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Expedition Magazine Expedition Back Issues Volumes 21-30 Expedition Volume 25, Number 3 Spring 1983Expedition Volume 21, Number 1 Fall 1978
Cover: Early Christian mosaic from basilica near Tegea in the Peloponnesus showing the month of August, after A. K. Orlandos, Christianika Mnemeia Tegeas, 1973.
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Diving into the Mediterranean--Greek and Etruscan Paintings Reveal a Sport of Antiquity
Keith DeVries
The Oldest Copper Metallurgy in the Balkans--A Study of the Diffusion of Copper from Asia Minor to Southeastern Europe
Borislav Jovanovic
Toward a History of the Sleeved Coat--A Study of the Impact of an Ancient Eastern Garment on the West
Elfriede R. Knauer
"The Queen of All Trees"--Preliminary Notes on the Archaeology of the Olive
Hamish A. Forbes and Lin Foxhall
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University Museum Announcements
New Directions--The Director Writes
Expedition Volume 21, Number 2 Winter 1979
Special Issue: UPM in Egypt--Past and Present
Cover: Meydum Pyramid completed about 2600 BC.
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The University Museum in Egypt
David O'Connor and David Silverman
The Unviersity, the Museum and the Study of Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Antiquities Organisation
Abydos: The University Museum-Yale University Expedition
David O'Connor
The University Museum Expedition to Dra Abu El Naga
The University Museum Excavations at the Palace-City of Malkata
David O'Connor
The Akhenaten Temple Project and Karnak Excavations
Donald Redford
The Pennsylvania-Yale Giza Project
William Kelly Simpson
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Editorial
University Museum Announcements
New Directions--The Director Writes
Expedition Volume 21, Number 3 Spring 1979
Special Issue: Ireland Archaeology and History
Cover: The fragmentary psalter known as the Cathach or "Battler" of St. Columba. 6th c.(?) From folio 6r. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, S.R.12.R.33).
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Introduction--Ireland and Europe
Bernard Wailes
The Megalithic Tombs of Ireland--Neolithic Tombs and their Art
Sean O Nuallain
The Arrival of the Celts in Ireland--Archaeology and Linguistics
Holly Burton
Early Bronze Age Technology and Trade--The Evidence of Irish Gold
Joan J. Taylor
Early Irish Manuscripts--The Art of the Scribes
Bella Schauman
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University Museum Announcements
New Directions--The Director Writes
Expedition Volume 21, Number 4 Summer 1979
Special Issue: Mediterranean Market Trade in Classical Times
Cover: Greatly enlarged lion head terminal of the Achaemenid gold bracelet from Gordion (inventory # S 1).
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The Mediterranean Market--Aspects of Trade in Classical Times: Introduction
Cynthia Jones Eiseman
Imports at Gordion--Lydian and Persian Periods
G. Kenneth Sams
West-Central Europe and the Mediterranean--The Decline in Trade in the Fifth Century B.C.
Peter S. Wells and Larissa Bonfante
Traders and Trading--Classical Athens
Lionel Casson
The Athenian Pottery Trade--The Classical Period
John Boardman
Hoards and Overstrikes--The Numismatic Evidence
Margaret Thompson
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University Museum Announcements
New Directions--The Director Writes
Expedition Volume 22, Number 1 Winter 1979
Cover: "Apache #10. Getting Water" from Edward Sheriff Curtis's The North American Indian. A picture made in early spring on the banks of White river, Arizona. The water bottle is the typical Apache one of basketry covered with Pinon gum.
