Collection: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Penn Museum has produced the results of research conducted by the Museum since their first expedition to Nippur in 1889. Over the years, the Museum's publishing programme has expanded to include site reports, exhibition catalogues and gallery guides, conference proceedings, stand-alone scholarly monographs and popular books.
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Miscellaneous Investigations in Central Tikal--The Plaza of the Seven Temples
Details nine structures in Tikal's Plaza, west of the South Acropolis. Based on the Tikal Project Standing Architecture Survey, it offers valuable architectural analyses for Mayanists, archaeologists, and enthusiasts of Maya construction.
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Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2
Comprehensive catalogs of metal artifacts, metallic by-products, crucibles, and analyzed prills from Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang. The detailed catalogs include contextual, metric, and analytical data, facilitating archaeological and technical interpretation. Includes illustr...
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The Sumerian Dictionary of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Volume 1
The Sumerian Dictionary of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Volume 1: A, Part 3
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Gordion Excavations, 1950-1973 (set of 2 books in slipcase)
G. Kenneth Sams' study on Early Phrygian pottery at Gordion offers a detailed catalog and discussion of shapes, wares, and motifs. This richly illustrated volume provides insights into Anatolian archaeology and pottery development.
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Mediterranean Archaeological Landscapes
Examines archaeological issues within the Mediterranean landscape, spanning from southern Spain to Jordan. Examining diverse landscapes and time periods, it assesses the theoretical and methodological advancements in the field over the past 25 years, exploring various interpretative themes and me...
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Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey
The archaeological site of Gordion is most famous as the home of the Phrygian king Midas and as the place where Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot on his way to conquer Asia. Located in central Anatolia (present-day Turkey) near the confluence of the Porsuk and Sakarya rivers, Gordion also ...
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Tepe Gawra
This volume presents the complex evolutionary history of an ancient town, Tepe Gawra, located in present-day northeastern Iraq, over a thousand-year period, from the Terminal Ubaid period to the Late Chalcolithic or Uruk period, during the fourth millennium B.C. The site itself is a linchpin for ...
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The Ancient Greek World
The collections of the Mediterranean Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum are among the finest in the United States. This book presents an overview of the new permanent exhibition. The objects are discussed in the context of various aspects of Greek life-athletics, banqueting, educati...
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Upper Pleistocene Prehistory of Western
Symposium proceedings from 1987, exploring diverse data, methodologies, and interpretive models in recent fieldwork. Divided into three parts: individual site excavation, Middle Paleolithic issues, and Upper Paleolithic variability. Includes an extensive bibliography.
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The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports, Volume V
This volume focuses on the architectural development of the sanctuary from its foundation in the late seventh century B.C. to the end of the pre-Imperial Roman phase (31 B.C.). The main periods of sanctuary architecture treated in the volume took shape in the shadow of major historical events of ...
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If a City Is Set on a Height, Volume 1
Continues the publication of the important Mesopotamian omen collection Shumma Alu, with text editions of tablets.
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The Gordion Excavations Final Reports, Volume I
Rodney S. Young directed excavations for the Museum at the site of Gordion on the central plateau in Anatolia (modern Turkey) in alternate years from 1950 to 1973. Traces of occupation as early as the Early Bronze Age have been identified, but Gordion flourished in the time of the historic King M...
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Sixth-Century Monastery at Beth-Shan (Scythopolis)
This book examines the sixth-century monastery at Beth-Shan, exploring its building, mosaics, objects, and mosaic inscriptions. Detailed descriptions of the mosaic floors and translations of inscriptions are provided, drawing comparisons with similar mosaics in Palestine. Volume IV of the Univers...
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World of Philip and Alexander
This collection examines the profound impact of Alexander the Great and his father, Philip of Macedon, on Western culture. Contributors explore topics such as the historical significance of Philip, the foundations of Alexander's empire in Egypt, the ancient Olympic games, religion, and Alexander'...
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Subsistence and Settlement in a Marginal
Four seasons of excavation at an Early Bronze Age urban center in Syria, integrating various methods, the findings illuminate the site's strategic location, emphasizing its significance in exploiting upland pastures. Includes archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, geomagnetic mapping, pottery analysis, r...
