Editor
James R. Mathieu, Ph.D.
jmathieu@sas.upenn.edu



Expedition Magazine
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Volume 41, Number 1

Spring 1999

Cover: UM Neg. G11-30837, Attributed to William Witte. View of the Museum in 1899, taken from the grounds of the first Franklin Field Stadium.

Hard copies of this issue are sold out.





Features

Vengeful Spirits and Guardian Deities--Myth and Sculpture in the Eastern Solomon Islands
William H. Davenport

Hidden Treasures from the Vault--Engraved Gems from the Maxwell Sommerville Collection
Dietrich Berges

Architectural Archaeology--A Centennial View of the Museum Buildings
Douglas M. Haller

  

Departments

Musings and Visions from the Director's Desk

From the Archives--New Additions to the Bonfils Photographic Collection

Research Notes--Searching for the Beginnings of Winemaking

Museum Mosaic--People, Places, Projects

Science & Archaeology--Date Sex in Mesopotamia!

What in the World--In the Beginning