Volume 45 / Number 3
2003
Special Edition: The Americas
On The Cover: Yarn painting by José Benitez Sánchez. From Visions of a Huichol Shaman, by Peter T. Furst. Photo Credit: Peter T. Furst
Vol. 45 / No. 3
By: Alex Pezzati
Held in the Archives: Famous Jazz Age Artist’s Watercolors in UPM’s Archives: From the Archives
The old cliché that museums and archives are full of undiscovered treasures is true. Though one works constantly to identify and catalog […]
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By: James R. Mathieu
Time Travel, Trebuchets, and Atlatls: Playing with the Past Through Experimental Archaeology: Science and Archaeology
Recently I had a chance to read Michael Crichon’s Timeline, a book recommended to me because it combined my interests […]
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By: Julia A. Hendon
In the House: Maya Nobility and Their Figurine-Whistles
Unspeakable dignity isolates the diminutive nobleman. Dominating the shelf, his regnant nature ignores the bric-a-brac obstructing his view. With arms […]
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Vol. 45 / No. 3
By: William Wierzbowski
Beaded Bags: The Persisting Power of Beadwork Traditions: What in the World
Since 1998, the American Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum has been involved with the National Museum of the […]
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Museum Mosaic – Winter 2003: Fare Project Gets Under Way; The Mediterranean Section Received an $18,000 Grant
If you walked by the Museum this last summer, this is what the upper courtyard looked like — a big […]
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By: Jack Murray
Gone Fishing: James Albert Marion, 1942-2003: Portrait
Getting to know Jim Marion was as easy as falling off your new two-wheeled bike for the first time, without […]
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Vol. 45 / No. 3
By: Programs Department
Yarn Paintings of a Huichol Shaman: Exhibit Notes
A new exhibit at the Museum can come about in one of many ways. In the case of our new […]
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By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Donald White: Meet the Curators
Some of you know a thing or two about our featured museum curator, Donald White, because of his role in […]
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By: Beebe Bahrami
From the Editor
In this issue, we explore the Americas with features that reflect the changes in archaeology and anthropology from the nineteenth […]
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By: Jeremy A. Sabloff
From the Director
As I write this column, I can look out my office window and admire the beautiful Stoner Courtyard, now in […]
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By: Robert W. Preucel, Lucy Fowler Williams, Stacey O. Espenlaub and Janet Monge
Out of Heaviness, Enlightenment: NAGPRA and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
On September 29,2000, John Johnson of the Chugach Alaska Corporation arrived in Philadelphia to take formal possession of ancestral Eskimo […]
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By: William Wierzbowski
Matches’s Sketchbook: Native American P.O.W. Art from Fort Marion
In 1891, a small sketchbook with thirty-one drawings entered the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and […]
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By: Judy C. Voelker, Dana Walrath and Birch Miles
Asian Culinary Magic, Visual Journeys, and Afghan Buzkashi: From Bangkok to Buzkashi: Book News & Reviews
For those who enjoy the delicate combinations of herbs and spices that are hallmarks of Asian cuisine or for those […]
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By: Karim M. Tiro
Film & Culture: Northern Exposure: The Fast Runner Offers a Native Perspective
In 1922, director Robert Flaherty produced the first documentary film, a movie called Nanook of the North. It was so […]
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By: Christine Ward
The Bluff Great House: On the Periphery of the Chaco World
Towering red sandstone cliffs provide a dramatic backdrop to archaeological research at the Bluff Great House in southeastern Utah. The […]
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By: Brian Peasnall and Mitchell S. Rothman
One of Iraq’s Earliest Towns: Excavating Tepe Gawra in the Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
When does excavation not require the diggers to get dirty? Such a riddle may belie most people’s image of archaeology.In […]
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