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




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Volume 48, Number 3

Winter 2006

Cover: Photo by Abdul Nasir Khan. Ladakhi roads, now paved for vehicles, often follow the same difficult routes traders once traveled from region to region. Inset, in a small town near Kargil, curious children listen to an elder explain his role in Ladakhi trade. Photo by Jacqueline H. Fewkes.






Features

A Consuming Tradition--Kava Drinking in Fiji
Matt Tomlinson

Trade at the Crossroads of Continents--Northern India's Ladakh Region
Jacqueline H. Fewkes

Albert A. Giesecke (1883-1968)--A Philadelphian in the Land of the Incas
Daniel W. Gade

Priniatikos Pyrgos--A Primary Harbor Settlement and Emporium in Eastern Crete
Barbara J. Hayden, Yannis Bassiakos, Thanasis Kalpaxis, Apostolos Sarris, and Metaxia Tsipopoulou

 

 

 

Departments

From the Editor

From the Director

Meet the Curators--Robert L. Schuyler

From the Archives--Tutankhamun Treasures

Research Notes--Serendipity

Book News & Reviews--Ec(k)s Mark the Spot?

Conservation Notes--The Resurrection of Seven Clay Coffins from Nippur

Index for Volume 48