Volume 49 / Number 1
2007
On The Cover: A Pume woman shares wild roots from a gourd bowl. Photo by Russell D. Greaves.
Vol. 49 / No. 1
By: Stephen Batiuk and Mitchell S. Rothman
Early Transcaucasian Cultures and Their Neighbors: Unraveling Migration, Trade, and Assimilation
Much of what happens in our modern world depends on how people define their identity (and their loyalties), how they […]
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By: Russell D. Greaves
The Ethnoarchaeology of Hunting and Collecting: Pumé Foragers of Venezuela
It is a common anthropological fallacy to think that people who forage for their subsistence are living remnants of simpler […]
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By: Jan Olofsson and Egil Josefson
The Frontier of Archaeological Reconstruction: Horse Sacrifice at Eketorp Fort, Sweden
In 1978 the archaeological remains of Eketorp Fort were reconstructed on Öland Island in the Baltic Sea, establishing the first […]
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By: Ivor Jankovic and Ivor Karavanic
Digging Up Neandertals at Mujina Pećina?: A Mousterian Cave Site in Croatia
Neandertals are everyone’s favorite image of a classic “caveman.” We know more about them than we do about any other […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 1
By: James R. Mathieu
From the Editor – Spring 2007
In this first issue of Expedition for 2007 we are excited to present feature articles highlighting a wide variety of […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 1
By: Jeremy A. Sabloff
From the Director – Spring 2007
As Penn Museum celebrates its 120th year of activity, we still take seriously our original trifold mission of cutting-edge archaeological […]
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Cantinflas: The Comedian and Trickster from Mexico: From the Archives
The entry, “Cantinflas, the Mexican comedian, in the Middle American Gallery, 1961,” catches one’s eye in the Museum’s photographic catalog. […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 1
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Meet the New Board Chair: Michael J. Kowalski: Chairman of the Museum's Board of Overseers
Penn museum welcomed Michael J. Kowalski as Chairman of the Museum Board of Overseers on July 1, 2006. Kowalski graduated […]
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Museum Mosaic – Spring 2007: People, Places, Projects
Tlingit Basketmaker And Weaver Visits Museum On December 6, 2006, nationally renowned Tlingit basketmaker and weaver Teri Rofkar from Sitka, […]
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By: Chris Knutson
The “Tired Stones” of Lake Titicaca: Field Experience
On the morning of August 7, 2002, my colleagues and I crossed the border from Bolivia into Peru. Just past […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 1
By: Gregory L. Possehl
The Middle Asian Interaction Sphere: Research Notes
In the early 1920s Sir John Marshall’s investigations of the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa (now located in Pakistan) […]
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By: Stephen Batiuk and Mitchell S. Rothman
What Defines the ETC?
ETC cultures were first identified on the basis of their pottery in the Transcaucasus area between the Kura and Araxes […]
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By: Jan Olofsson and Egil Josefson
The Development of Eketorp Fort
Eketorp Fort—a prehistoric ring fort—was completely excavated between 1964 and 1974. The first fort (Eketorp I) was built during the […]
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