Volume 41 / Number 3
1999
On The Cover: Lake Kumphawapi in northeast Thailand. Core samples taken from the lake provide clues to changes in the ancient environment. Photo by Joyce White.
Vol. 41 / No. 3
By: Janet Monge and Alan Mann
A New View of a Neandertal Fossil Bone Collection: Science & Archaeology
The Neandertals are among the most enigmatic of our earlier relatives. With their large browridges, low foreheads, and projecting faces […]
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By: Donald White
Renovating the Etruscan and Roman Galleries
What with a total replacement of its fire safety and security system and the imminent addition of the new Mainwaring […]
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By: Alex Pezzati
Sitio Conte Excavations Come to Life on the Web: From the Archives
J. Alden Mason wrote this unabashed paean to the American Section’s Linton Satterthwaite when he was excavating at Sitio Conte, […]
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By: Michael C. Howard and Naffi Sanggenafa
Terfo: Survival of a Weaving Tradition in New Guinea
Traditional dress in Irian Jaya, in the Pacific archipelago nation of Indonesia, is usually associated with penis gourds, string bags, […]
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Vol. 41 / No. 3
By: Lucy Fowler Williams and Robert Preucel
The Here and Now of Pueblo Pottery: What in the World
How are contemporary Pueblo people interpreting their rich cultural heritage and how is this affecting their traditional arts? These, and related […]
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Vol. 41 / No. 3
By: Richard Veit
Mastodons, Mound Builders, and Montroville Wilson Dickeson–Pioneering American Archaeologist
The history of archaeology is populated by a varied cast of scholars. showmen, adventurers. and charlatans. This article examines the […]
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By: Dan Penny
Pollen Grains in Sands of Time
Over the past 30 years or so, a genteel battle has raged over the prehistory of northeast Thailand. Despite a […]
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By: Fredrik T. Hiebert
On the Track of the Ancient Silk Road
Driving westward from Tashkent (the modern capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan) to the ancient city of Samarkand, way station […]
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By: Helen Schenck
ODUNDE: An African American Festival on South Street, Philadelphia
Thomas B. Morton has been attending and photographing ODUNDE since 1976. An exhibition of 30 of his black and white […]
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Museum Mosaic – Winter 1999: People, Places, Projects
The University of Pennsylvania Museum received a grant of $30,000 from the Trust for Mutual Understanding to facilitate AN EXCHANGE […]
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Vol. 41 / No. 3
By: Josef Wegner
Excavating the Residence of an Ancient Egyptian Mayor: Research Notes
For 1000 miles, from the Mediterranean Sea south into Nubia, the Nile Valley is dense with the great buildings of […]
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