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Finds FRoM the MuseuM’s GoRdion exCavations have a new hoMe
While renovations continued on the Museum’s West Wing
throughout the summer, a team led by C. Brian Rose, Curator-
in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, oversaw another Museum
building project several thousands of miles to the east, where a
new pottery depot was constructed to replace the one that has
served the Gordion excavations in Turkey for the last 60 years.
In Dr. Rose’s words: “The mud-brick structure may have been
state-of-the-art when Rodney Young constructed it in 1958,
but the shelves have been inadequate for many years, and the
ceiling has threatened to collapse for even longer.” The new
depot, or Çanak Palas (Pottery Palace), as it is usually called,
was built through the generosity of the 1984 Foundation and
Limak Construction, among many others. Design was headed
by Yavuz Özkaya, and its assembly and organization were tire-
lessly overseen by Richard Liebhart, Gareth Darbyshire, Jessie
Johnson, Lucas Stephens, and Ken Jordan. The facility, shown
at left in the photo above, is considerably larger than the
former depot to its right, which will facilitate the processing of
new discoveries, allowing the important excavation program
at Gordion to resume next year.
nFPF FundinG FoR FilMs
The small, idiosyncratic film collection of the Penn Museum
Archives has received six National Film Preservation
Foundation (NFPF) grants to restore nationally significant
films. The sixth grant was awarded this fall for newly discov-
ered footage by anthropologist Frank G. Speck of the Innu
people of Labrador and the Cherokee Nation. Speck’s work is
distinctive for its lack of distance from its subject; it is a direct
reflection of the close relationship that he formed with the
indigenous people. Pictured below is Elsie Blue (then age 13)
from Catawba, North Carolina. This photograph is a screen
shot from the first half of Speck’s film Glimpses of Life among
the Catawba and Cherokee of the Carolinas (1930), which was
restored through a previous NFPF grant.
People, Places, Projects
elsie Blue was filmed by Museum anthropologist Frank speck in January, 1930.
the new pottery depot at Gordion is located to the left of the excavation compound.
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Penn MuseuM launChes 125th anniveRsaRy ReseaRCh tiMeline and MaP
In celebration of its 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum
has created an online Research Timeline and Map, acces-
sible through www.penn.museum, highlighting 125 of the
Museum’s most important current and historic research proj-
ects around the world.
The 125th anniversary timeline and map contextualizes the
Penn Museum’s research within the greater picture of archaeo-
logical history and key discoveries about humanity’s physical
and cultural development. Features include media resources
related to the time period and geographic locations on the
map/timeline such as archival photographs, images from
the Museum’s KE EMu collection database with links to the
expanded listing, embedded archival films, and video of rel-
evant lectures.
This project is made possible by the generous support of
Alexandra Schoenberg and Eric J. Schoenberg, Ph.D., GEN93,
WG93, PAR, and Gretchen R. Hall, Ph.D., CGS97. In addi-
tion to being wonderful Museum sponsors and Penn alumni,
Dr. Schoenberg is a member of the Penn Museum’s Board of
Overseers, and Dr. Hall is a longtime Museum volunteer. The
Museum thanks them for their help in marking a momentous
occasion in the Penn Museum’s history.
aRtiFaCt laB oPens with new MuseuM ConseRvatoR
Molly Gleeson is the primary conservator working In the
Artifact Lab, the Museum’s innovative new project located in
the Upper Baugh Pavilion. She works with other conservators
and Egyptian Section scholars to give visitors a behind-the-
scenes glimpse of museum work. Molly graduated in 2008
with an M.A. from the UCLA/Getty program for Conservation
of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials. Previously, she
received her B.A. in Art Conservation from the University of
Delaware. Molly has considerable experience and interest in
conservation education and public outreach. Join Molly as
she works to protect, restore, and preserve pieces of ancient
Egyptian history in the Museum’s 2,000 square-foot exhibi-
tion. In the Artifact Lab is made possible by the generous sup-
port of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rockwell.
Penn Museum’s website offers an interactive approach to understanding our contributions to the fields of archaeology and anthropology.
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Conservator Molly Gleeson examines a mummified cat (E 17636), one of the artifacts she is working on In the Artifact Lab.
diGital KouRion PRoJeCt
Thanks to a generous grant from the McFadden Family, work
began in the summer of 2012 on the Digital Kourion Project.
Object conservation, archival research, and image cataloging
and digitization laid the groundwork for an ambitious project
to create a comprehensive website devoted to the excavations
at Kourion, Cyprus. One of the most important ancient cit-
ies on the island, Kourion was excavated between 1934 and
1954, with a hiatus during World War II, with Penn archae-
ologist George McFadden serving as excavation director. The
Museum holds over 1,000 objects from the Kourion excava-
tions. Tessa de Alarcon, Conservation Department Fellow, is
conducting a conservation survey of the material and taking
new object photographs. Mark Nakahara (C ’12) and Victoria
Fiengo (C’13) are working with the extensive Kourion docu-
mentation—excavation notebooks, object and site photo-
graphs, maps, drawings, and correspondence—that is pre-
served in the Museum Archives. The website will be a valuable
resource for scholars of ancient Cyprus, but it will also bring
this important ancient city and its environs to life for the gen-
eral public.
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CRedits
This section provides object and image numbers for the photographs in this issue, listed by page number, and from
left to right, top to bottom on each page.
Cover 1390495 historical society of Pennsylvania; 153855; 1437707 139049; B15480, 152779; 2342238 98069 smith College archives; 151005; 19152310 174903; 14376; 17486411 28178; 162272; 17390012 aF2064a, 160996; 141589; 30-12-702, 151000; C395, 19425213 2483714 s4-144005; 15658; 195188; 4804915 13454316 36-19-3, 15106817 discovery Ball 1985; 148612; 48652; 180187; 174646; 10153318 Rainey Correspondence; 174889; 234222; 6318019 Pennsylvania declaration; s4-5020222 2000-12-1a; 148615; 29-175-277, 15043123 17235; l-16-382, 2305924 18158; 18588; 26626, 15013125 Photograph of Bernard wailes; eu2428, 152653;
70-4-1, 150500; 65-25-28, 19524626 70-18-1, 15006; aF3685, 150011; 234224
27 aF2066, 150481; 29-201-134, 29-201-61, 29-201-95, 237294; 24587; 30-46-2, 150008
28 174902; 17487429 e12326, 174938; e14344c; 3394430 29-70-19, 151198; e16218, 142555; e15729,
151120; e389, 150146; e13413, 15014631 Ms4916a, 152738; 22425; Ms850, 15287732 G-2677; G-2681; Ms5711, 15252333 G-1471; 102168; Ms3442, 164201; 135691; Ms4287, 19527834 29-21-1, 152774; 152280; B16676, 15234935 8247; 142731; 31-16-733, 149016; B17694B, 15002936 78138-1; 82776; B8904, 8041; 69-12-15, 15107537 184826; 13885, 150398; B14221, 16014638 183125-08; 52-23-7139 174643; 29-96-346, 152625; C466, Po73-6340 173852; 44-16-1a,B; C243, 150801; 38-20-1a,B41 47886; P3282, 19472242 P815B, 150051; 29-50-334, 151045; 18194a, 195511;
139021; 31-33-101, 31-33-104, 31-33-114, 19521743 utah state historical society, Robert l. schuyler, 180254Ph44 152526; 152525; 152524; 9748245 aubrey Baadsgaard; 54942Ph