A short history of anthropology at Penn

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A prestigious armchair scholar and theoretician, Daniel Garrison Brinton, M.D., argued that anthropology was the 'science of man', subsuming studies of race, language, culture, and archaeology. An attempt is made to brief the history of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania by emphasizes its three periods, namely, the Department's protohistory in the 19th century, the Department's formal beginnings in the early 20th century and its revival after World War II, which effectively gave rise to the present Department.

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"Those Nemi sculptures...": marbles from a Roman sanctuary in the University of Pennsylvania Museum

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A 45-piece collection of ancient marbles from the Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis near the shore of Lake Nemi in the Alban Hills, Italy, can be found at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The Nemi marbles are a valuable witness to the exchange of techniques,types and styles during the critical years of transformation of the Hellenistic world into the Roman. In particular, they contribute to the understanding of the early periods of marble sculpting in the central regions of Italy.

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Palmyrene Funerary sculptures at Penn

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The collection of tomb sculptures from Palmyra at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania are descibed. The history of this ancient city in what is now Syria is also recounted, along with how archaeologists believe citizens lived their daily lives.

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