North America

Vol. 64 / No. 1
By: Brian I. Daniels, Clyde Prout III, Pam Cubbler, Fiona Armbruster and Sylvie Canning
Returning Homelands to a California Native American Tribe
The Colfax-Todds Valley consolidated tribe of the Colfax Rancheria received some reservation land back—here’s how. Native American tribes across the […]
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Vol. 64 / No. 1
By: Carlos José Pérez Sámano
Poetry for the Immigrant Community
When I was invited to become the artist in residence for the Penn Museum I was shocked. It was the […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 3
By: Zoë Rayn Evans, Megan Kassabaum, Sarah Linn and Douglas Smit
Heritage West: The West Philadelphia Community Archaeology Project
Confronting the troubling histories of racial and social injustice in West Philadelphia, specifically those of the historically Black neighborhoods north […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 2
By: Lucy Fowler Williams and X̱'Unei Lance Twitchell
Keeping the Tlingit Thought World Alive
Keeping the Tlingit Thought World Alive The Vaunting Ambition of King Pyrrhus at Butrint [authors color=”white”] A new rotation of […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Megan C. Kassabaum and Austin J. Bell
From Lantern Slides to Snapchat: The Key Marco Collection Rediscovered
From Lantern Slides to Snapchat The Key Marco Collection Rediscovered [authors color=”white”] The Penn Museum holds an exceptional collection of […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Chantel White
An Introduction to the Garden History of Philadelphia
ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS offered by gardens is the enduring way they connect the living world to the past. […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Robert McCracken Peck
A Lucky Find: Seed Packets Shed Light on Philadelphia's Horticultural History
BECAUSE OF the ephemeral nature of gardens and the plants they contain, the history of horticulture is generally studied through […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Jason Herrmann, Kacie Alaga and Katie Breyer
Reconstructing a Historic Landscape: Geophysical Prospection at the Woodlands
THE COUNTRY ESTATE of native Philadelphian William Hamilton (1745–1813), known as The Woodlands, included much of the land now occupied […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Marie-Claude Boileau, Justin Lynch and Yuyang Wang
Late 18th- to Early 19th- Century Flowerpots at The Woodlands
FLOWERPOTS—earthenware pots that are built to contain plants, not to be confused with ornamental urns—have a long history that dates […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 3
By: Alexandria Mitchem
Unearthing the Roots of the Past: Archaeology at Historic Bartram's Garden
ESTABLISHED around 1728, Bartram’s Garden is the oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699–1777) was a […]
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