolithic period is the subject of this ambitious book. Along with patterns of […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Harold Dibble
Learning More About Neandertals: A Newly Discovered Tool Piques Curiosity: What in the World
From about 250,000 to 35,000 years ago, during the Middle Paleolithic, or Mousterian, period, Neandertals lived in Western Europe. Although we occasionally find bits […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Charles A. Evers and Ann Blair Brownlee
Restoration & Renewal: Museum Readies Mediterranean Section Galleries for the 21st Century
There is a new sense of excitement in the Museum’s Mediterranean Galleries, which are devoted to the cultures of ancient Greece […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Beebe Bahrami
An Enduring Legacy: Robert L. Trescher Crafted the Modern Museum: Portrait
Robert L. Trescher, Esq., opened many doors for individuals and institutions through-out his life. So it is entirely appropriate that his name is honored at […]
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By: Melvyn Hammarberg
Research Notes: The Olympic Face of the LDS Church: A Warm Welcome Belies the Low Profile of the 'LDS Olympics'
As part of my research on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, my wife and I flew to Salt Lake City the day […]
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By: Matt Glendinning
Recovering the Lost Art of Phrygian Roof Tiling: Practical and Aesthetic Elements Converge in Clay, Reflecting Greek Artistic Temperament
An impressive sight must have greeted a visitor entering the fortified citadel of Gordion in the early sixth century B. C. After suffering devastating destruction by […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 2
By: Michael D. Danti
The View from the Tell: Nafila Villagers Make Room for an Expedition: Field Experience
Try as we might to avoid the romantic image of archaeologists roughing it in the field, that ’s precisely what we do each dig […]
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By: Sharon Aponte Misdea
A Visual History of Archaeology at Tikal
Since its introduction in the mid-19th century, photography has played a prominent role in documenting archaeological sites. Photographs record excavations and artifacts, […]
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