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The Tlingit Encounter with Photography
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, shortly after the invention of photography, the Tlingit of southeastern Alaska encountered early Russian and American survey teams, ethnographic investigators, studio photographers, tourists, and resident amateur and commercial photographers. Why were the...
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Inu Anum Sirum
Literary Structures in the Non-Juridical Sections of Codex Hammurabi
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Excavations in the East Plaza of Tikal,
This book details excavations in Tikal's East Plaza and its large acropolis-like mound. Supported by a single flat surface (Platform 5D-2), structures in the East Plaza maintained constancy over time. The area functioned as a gathering place for large crowds, identified by the author as Tikal's p...
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Gordion Wooden Furniture
This book details 18 years of research and conservation work on the wooden furniture and small objects excavated at the site of Gordion, Turkey, by the University of Pennsylvania Museum between 1950 and 1973, uncovering what is now considered to be the most important collection of well-preserved ...
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The Artifacts of Tikal--Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material
TR27A reports on goods used as markers of social status and goods used in ritual. It describes the splendid ornaments and insignia of jade, shell, pearls, and inscribed bone shown in representations on monuments and pottery vessels and recovered from the burials of Tikal's elites. Each artifact i...
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Clovis Revisited
Explore the early days of Paleoindian archaeology in this engaging retrospective of Edgar B. Howard's Southwest Early Man Project, 1929-1937, cosponsored by the University Museum and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This book contains a detailed analysis of the world-famous Clovis...
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The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports IV
This volume in the Cyrene series contains sections on the assorted small finds (bronzes, iron, etc.), the glass, and the faunal remains. All add interesting information into the uses and ritual practices at the Sanctuary.
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Excavations in the Great Plaza, North Te
Tikal Report 14, a monumental six-volume study, is integral to the Tikal publications series. It salvages Tikal from the jungle, providing detailed plans, sections, drawings, photographs, and written documentation. This report is of vital interest to field archaeologists and historians studying M...
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The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports, Volume II
This volume includes a detailed illustrated catalogue of the East Greek, Island, and Laconian pottery from the sanctuary. The author uses the data to help establish the chronology for the founding and early development of this important Greek colony.
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The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum
Hilprecht's collection is important because it was put together at the turn of the century by one of the great names in Near Eastern archaeology, because he had documented the provenance and nature of the pieces, and because so many of the objects were from Anatolia, thus providing evidence for p...
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Ancestors for the Pigs
This book brings together several new ways of thinking about pigs in the past, creating a dialogue by drawing on several kinds of approaches-from geography, ethnography, zoology, history, and archaeology-to enrich the way we all understand the evidence found in archaeological sites.
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The Middle Paleolithic Site of Combe-Capelle Bas (France)
This report presents the new excavations at Combe-Capelle Bas, a Middle Paleolithic site in southern France. The site is situated directly on a source of good quality flint, and recent theories suggest that such a setting may have certain predictable effects on the lithic industries. These effect...
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Quiriguá Reports, Volume II
Although QuiriguA and its magnificent carved monuments have been recorded and studied by scholars over the past century, little archaeological data were available until recently. From 1973 through 1979, the University Museum sponsored investigations at this major lowland Maya site in eastern Guat...
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Gordion Special Studies, Volume I
These nonverbal marks do not form identifiable words but provide clues to the literacy and daily life at Gordion from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period. The corpus is presented by type with description, interpretation, and functions of the various categories.
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Before Farming
Over millions of years humans developed an increasingly varied set of relationships with the plants and animals in their environment. By the European Mesolithic and the Near Eastern Epipaleolithic the efficient exploitation of wild food resources had produced a social and economic base that was r...
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Himalaya
The Himalaya, Asia's jagged backbone, lured photographer Andrea Baldeck on four journeys covering thousands of miles from northern India to western China, the distillation of which is Himalaya: Land of the Snow Lion. This volume opens a window onto an ancient enduring culture, bound by shared eth...