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Edward Sheriff Curtis: 1868-1952--The Shadow Catcher
Ric Haynes
Ancient Lapidary--A Study Using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Funcational Analysis
A. John Gwinnett and Leonard Gorelick
The Revelation of Jerusalem--A Review of Archaeological Research
Frances James
A Pair of Chinese Grave Urns--A Recent Gift to the Oriental Section of the Museum
Elizabeth Lyons
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University Museum Announcements
New Directions--The Director Writes
Expedition Volume 22, Number 2 Winter 1980
Cover: Photo by Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle. Detail of Robert of Gorham's tile floor from the Chapter House of St. Albans Abbey.Features
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Three Achaemenid "Fakes"--A Re-Evaluation in the Light of 19th Century Iranian Architectural Sculpture
Judith A. Lerner
England's Premier Abbey--The Medieval Chapter House of St. Albans Abbey, and its Excavation in 1978
Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle
The Big Drum in the Big City--Creole Enculturation in the Pan West-Indian Community of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Robert Abramson
Greek Lead--Ingots from a Shipwreck Raise Questions about Metal Trade in Classical Times
Cynthia Jones Eiseman
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New Directions--The Director Writes
University Museum Announcements
Expedition Volume 22, Number 3 Spring 1980
Cover: Photo from Satterthwaite, 1953. The lower fragment of Caracol Stela 3; an early use of night photography in Maya Archaeology.
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Caracol Thirty Years Later--A Preliminary Account of the Two Rulers
Carl P. Beetz
Stone, Tile and Timber--Commerce in Building Materials in Classical Athens
Homer A. Thompson
A Rare "Jade" Book--A Manchu Emperor's Edict Carved on Panels of Jade
Schuyler V. R. Cammann
Roccagloriosa--Excavation of the Site of a Greek Colony in Southern Italy
Mauritzio Gualtieri
The Uncertain Fate of a Princely Diversion--An Historical Survey of Tops
Douglas W. Gould
Expedition Volume 22, Number 4 Summer 1980
Special Issue: Cultural and Ecological Aspects of Turan, Iran
Cover: Goats return from grazing.
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Cultural and Ecological Perspectives from the Turan Program, Iran--Introduction
Brian Spooner
Dryland Settlement Location--Social and Natural Factors in the Distribution of Settlements in Turan
Lee Horne
Village Morphology--The Distribution of Structures and Activities in Turan Villages
Lee Horne
Pastoral Production--Milk and Firewood in the Ecology of Turan
Mary Martin
Expedition Volume 23, Number 1 Fall 1980
Special Issue: Quirigua--Classic Maya Center
Cover: Quirigua Monument 16 ("Zoomorph P"), dated to AD 795, perhaps commemorating the death of a local ruler, is often considered to be the finest stone carving created by the ancient Maya.
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The Quirigua Project, 1974-1979--A Brief Outline of the Development and Structure of the Research
Robert J. Sharer
Archaeological Investigations in the Site Core of Quirigua--Epigraphic and Archaeological Data Now Provide Evidence of an Occupation History Spanning Half a Millennium
Christopher Jones and Robert J. Sharer
The Classic Maya Settlement at Quirigua--Recent Agricultural Activities Have Helped Reveal the Extent of the Buried Settlement
Wendy Ashmore
Expedition Volume 23, Number 2 Winter 1981
Cover: Drawing by Reresimae, a gifted sculptor of Natagera Village, Santa Ana Island, Eastern Solomon Islands. Drawing of the tutelary deity Panawaiau and his bonito school.
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Male Initiation in Aoriki--Man and the Spirits in the Eastern Solomon Islands
William H. Davenport
Shell Ornaments of Malaita--Currency and Ritual Valuables in the Central Solomons
Kay Ross
Close Work Without Magnifying Lenses?--A Hypothetical Explanation for the Ability of Ancient Craftsmen to Effect Minute Detail
Leonard Gorelick and A. John Gwinnett
Hatmen of the Mountains--Aspects of Ethnic Identity in the New Guinea Highlands
James G. Flanagan
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Expedition Volume 23, Number 3 Spring 1981
Cover: Photo by Ruben E. Reina and John Monaghan. Compressing xuupej (black salt) by pounding with a wooden mallet as the water evaporates with heating.
