Volume 49 / Number 3
2007
Special Edition: Native America
On The Cover: Isabel Gonzales's great niece and nephew dance the "Buffalo" at the annual Red Rocks Arts and Crafts Fair at Jeméz Monument, 2004. This event was photgraphed by Isabel's family and printed with permission from Isabel Gonzales and her family.
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By: Abigail Seldin, Herbert Poepoe, Nanibaa Beck and Sonya Ashley
Building Bridges with “Native Voices”: Reflections on the REU-NSF Program, 2005-2007: Class Notes
In 2003 the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Jeremy A. Sabloff, then Williams Director of the Penn Museum, and Janet […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 3
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
C. Brian Rose: Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section: Meet the Curators
The spark that led to a career in the archaeology of the Mediterranean world for C. Brian Rose, Curator-in-Charge of […]
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By: Richard Hodges
My First Encounter with Philadelphia: From the Director
Philadelphia and the Penn Museum have long held a special place in my heart. In 1980, renowned British archaeologist Colin […]
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By: Lucy Fowler Williams, Isabel C. Gonzales and Shawn Tafoya
WaHa-belash adi Kwan tsáawä / Butterflies and Blue Rain: The Language of Contemporary Eastern Pueblo Embroidery
Pueblo people of the American Southwest say that as long as there is Pueblo religion there will be handmade cloth. […]
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By: Elizabeth G. Hamilton
Adventures in Experimental Smelting: Iron the Old-fashioned Way
It was a perfect October day to play with fire. The sun shone brightly on the barnyard of the Peters […]
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By: Andrew L. Goldman
From Phrygian Capital to Rural Fort: New Evidence for the Roman Military at Gordion, Turkey
At the age of 20, Tritus, the son of Bato, joined the Roman army as a soldier of the VII […]
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Museum Mosaic – Winter 2007: People, Places, Projects
American Section Receives IMLS Grant The Museum’s American Section has received a Museums for America grant for $130,000 from the […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 3
By: Jennifer Houser Wegner
From Fiction to Festchrift: Book News & Reviews
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (New York: Crown, 2007). 480 pp., 1 map, 1 family tree, cloth, $24.95, ISBN 978-0-307-38146-0. Reviewed by Jennifer Houser Wegner, Research […]
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Vol. 49 / No. 3
By: Tim Powell and Larry Aitken
A Digital Partnership: Penn Museum and Ojibwe Tribal Historians: Research Notes
Gi Bugadin-a-maa Goom (Ojibwe: “To Sanction, to Give Authority, to Bring to Life”)—offers an exciting glimpse into how digital technology […]
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By: Sonya Ashley
REU Student Sonya Ashley
Like my friend Herbert Poepoe, I was fortunate to participate in the REU program twice (2006, 2007). Having just graduated […]
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By: Nanibaa Beck
REU Student Nanibaa Beck
Sitting on a couch on the first floor of one of Penn’s dormitory high-rises, the REU students waited patiently for […]
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By: Herbert Poepoe
REU Student Herbert Poepoe
As a native Hawaiian, I was fortunate to have been able to participate in the REU-NSF program during both the […]
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From the Editor – Winter 2007
In this last issue of Expedition for 2007 we present three feature articles. The first brings us to Gordion—the Museum’s […]
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By: Nicholas S. Picardo
The Dig House at Abydos: Field Experience
During the latter part of ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom in the 18th century BCE, a royal edict forbade the placement […]
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