Volume 57 / Number 2
2015
Spotlight On: Mounds of Native North America
On The Cover: Detail from painting of the Feltus mounds in Mississippi. By John J. Egan, American (born Ireland), active mid-19th century; “Ferguson Group: The Landing of Gen. Jackson,” scene 18 from the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley, ca. 1850; distemper on cotton muslin; Saint Louis Art Museum, Eliza McMillan Trust 34:1953
Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Julian Siggers
The Transformation Continues: From the Director - Fall 2015
This time last year, I wrote you about our ambitious plans to transform the Penn Museum into an institution worthy of […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Megan C. Kassabaum
Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley: The Mounds of Native North America
Earthen mounds have been constructed in the eastern United States for well over 5,000 years. From early beginnings in the […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Joshua Aaron Roberson
A Season in Hell (with Apologies to Arthur Rimbaud): The Annihilation of the Damned in Ancient Egypt
“I will tear the veils from every mystery: mysteries of religion or of nature, death, birth, the future, the past, […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Leslie Anne Warden
Webs of Power: Identifying Royal and Private Power in Old Kingdom Egypt
The Old Kingdom (ca. 2600–2200 BCE) was the first major florescence of the Egyptian state. This period is often de […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Stuart D. Scott
Mrs. Scaife & The Jade Mask: A Memoir of Tikal
On the warm spring morning of March 5, 1959, as the sun first appeared over the tiered rainforest canopy of […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Marie-Claude Boileau
Engaging Students in Original Scientific Research: In the Labs
Last spring, the Ceramics Laboratory in the new Center for the analysis of archaeological Materials (CAAM), was a hotspot for […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Katherine M. Moore
Food and Fire in the New Labs: In the Labs
Classes were already in full swing when CAAM was dedicated last September. Fourteen students were enrolled in the freshman seminar […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
Meet Our Members: Arthur J. Burke, Esq. C89, W89
Art Burke, a member of the Loren Eiseley Society, recently shared with us some of his reasons for being involved […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Alessandro Pezzati
The First Century of the Harrison Rotunda: From the Archives
The Harrison Rotunda, consisting of the Hall and the Auditorium, turns 100 this year. The iconic dome of the Penn […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
Museum News
New Acquisitions David W. and Barbara G. Fraser have recently donated their personal collection of 27 Indonesian textiles to the […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Susannah G. Fishman
Resilience in Early Iron Age Communities: Book News + Reviews
COMPLEX COMMUNITIES by Benjamin W. Porter (Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 2013), 203 pages, 5 maps, 14 illustrations, $50.00 […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Victoria Fleck
Exchange in the Byzantine World: Book News + Reviews
TRADE AND MARKETS IN BYZANTIUM (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia) by Cécile Morrisson, ed. (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 2012), […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Alessandro Pezzati
Looking Back
“The Historic Fans of the Pope Now at the University of Pennsylvania” Thus was announced to the arrival, on December […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 2
By: Jane Hickman
Stories from the Americas and Egypt: From the Editor - Fall 2015
The Fall 2015 issue opens with an article by Meg Kassabaum, Weingarten Assistant Curator ofthe American Section and Assistant Professor […]
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