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Sir Arthur Evans at Kommos--A Cretan Village Remembers its Past
Maria C. Shaw
The Ways of the Maya--Salt Production in Sacapulas, Guatemala
Ruben E. Reina and John Monaghan
Medical Archaeology in Philadelphia--A Study of Early Twentieth Century Medicine Bottles Excavated at Bartram's Garden
Michael Parrington
Investigating an Ancient Suburb--Excavations at the TUV Mound, Tal-e-Malyan, Iran
Ilene M. Nicholas
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Expedition Volume 23, Number 4 Summer 1981
Special Issue: The Ancient Craft and Art of the Lapidary
Cover: Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kennedy Fund, 1915. Necklace of gold, diamonds, rubies, and imitation emeralds and pearls from Northern India, XVIII-XIX century AD, diameter of central pendant exclusive of drops, 1 3/4 inches.
Features
The Ancient Craft and Art of the Lapidary--Introduction
Leonard Gorelick
Lapidaries in the Ur III Period--Written Sources Concerning Stoneworkers (ca. 2000 B.C.)
Darlene Loding
Close Work Without Magnifying Lenses?--Discussion of Suggestions from Readers of Expedition
Leonard Gorelick and A. John Gwinnett
The Origin and Development of the Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seal--A Hypothetical Reconstruction
Leonard Gorelick and A. John Gwinnett
Creating a Sealstone--A Study of Seals in the Greek Late Bronze Age
John G. Younger
Cambay Beadmaking--An Ancient Craft in Modern India
Gregory L. Possehl
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Chester Gorman
University Museum Announcements
Expedition Volume 24, Number 1 Fall 1981
Special Issue: The Ancient Art and Craft of the Lapidary
Cover: Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919. Necklace of gold, enamel and various stones from northern India, XVIII-XIX century AD, diameter of central pendant, 2 inches.
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The Ancient Art and Craft of the Lapidary
Leonard Gorelick
Paleolithic Tools--Some Design Considerations
John S. Kopper
Beadmaking in Iran in the Early Bronze Age--Derived by Scanning Electron Microscopy
A. John Gwinnett and Leonard Gorelick
The Lapidary Arts in Islam--An Underappreciated Tradition
Manuel Keene
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University Museum Announcements
Expedition Volume 24, Number 2 Winter 1982
Cover: Photo by George A. Corbin. Chachet Baining, Walmatki village, two composite helmet masks used in the day dance.
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Chachet Baining Art--In a Day and Night Dance Celebration at Walmatki Village on the Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
George A. Corbin
Funerary Beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians--An Interpretation of the Burials and the Texts
Edward F. Wente
On Realism in Egyptian Funerary Sculpture of the Old Kingdom
Bernard V. Bothmer
Ancient Maya Houses at Cauinal and Pueblo Viejo Chixoy el Quiche, Guatemala Part I
Robert M. Hill, II
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The Curator's Write--A History of the Museum's Polynesian Collection
Expedition Volume 24, Number 3 Spring 1982
Cover: Photo courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Acc. no. 1144. Attic red-figure bell krater, late 5th century BC. The scene shows a sacrifice before the idol of Chryse which is placed on a column behind the burning altar.
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Early Greek Idols--Their Appearance and Significance in the Geometric, Orientalizing and Archaic Periods
Irene Bald Romano
Pipestave Hollow Ideography--Possible Calendrical Notations from the Northeast
Gretchen Anderson Gwynne
Early Iron Age Luxury Imports--Into the Paris Basin
Nicholas Freidin
Ancient Maya Houses at Cauinal and Pueblo Viejo Chixoy, el Quiche, Guatemala--II
Robert M. Hill, II
Archaeological Looting--A New Approach to the Problem
Arthur Miller
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A New Director of the University Museum--Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Expedition Volume 24, Number 4 Summer 1982
Special Issue: Ban Chiang Features Ban Chiang in Retrospect--What the Expedition Means to Archaeologists and the Thai Public Prehistoric Man and His Environment--Evidence from the Ban Chiang Faunal Remains Processing the Ban Chiang Finds--With Particular Reference to Volunteer and Student Work at the University Museum Potsherds into Printouts--The Ban Chiang Computer Project The Ancient Inhabitants of Ban Chiang--The Evidence from the Human Skeletal and Dental Remains Ban Chiang Pottery and Rice--A Discussion of the Inclusions in the Pottery Matrix Petchabun Piedmont Survey--An Initial Archaeological Investigation of the Western Margins of the Khorat Plateau Departments
Cover: Photo by Joyce C. White. Kitchen equipment in a Thai-Lao home in a village about 20 kilometers from Ban Chiang.
