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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Excavations at Minturnae, II
This volume describes 29 inscriptions discovered built into the foundations of a temple erected in the forum at Minturnae in the early part of the first century A.D. The inscriptions date to the first half of the first century B.C. and represent lists of the annually elected magistri.
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Experiencing Power, Generating Authority
Essays exploring the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, examining the relationships between kings, gods, religious intermediaries, subjects, and court officials. Explores the ideological significance of landscapes, economic activities, trade, and governance in both kingdoms, challeng...
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Journey to the City
Explore the Penn Museum's Middle East Galleries with this book, a companion to the exhibits. Uncover the origins of urban life from ancient Mesopotamia to Islamic cities, connecting past developments to modern Philadelphia. Explore themes such as trade, religion, daily life, and more, gaining ins...
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The Ceramics of Tikal--Vessels from the Burials, Caches and Problematical Deposits
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Quiriguá Reports, Volume I
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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Cypriot Ceramics
Prehistoric Cypriot ceramics were widely traded, especially in the late Bronze Age, and constitute an important source of information about international trade and cultural relations in the Bronze and Iron Age eastern Mediterranean. These papers were presented at an international conference held ...
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Master Builders of Byzantium
Explores the perspective of masons and master builders in Byzantine architecture in Constantinople. Examining written evidence, archaeology, and surviving buildings, reveals innovation in material selection, manufacturing processes, and construction techniques, highlighting intricate church inter...
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Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Since the late nineteenth century hundreds of people, on behalf of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, have searched for what it means to be human, studying the infinite variety of human cultures. The Museum's extensive collections provide vital clues in this qu...
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Quiriguá Reports, Volume IV
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Hasanlu Special Studies, Volume I
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Hasanlu, Volume I
The excavations at Hasanlu in northern Iran, conducted by the Museum from 1956 to 1977, yielded valuable insights into the Iron Age settlement. A catastrophic attack around 800 B.C. caused the rapid collapse of public buildings, preserving a rich array of objects and materials in their original c...
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Touching the Mekong
A visual exploration of life along the Mekong River in Southeast Asian countries in 150 unstaged images, taken with natural light and no props, capture arresting moments, grouped for visual resonance. They spark questions and invite exploration, appealing to archaeologists, anthropologists, stude...
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The Pottery Figurines of Tikal
This volume describes and illustrates the ceramic figurines excavated at the Maya site of Tikal, Guatemala, from 1956 through 1969. The collection includes both hand modelled and mould-made figures, human and animal, as well as related ceramic objects including figurine moulds, flutes and panpipes.
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The Panagia Houses at Mycenae
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Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)
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The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports, Volume I
According to Herodotus, Cyrene was colonized by settlers from the island of Thera, later joined by other colonists from Crete, Samos, Laconia, and Rhodes. Traditionally the foundation date has been set at 631 B.C. The sanctuary began to develop within a generation of the establishment of the colo...
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Lang Rongrien Rockshelter
Lang Rongrien Rockshelter, Thailand's first stratified late Pleistocene site, is thoroughly explored in this volume. Based on 1980s excavations, Anderson reevaluates Pleistocene/Early Holocene human habitation in Southeast Asia, offering insights from the site's unique archaeological evidence.
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