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In the Hills of Tuscany
Explores two decades of excavation at the Etruscan site of Murlo. Authored by the excavator, the book looks into the site's functions, offering insights into the mysteries of the Etruscans. Annotated bibliography included. A valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts.
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Lists of Personal Names from the Temple
Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur: A Syllabary of Personal Names, from the series Publications of the Babylonian Section, XI, no. 1
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The Maya Vase Conservation Project
Museum goers are always fascinated by behind-the-schemes glimpses of the way museum professionals prepare artifacts and works of art for exhibit and study. In this richly illustrated, step-by-step presentation, Grant describes the problems of conserving and preserving the only provenienced collec...
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Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts
Anthropologist William H. Davenport explores Santa Cruz Island's traditional sculpture in this ethnographic study. The book details figurine making, iconography, and social interactions. Davenport's records of 55 sculptures and engaging insights into oral myths provide a glimpse into the culture,...
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Archaeology of Martin`s Hundred
"The Archaeology of Martin's Hundred" explores a 20,000-acre tract in Tidewater, Virginia, settled in 1618. This volume uncovers its complex history and artifacts through archaeological explorations, answering questions about its origins and daily life in colonial Virginia. Copublished with the C...
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Understanding Early Classic Copan
The first volume to focus on the Early Classic context (A.D. 400-650) of the Maya city of CopAn combines and synthesizes many different research methods and disciplines, interpreting data that contradict, enhance, and supplement previous work. Its methods are conjunctive, including and integratin...
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Lydian Painted Pottery Abroad
The first in-depth study of Lydian material culture at Gordion, focusing on painted pottery. Examining ceramics through stylistic, archaeological, and textual evidence, it offers insights into Lydian cultural interfaces at Gordion, emphasizing their impact on Anatolian culture. Illustrated throug...
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Excavations in Residential Areas of Tikal--Nonelite Groups Without Shrines
A two-volume report detailing excavations at Tikal, Guatemala, covering residential structures, domestic artifacts, burials, ceramic test pits, and chultuns. Tikal Report 20A is a descriptive presentation of the excavation data including nearly 200 illustrations.Tikal Report 20B reviews and inter...
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The Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Ages of Central Transjordan
A critical transition period in the archaeology and history of Palestine-the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age-is described in detail from the perspective of a group of sites in the Baq'ah Valley. A major emphasis is on how scientific techniques, including magnetic location of undisturbed burial...
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The Middle Paleolithic
Papers originally presented at a symposium on the Middle Paleolithic of Europe and the Near East, organized as part of the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in the spring of 1989. Paleolithic archaeology has entered a period in which new interpretations, based on new finds an...
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Selected Sumerian and Babylonian Texts
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniv...
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Hasanlu V
Presents a revised chronology of the significant archaeological site Hasanlu in northwestern Iran. Challenges previous notions, particularly regarding the Monochrome Burnished Ware Horizon's origin, suggesting a gradual development from indigenous traditions and with implications for understandin...
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Richard Berry Seager
An examination of the life of Richard Seager is important for two reasons. First, it provides a glimpse of a character of a member of the second generation of researchers to work in Cretan archaeology and, second, Seager and his generation helped form our own preconceptions about the early histor...
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The Maikop Treasure
The Maikop Treasure consists of more than 300 objects ranging in date from the Bronze Age through the Medieval period, currently held in four institutions-the Staatliche Museen, the Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte in Berlin, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art i...
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The Ilkhanid Heartland
The Ilkhanid Heartland provides the first source on the fortified medieval (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) settlement of Hasanlu Tepe in the western Azerbaigian province of Iran. Key problems addressed include the nature and dates of the fortifications, the difficulty of distinguishing Ilkh...
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The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb
Explores the life and teachings of the Bektashi mystic who established the first Bektashi community in America. Through stories, oral histories, and ethnography, Frances Trix provides insights into modern Sufi leadership and the Bektashi order's journey to America, showcasing Baba Rexheb's wisdom...
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Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2A
Introduces the history of perspectives on ancient metals in Southeast Asia, challenging conventional paradigms and offering new theoretical insights. It explores the geological basis for metal ore resources in the region and provides a technical overview for studying material properties in ancien...
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