Volume 46 / Number 2
2004
Special Edition: Ritual Places
On The Cover: A Hopi itaakuku (footprint) near Flagstaff, Arizona. Photo Credit: T. J. Ferguson, 1999.
Vol. 46 / No. 2
By: Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma
Ang Kuktota: Hopi Ancestral Sites and Cultural Landscapes
Hopitutskwa—Hopi Land—encompasses everywhere the Hopi people and their ancestors traveled, lived, and were buried during the long migration from the […]
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By: Nicholas David
Watch or Water Towers?: Stone-built Sites in Northern Cameroon's Mandara Mountains and Their Functions
In 2001-2002, the Mandara Archaeological Project’s survey in the Mandara mountains established the presence of fifteen ruins, known as Diy-Gi’d-Biy, […]
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By: Andrea Baldeck
Sacred Places in Southeast Asia
A Single Continuous Note, thrums through the sultry air of a tropical afternoon. Concealed in palms, strangler figs, and kapok […]
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By: James R. Mathieu
From the Editor – Summer 2004
This issue of Expedition marks a transition in more ways than one. First and foremost, we introduce our readers to […]
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By: Philip Chase and Theodore G. Schurr
Evolution and the Peopling of the Americas: Book News & Reviews
Nature’s Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind, by Peter Corning (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). 464 pp., […]
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Vol. 46 / No. 2
By: William B. Hafford
Glittering Gold: What in the World
Gold. Through the ages, it has adorned kings and queens and made princes of the common, inspiring greatness and greed […]
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By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Meet the New Director: Richard M. Leventhal, the Williams Director
On JULY 1, 2004, a new era at the Penn Museum began when Richard M. Leventhal, noted Mesoamerican scholar, officinally assumed […]
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By: Brenda J. Bowser
The Amazonian House: A Place of Women's Politics, Pottery, and Prestige
Dusk was falling in the Amazonian house. Two men sat silently. The host was dressed for war, his face painted […]
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Museum Mosaic – Summer 2004: People, Places, Projects
Civic Center Collections Projects In November 2003, the Penn Museum and the City of Philadelphia completed the transfer of 5,000-6,000 […]
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Vol. 46 / No. 2
By: Phoebe Resnick
Reminiscences: An Appreciation of Mary Virginia Harris: Portrait
Mary Virginia Harris, a devoted volunteer and supporter of the Penn Museum for more than 40 years, died on Monday, […]
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By: Rosemary A. Joyce
Unprecedented Projects: The Birth of Mesoamerican Pyramids
In 1519, The first Europeans to visit Tenochtitlan saw a massive pyramid supporting twin temples looming over the capital city […]
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By: Alexandra Mack
The Multiple Landscapes of Vijayanagara: From the Mythic and the Ritual to the Kingly and the Common
Vijayangara, The Capital of an empire that flourished in southern India from the 14th to the 16th centuries AD, has been […]
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By: Brenda J. Bowser
The Amazonian House: A Place of Women's Politics, Pottery, and Prestige
Dusk was falling in the Amazonian house. Two men sat silently. The host was dressed for war, his face painted […]
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