The Road to Ban Chiang--A Dialogue of Events Leading to the University Museum's Participation in the Expedition
Elizabeth Lyons and Froelich Rainey
Pisit Charoenwongsa
Charles Higham and Amphan Kijngam
Joyce C. White, Lois Kratz, Cheryl Applebaum, and Deborah Wong
John Hastings
Michael Pietrusewsky
Douglas E. Yen
James S. Penny, Jr.
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Expedition Volume 25, Number 1 Fall 1982
Special Issue: Archaeometallurgy
Cover: Photos by Heidi Moyer and Nick Hartmann. The background image is a SEM photomicrograph of the micro-structure of a 12th-11th century BC steel bracelet from a burial cave in the Baq'ah Valley Jordan. Superimposed is the image of a 9th century BC low-carbon wrought iron sword from the site of Hasanlu in northwestern Iran, which, like the Baq'ah site, was excavated by the University Museum.
Features
Introduction--Archaeometallurgy and the University of Pennsylvania
Vincent C. Pigott
Fuel for the Metal Worker--The Role of Charcoal and Charcoal Production in Ancient Metallurgy
Lee Horne
Early Tin in the Near East--A Reassessment in the Light of New Evidence from Western Afghanistan
Serge Cleuziou and Thierry Berthoud
The Innovation of Iron--Cultural Dynamics in Technological Change
Vincent C. Pigott
Copper and Iron Production at Poggio Civitate (Murlo)--Analysis of Metalworking By-Products from an Arhaic Etruscan Site
P. G. Warden, Robert Maddin, Tamara Stech, and James D. Muhly
The Iron Industry Underground--The Archaeology of Historic American Iron Technology
Helen Schenck
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Expedition Volume 25, Number 2 Winter 1983
Cover: Photos from the Museum Archives.
1. George Tooks and family, Van Valin, 1918.
2. Seascape with the mid-night sun, Van Valin, 1915.
3. Eskimo women sewing uguruk skins.
4. G. B. Gordon sketch of Eskimo children, 1905.
5. Quik, excavator on the John Wanamaker expedition, Van Valin, 1918.
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Benin, Oyo, and Dahomey--Warfare, State Building, and the Sacralization of Iron in West African History
Sandra T. Barnes and Paula Ben-Amos
Early Italian Pottery--Five Vessels from a Neolithic Household in Calabria
Albert J. Ammerman
Irrigation in an Arabian Valley--A System of Highland Terraces in the Yemen Arab Republic
Daniel Martin Varisco
Expedition Volume 25, Number 3 Spring 1983
Cover: Photo by Michael Wakely. The Islamic Gallery in the Museum.
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The Return of the University Museum Demeter--A Greek Goddess Attempts to Establish Her Identity
Karla Klein Albertson
Ancient Egypt Stone-Drilling--An Experimental Perspective on a Scholarly Disagreement
Leonard Gorelick and A. John Gwinnett
Challenging Some Myths--Women in Shri'a (Islamic) Law in the Sudan
Carolyn Fleuhr-Lobban
Intensive Gardening Among the Late Classic Maya--A Possible Example at Ixtutz, Guatemala
Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Work Continues at Vrokastro 1910-12, 1979-82--A New Plan and Description of the Early Iron Age Settlement
Barbara J. Hayden
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Expedition Volume 25, Number 4 Summer 1983
Cover: Drawing by Elizabeth Simpson. Drawing of the front frame face and decorative supports for the top of the 'Pagoda' Table from Tumulus MM at Gordion, Turkey.
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The Women's Committee--Its History, Aims, and Accomplishments
Mary Bert Gutman
Reconstructing an Ancient Table--The 'Pagoda' Table from Tumulus MM at Gordion
Elizabeth Simpson
The Fifth Century A.D. Buddhist Cave Temples at Yun-Kang, North China--A Look at Their Western Connections
Elfriede Regina Knauer
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