Volume 24 / Number 3
1982
On The Cover: 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. Photo courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Acc. no. 1144.
Vol. 24 / No. 3
By: Erle Leichty
The Sumerian Dictionary: The Curators Write
Just above the Kress gallery in the northeast corner of The University Museum lies a little frequented area of the […]
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Vol. 24 / No. 3
By: Arthur Miller
Archaeological Looting: A New Approach to the Problem
Introduction On September 18, 1981, Guatemala and its partner in archaeological research, The University Museum, suffered an indirect attack by […]
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By: Gretchen Anderson Gwynne
Pipestave Hollow Ideography: Possible Calendrical Notations from the Northeast
Alexander Marshack (1972) has argued that some incised designs on Old World artifacts—mainly from the Upper Palaeolithic—were notational and, in […]
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Vol. 24 / No. 3
By: Irene Bald Romano
Early Greek Idols: Their Appearance and Significance in the Geometric, Orientalizing and Archaic Periods
For many the sculpture of ancient Greece is almost a synonym for Greek culture itself. Sculpture did indeed play an […]
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Vol. 24 / No. 3
By: Robert L. Trescher
A New Director of the University Museum: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
At the end of the decade, the University will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Museum, and […]
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Vol. 24 / No. 3
By: Nicholas Freidin
Early Iron Age Luxury Imports: Into the Paris Basin
Introduction The study of Early Iron Age luxury bronze imports in Trans-Alpine Europe has tended to spotlight the better-documented regions […]
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By: Robert M. Hill, II
Ancient Maya Houses: At Cauinal and Pueblo Viejo Chixoy, el Quiche, Guatemala — II
INTRODUCTORY NOTE The text of this article, with accompanying photographs, was published in the last issue of Expedition: Vol. 24, […]
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