Volume 45 / Number 2

2003

Special Edition: Food & Culture

On The Cover: Two Afghan refugee boys from Badakhshan run this little dukkan. They sell oranges, fava beans, and peanuts in Chitral's bazaar in Pakistan's western Himalayas. Photographed in March 1987, the boys were refugees from the Soviet-Afghan War. Photo Credit: Birch Miles.

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Gillian Wakely

Serene Spaces: A Letter from the Associate Director for Programs

A Letter from the Associate Director for Programs first arrived in the University of Pennsylvania Museum over 30 years ago. […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Pamela L. Geller

Read My Lips…Ears, Nose, Head, and Teeth: Interpreting Permanent Bodily Ornaments: Research Notes

Tattooing and body piercing are nothing new. The puncturing and painting of skin have long been expressive forms of social communication […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Lynn Grant

The Pharaohs Invade Venice: From Museum Galleries to the Palazzo Grassi–Via the Grand Canal: Conservation Notes

Early in 2002, the Palazzo Grassi, an exhibit venue in Venice, Italy, began arranging a major exhibit of Egyptian artifacts […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Amy B. Trubek

From the Issue Editor

I remember studying for my first-year comprehensive exams in Penn’s doctoral anthropology program during a typically hot, muggy Philadelphia summer. […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Marshall Leroy Smith

Food Notes: Holy Mole: Mexico's Magical Marriage of Chocolate and Chilies

In Mérida, Mexico, the summers are grueling. Even the iguanas — the Yucatan’s version of pigeons — scramble to get […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Amy B. Trubek

Food from Here: Struggles and Triumphs at the Farmer's Diner in Vermont

Eating is an agricultural act,” says essayist, novelist, and farmer Wendell Berry. What does this mean? Berry is renowned for […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Beebe Bahrami and Naomi F. Miller

Of Wives and Men: Two Debuts from the 12th Philadelphia International Film Festival: Film & Culture

MONDAYS IN THE SUN/ LOS LUNES EN EL SOL SPAIN, 2003, 113 MINUTES DIRECTED BY FERNANDO LEON DE ARANOA. WRITTEN BY […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Donald White

Setting the Record Straight: The Contorted History of the Museum's Theseus Mosaic

The Cretans … say that the Labyrinth was only an ordinary prison, having no other bad quality but that it […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Christopher Jones

Rafael Morales Fernandez, 1919-2003: Portrait

We of the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s Tikal Project are saddened to hear of the passing of an old friend […]

Spice-Vendor-Chelo

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Naomi F. Miller

End Notes: Spice and Rice: Dig In—Savor the Flavors of Persia

In June 2002, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance invited me to Iran as a member of the organizing […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Jill Leslie McKeever Furst

Food for the Gods: Or, You Are Who You Eat in Ancient Mexico

Forget grubs, sheep’s eyes, and moss; the ultimate in exotic culinary experience must surely be the eating of human flesh. […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Elin C. Danien

Food Notes: Yom Yom Cacao!: A Favorite Maya Drink Lives On

One of the most important chocoholics who ever lived was, arguably, Carl von Linné, the 18th-century Swedish scientist who created the […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Michael Hernandez and David Sutton

Hands that Remember: An Ethnographic Approach to Everyday Cooking

“With her sight now gone completely, Yiayia mourns the days when the kitchen was hers. She cries as she recounts […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Melford F. Smith

Afield in Abydos: Paleolithic Fieldwork Takes Shape: Field Experience

In the winter of 2002, I had the opportunity to journey with Dr. Harold Dibble, Dr. Deborah Olszewski, and Dr. […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Payson Sheets

Uncommonly Good Food Among Commoners: Growing and Consuming Food in Ancient Ceren

Much of northern Central America was devastated by a cataclysmic volcanic eruption, probably during the fourth century A.D. What had […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Jennifer Shadel Smith

By Land and by Sea: A Project Awash in Media Attention: A Project Awash in Media Attention

During the summer of 2000, in Sinop, Turkey, a hot noontime sun beat down on a small field crew consisting […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

By: Beth D'Addono, Irene Good and Walda Metcalf

Feast for the Eyes: Ancient Music, Women Warriors, and Evolutionary Recipes: Book News & Reviews

Here is a question: If you were going to organize a three-hour dinner party according to the tempo of human […]

Vol. 45 / No. 2

Museum Mosaic – Summer 2003: People, Places, Projects

Opening of new Classical galleries is cause for celebration: Visitors lined up on South Street before the Museum gates opened […]