Volume 53 / Number 1

2011

On The Cover: Detail from Afghan war rug shown on page 13. Amanullah Khan, depicted here, helped lead Afghanistan to independence in 1919. Photo by Textile Museum of Canada.

Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: James D. Muhly

Archaeometry and Shipwrecks: A Review Article

From Mine to Microscope: Advances in the Study of Ancient Technology edited by Andrew J. Shortland, Ian C. Freestone, and […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Adrianna de Svastich and Jennifer McAuley

A Month in Montalcino

Led by Richard Hodges, Stefano Campana, and Michelle Hobart, 14 undergraduates joined the excavations at San Pietro d’Asso in July […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Stefano Campana, Michelle Hobart and Richard Hodges

In Search of San Pietro d’Asso

The Via Cassia was one of the main arteries connecting Rome to its northwest provinces. It crossed the rolling hills […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Frank G. Matero and C. Brian Rose

Resurrecting Gordion: Preserving Turkey’s Phrygian Capital

Archaeology and heritage conservation have become important partners in the excavation, preservation, and display of archaeological sites around the world. […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Brian Spooner

Afghanistan’s War Experience

Afghanistan entered history in 1747. Nadir Shah, the Iranian ruler of the region, had been assassinated in Meshed (now northeastern […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Brian Spooner

Afghan Wars, Oriental Carpets, and Globalization

The Afghan war rugs on exhibit at the Penn Museum from April 30 to July 31, 2011, raise a number […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Richard Hodges

Penn Museum and Afghanistan: From the Director

Penn Museum has long had a part in revealing Afghan archaeological history. In 1953, at Director Froelich Rainey’s instigation, Rodney […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Alessandro Pezzati

Jim Thompson, the Thai Silk King: From the Archive

Younger generations may not know Jim Thompson (1906-1967?), but in the 1950s and 1960s he was famous throughout the world […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Jean MacIntosh Turfa

Telmu and Petrui: A Rediscovered Romance?: What in the World?

Some rare evidence for social change in ancient Etruria reposes in the Penn Museum’s Mediterranean Section, in two large ovoid […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Lucy Fowler Williams

Guerilla Fashion: Textiles in Motion Push Change in Indian Art: From the Field

Patricia Michaels is not new to fashion, but she is new to Santa Fe’s celebrated Southwest Indian Art Market, a […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

Museum Mosaic – Spring 2011: People, Places, Projects

Penn Museum Hosts International Workshop on Digitizing Artifacts and Documentation from Sir Leonard Woolley’s Excavations at UR Representatives from the […]

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Vol. 53 / No. 1

By: Jane Hickman

From the Editor – Spring 2011

Over the last several decades, Afghanistan has suffered from invasion, revolution, and civil war. Although we frequently read about the […]

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