Volume 48 / Number 1
2006
On The Cover: The Anthropologist's Desk. Photo credit: Anne Marie Kane. Photos from the Museum Archives
Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
‘So long, until tomorrow’: Lowell Thomas and the ‘History of Civilization’ Fireplace: From the Archives
LOWELL JACKSON THOMAS (1892–1981) was the voice of the news in the U.S. for almost half a century, hosting CBS […]
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By: Gregory L. Possehl
Shu-ilishu’s Cylinder Seal: What in the World
Some Years Ago, while perusing the great Assyriologist A. Leo Oppenheim’s Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization, I found […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: Elin C. Danien
Caroline Dosker: She Dusted the Mummies: Portrait
For many of us who knew her, Caroline Dosker’s death on June 26, 2005, marked the end of a more […]
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By: Louise Krasniewicz
‘Round Up the Usual Suspects’: Anthropology Goes to the Movies
In 1946, while most anthropologists were exercising their professional skills and curiosities in cultures far from home, Hortense Powdermaker took […]
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By: Igor Kopytoff
A Short History of Anthropology at Penn
His Brief History of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania emphasizes three periods: the Department’s protohistory in the 19th century, […]
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By: Stuart Kirsch
History and the Birds of Paradise: Surprising Connection from New Guinea
How can a woman’s hat made in New York City (ca. 1915) and decorated with iridescent bird of paradise plumes […]
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Museum Mosaic – Spring 2006: People, Places, Projects
Penn Museum Announces Architect for Master Plan On November 11, 2005, following an international search, Penn Museum announced the appointment […]
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By: James McClelland
King Tut Exhibition Comes to Philadelphia: Penn Museum’s David P. Silverman Is National Curator: Exhibit Notes
The international touring exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will end its tour of the U.S. next […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: Beebe Bahrami
Bear Daughter: Book News & Reviews
Bear Daughter by Judith Berman (New York: Ace Books, 2005). 422 pp., paper $16.00 ISBN 0441013228. Reviewed by Beebe Bahrami, a […]
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By: Deborah I. Olszewski and Maysoon al-Nahar
When Stone Is More Than Stone: Clues to Prehistoric Resource Use in Jordan
Scattered Across the world on the surface and in buried deposits are billions of prehistoric stone artifacts the most durable […]
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By: Olivia Given and Shawn Hyla
Forging Partnerships in Laos: Archaeological Survey Using Mobile GIS: Research Notes
Peoples living in mainland Southeast Asia during the middle Holocene (ca. 6000 – 2000 BC) made some profound subsistence and […]
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By: Janet Chrzan
Why Study Culinary Tourism?: Answers for a Healthy Life: Research Notes
The first time I heard about the academic study of tourism—an undergraduate course the University of California at Berkeley entitled […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: James R. Mathieu
From the Editor – Spring 2006
Welcome to the first issue of Expedition for 2006! We are pleased to present an eclectic issue covering a wide […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: Richard M. Leventhal
Vine Deloria, Jr. (1933–2005): From the Director
In this issue I want to take a break from discussing the Penn Museum and note the passing of an […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 1
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Rebecca Huss-Ashmore, Associate Curator-in-Charge, Physical Anthropology Section: Meet the Curators
Rebecca Huss-Ashmore, Associate Curator-inCharge of Penn Museum’s Physical Anthropology Section, has traveled nearly full circle in her career. As an […]
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