University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) adds content to tDAR

Digital Antiquity is pleased to announce the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (PennMuseum) collection in tDAR. Digital curators created metadata and uploaded all of the digital supplementary material from 18 books published by the Penn Museum.

These incredible materials include rich data sets, images, and reports, all available for download by registered tDAR users. tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, and exposes the Penn Museum’s  published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media.    

The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website at http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/UPM.html. The books focus on scholarship from around the world including:

 

Asia & the Pacific

• Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains
• Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present
• Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts

 

Middle East/Eurasia

• Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey

• Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940

• Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society

• Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways

• Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran

 

Mesoamerica

• The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A
• The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B
• The Maya Vase Conservation Project
• Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala
• Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala
• Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala

 

Europe

• Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975
• Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend
• Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies
• Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery