Volume 49 / Number 2
2007
On The Cover: The two-person submersible, Carolyn, assists in the lifting of amphorae at the site of Tektas Burnu. Photo by Courtney Platt.
Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: Aubrey Baadsgaard
Imaging Ur’s Sacrificial Dead: An Archaeological CAT Scan: Science & Archaeology
Some 4,600 years ago processions of royal courtiers—including soldiers, musicians, ladies-in-waiting, ox- cart and chariot drivers, and animal grooms—accompanied their […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: Gareth Darbyshire
Keith DeVries: Associate Curator Emeritus, Mediterranean Section: Portrait
Keith Devries, Associate Curator Emeritus in the Mediterranean Section, passed away at the age of 69 on July 16, 2006, […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Barry L. Eichler: Associate Curator-in-Charge, Babylonian Section: Meet the Curators
A fascination with the human condition and the problems that society attempts to solve is the driving force behind the […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: Holly Pittman
From the Deputy Director for Academic Programs – Summer 2007
For more than a century a core mission of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been […]
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By: Janet Chrzan
Dreaming of Tuscany: Pursuing the Anthropology of Culinary Tourism
If you were to think of a place you have visited, especially a well-known tourist destination like San Francisco or […]
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By: George F. Bass
Nautical Archaeology: From Its Beginnings at Penn to Today's INA
It all began nearly half a century ago at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. In 1959, […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: Daniel A. Meyer and Jason Roe
A Brief Culture History of the Eastern Slope
During the last Ice Age the glaciers in west-central Alberta reached their maximum extent about 20,000 years ago, forming a […]
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By: Daniel A. Meyer and Jason Roe
Archaeology Along Canada’s Rocky Mountain Eastern Slopes: Excavations at the Upper Lovett Campsite, Alberta
Canada’s rocky mountains and the foothills of the Eastern Slopes are, archaeologically speaking, among the least-known areas in North America. […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: James R. Mathieu
From the Editor – Summer 2007
Anthropology is a very broad field, encompassing the subfields of archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. In this […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
By: Matt Tomlinson
Reversing Anthropology: Book News & Reviews
Reverse Anthropology: Indigenous Analysis of Social and Environmental Relations in New Guinea by Stuart Kirsch (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, […]
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By: Philip Lieberman and Robert McCarthy
Tracking the Evolution of Language and Speech: Comparing Vocal Tracts to Identify Speech Capabilities
In 1973 Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This dictum applies […]
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By: Anne Schiller
Borneo Families in this Life and the Next: Adherents of Kaharingan among the Nagaju Dayaks
After days of hard travel on a weather-beaten boat named Font of Prosperity, I was happy to arrive at the […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 2
Museum Mosaic – Summer 2007: People, Places, Projects
International Classroom Shines Again This spring archaeologists from the Museum’s International Classroom—a creative program of the Education Department —participated in […]
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