Volume 43 / Number 3
2001
On The Cover: Nazire Çeltek, wife of a well-to-do full-time shepherd in her "milk room" at the summer grazing area, boiling morning milk for daily cheese and butter production. See The Women of Yassihöyük, Turkey Photo credit: Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann
Vol. 43 / No. 3
Museum Mosaic – Winter 2001: People, Places, Projects
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been running a nationally known Collections Management Internship Program for […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Elin C. Danien
Chicken Soup and Canvas Bags: Advice for the Field
Today when the Internet is almost ubiquitous and air travel is as common as a walk down the lane, it’s […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Michael Danti
Palmyrene Funerary Sculptures at Penn
Today, the ancient city of Palmyra, the caravan center and oasis of the Syrian Desert (Fig. I), evokes romantic images […]
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By: Leslie Guy
Moving the Museum’s Ethnographic Collections: A Conservation Approach
Beginning in January 2002 the Museum will be relocating almost 100,000 ethnographic artifacts from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania […]
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By: Ayşe Gursan-Salzmann
The Women of Yassihöyük, Turkey: Changing Roles in a New Economy
It is widely acknowledged that women are the mainstay of household operations. especially in rural agricultural communities, and their contributions […]
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By: John H. Walker
Work Parties and Raised Field Groups in the Bolivian Amazon
The Amazon River moves more water and sediment than any other river in the world, and at the mouth of […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Benjamin Pykles
Historic Glass from Block 49, a Mormon Site in the Salt Lake Valley: Research Notes
A hallmark of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the strictly observed health code known as the […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Mac Marston
The Grass is Always Greener in the Boma: Science & Archaeology
The two main components of archaeological fieldwork are locating sites and then excavating them. Site survey is necessary to locate […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati
The Hand of Fate in Tatiana Proskouriakoff’s Career: From the Archives
Of all the brilliant minds that have lit up the firmament of ancient Maya studies, there is none that arouses […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Ann Blair Brownlee and Jean MacIntosh Turfa
Etruscan Sandals: Fancy Footwear from the Sixth Century BC: What in the World
In October of 2002, three new galleries will join “The Ancient Greek World” to form a suite devoted to the […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Harold L. Dibble
From the Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs
In the last issue, Dr. Gerald Margolis introduced himself as the Museum’s new Deputy Director of Operations. I too have […]
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