South America
Vol. 64 / No. 1
By: Daniel Bauer
Healing Gardens of the Tahuayo: Examining Home Garden Variation in Amazonian Peru
Doña Norma makes her way through the undergrowth along an overgrown path while every so often making a quick swipe […]
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Vol. 64 / No. 1
By: Ann Hudson Peters
Protected Offerings:: Penn Museum Collections Shed Light on Paracas Archaeology
I have seen hundreds of descriptions of simple cotton cloths tied around a basket or bowl; offerings placed at the […]
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Vol. 64 / No. 1
By: Ashley Fuchs, Cindy Srnka, Jackson Clark, Sarah Linn and Douglas Smit
Heritage in Our Hands:: UNESCO 50 Years Later
Each year, the Student Exhibition Program selects three Penn undergraduates to curate a new exhibition based around a theme. This […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Marshall Joseph Becker
Understanding the Ancient Maya: Contributions of the Penn Museum’s Excavations at Tikal
Understanding the Ancient Maya Contributions of the Penn Museum’s Excavations at Tikal [authors color=”white”] Over the years, Expedition has provided […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Lucy Fowler Williams and Fernando Madrid
Tikal—Oasis in Time and War
Tikal—Oasis in Time and War [authors] Fernando Madrid was born 20 miles from Tikal in El Remat Village at the […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 3
By: Eric H. Hobson
Brazil From Above: General Rondon and the Matto Grosso Expedition
In 1931, the Penn Museum’s Matto Grosso Expedition landed a serendipitous opportunity to court the celebrated Brazilian Army general who […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Matto Grosso Expedition: Brazil, 1931
Few expeditions of the Penn Museum have been as colorful as the Matto Grosso Expedition of 1931. Organized by Captain […]
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Vol. 59 / No. 2
By: Daniel Bauer
From Plague to Profit: Chambira Weaving in Amazonian Peru
Global integration, through tourism and conservation efforts, has shaped resource use in rural Amazonia. The chambira (chahm-BEE-ra) palm (Astrocaryum chambira), […]
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Vol. 59 / No. 2
By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Lost Explorer
The Disappearance of Colonel Percy H. Fawcett in the jungles of Mato Grosso*, Brazil in 1925 is still headline news. […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 2
By: Janet Monge
Mummies Beyond the Grave: An Introduction to Mummy Studies around the World
Over 20 years ago, I got hooked on mummies. It began when we first x-rayed the many South and North […]
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