Division of Anthropology Archives houses approximately 670 linear feet of archival material, dating from the 1890’s to the present. The collection includes accession documentation, original catalog…
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In 1904, objects collected by Berthold Laufer during an expedition to China (1901-1904) were installed in the Southwest Gallery (Chinese Hall) on the third floor of the museum. The exhibition illus…
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1926-1958 Curator, University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives 1924-1925 Assistant Curator AMNH 1922-1923 Fieldwork in Sa…
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Discovered! The Long Lost Franciscan Mission, Santa Catalina de Guale [YouTube video produced by the Hispanic Research Center at Arizo…
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Research Associate in Earth & Planetary Sciences department
foraminiferal research utilizes radiocarbon, trace element
In this video Conservator in the Anthropology Division, shows how microscopes help conservators care for collections.
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Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American archaeologist, and his wife, Fanny, collected over 7,900 pre-Columbian artifacts during an expedition to Peru and Bolivia in the 1890s. In addition to the artifac…
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Biomechanical research reveals that Anomalocaris canadensis wasn’t strong enough to crack trilobite shells as once thought.
But a modeling technique called finite element analysis
Dr. Elsa M. Redmond, a research associate in the Museum’s Division of Anthropology, was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Wired Magazine visited St. Catherines Island, GA to talk with Ginessa Mahar, the North American Archaeology lab supervisor at the American Museum of Natural History, about the ongoing excavations on the island. The purpose of the visit was to feature the various types of equipment being used by archaeologists today.
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