Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

by University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Jean MacIntosh Turfa

2005 · UPenn Museum of Archaeology

This well-presented volume presents a catalogue of all 324 Etruscan and Italic objects held by the Museum preceded by eight essays which examine the historical and cultural background to the objects as well as an overview of the archaeology of early central Italy.

Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

by University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Lucy Fowler Williams

2003 · UPenn Museum of Archaeology

Totaling approximately 40,000 objects, the University Museum's ethnographic holdings represent native peoples from ten North American culture areas—the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Southwest, Great Plains, Northeast, and the Southeast. This guide highlights the strength of the collections and demonstrates how objects are tied to history and people living within different cultural and social contexts. It also underscores that objects have different multiple meanings. Some objects illustrate intertribal relations; others best reflect collecting attitudes at the turn of the century when much of the Museum's collections was acquired. Visitors and off-site readers will learn about such related archival resources as documentation and photographs, past and present Museum exhibitions, current research, repatriation, and contemporary collections development.

Searching for Ancient Egypt

by University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, David P. Silverman, Edward Brovarski

1997 · Cornell University Press

"A handsome, well-printed book which serves as an excellent introduction to a civilization that led the ancient Near East in social organization, painting and sculpture."--The Jerusalem Post