Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
224
Utgivningsdatum
2004-06-01
Förlag
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Illustratör/Fotograf
214 illus
Illustrationer
214 illus.
Dimensioner
287 x 226 x 23 mm
Vikt
1203 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781931707633

Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

av Jennifer Quick, Deborah I Olszewski
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2004-06-01
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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 quest. For the first time curators and Museum staff present more than 220 of the most intriguing and beautiful objects from such sites as Nippur, Thebes, the Amazon, Sitio Conte, Ur of the Chaldees, Borneo-all resonating with an eloquence that recalls the curiosity that drove the Museum and its founders and continues to drive its contemporary researchers after more than 350 international expeditions. The objects selected-from African to American to Asian, from Babylonian and Near Eastern to Egyptian, Oceanian, and Mediterranean-are important even beyond their immediate, individual aesthetic. The depth of information recovered when they are examined in their original contexts allows experts and lay readers to reconstruct the many stories, large and small, that constitute the shared lives and heritage of humanity.

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Magnificent objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum Sub-Saharan Africa North America Mesoamerica South America Asia Egypt Mediterranean Mesopotamia Near East Oceania European archaeology Physical anthropology

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