Volume 48 / Number 3
2006
On The Cover: Ladakhi roads, now paved for vehicles, often follow the same difficult routes traders once traveled from region to region. Inset, in a small town near Kargil, curious children listen to an elder explain his role in Ladakhi trade. Photo by Abdul Nasir Khan. Inset photo by Jacqueline H. Fewkes.
Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Julia Lawson
The Resurrection of Seven Clay Coffins from Nippur: Conservation Notes
The Mesopotamian clay coffins from Nippur in the Penn Museum’s Near East Section have a long and varied history. They […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Jacqueline H. Fewkes
The Meaning of Material Culture
The complex meanings associated with material culture offer many challenges for the study and interpretation of artifacts associated with Ladakh’s […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Naomi F. Miller, Kimberly E. Leaman and Julie Unruh
Serendipity: Secrets of the Mudballs: Research Notes
A surprising amount of archaeological discovery consists simply of connecting the disparate bits of information that an average archaeologist holds […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Greg Borgstede, Benjamin Porter and James R. Mathieu
Ec(k)s Mark the Spot?: Book News & Reviews
The Olmecs: America’s First Civilization by Richard A. Diehl (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005) 208 pp., 152 illus, 20 […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Barbara J. Hayden, Yannis Bassiakos, Thanasis Kalpaxis, Apostolos Sarris and Metaxia Tsipopoulou
Priniatikos Pyrgos: A Primary Harbor Settlement and Emporium in Eastern Crete
Priniatikos Pyrgos, a coastal settlement in eastern Crete, sits upon a limestone promontory in the center of a broad beach. […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Matt Tomlinson
A Consuming Tradition: Kava Drinking in Fiji
Like people in many other times and places, indigenous Fijians are firm believers in a glorious but disappeared past. In […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Alessandro Pezzati
Tutankhamun Treasures: The First Tut Show Came to the Museum: From the Archives
As the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs travels around the United States before opening at Philadelphia’s […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Robert L. Schuyler: Associate Curator-in-Charge, Historical Archaeology Section: Meet the Curators
Robert L. Schuyler, Associate Curator-in-Charge of the Museum’s Historical Archaeology Section, remembers a fascination with the past as a 4-year-old living […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Richard M. Leventhal
The Amarna Exhibit: From the Director
On November 12, 2006, Penn Museum opened a new exhibit, Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun. It is an […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: James R. Mathieu
From the Editor – Winter 2006
Welcome to expedition’s final issue for 2006! Once again, we offer an eclectic range of articles presenting anthropological and archaeological […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Daniel W. Gade
Albert A. Giesecke (1883-1968): A Philadelphian in the Land of the Incas
A University of Pennsylvania graduate born in Philadelphia played a largely unrecognized but important part in recovering and promoting Peru’s […]
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Vol. 48 / No. 3
By: Jacqueline H. Fewkes
Trade at the Crossroads of Continents: Northern India's Ladakh Region
Historical trade routes across Asia brought together diverse peoples and created markets that were highly cosmopolitan areas of intercultural contact. […]
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