Late Roman or Early Christian lamp with a handle. The lamp is mold-made of reddish-brown material. On the top is a Latin cross. There are four air holes, one in each of the cross arms. The band has two multiple arc motifs on each side, plus a palmette toward the nozzle. The upper face of the handle has two inscribed lines. The nozzle has a small air-filling hole in addition to the wick hole. The bottom of the lamp is inscribed with a palmette-in-lozenge motif, with ringed dots at the ends of the lozenges. Label: "Picked up in Herculaneum 1830 by my wife Caroline E. G. Peale." There is also some hand-written inked text on the lamp itself, highly faded and partially covered by the pasted label.

Peacock facing right, holding a tree branch in its claw. Black border along all four sides. From the House of the Boat of Psyches, Daphne, near ancient city of Antioch (in present day Turkey). Excavated in 1934, under the leadership of Princeton University archaeologists.

Large, shallow drinking cup depicts a youth pursuing a woman in the interior, and youths with horses and men on the exterior. The "alien" stem and foot, not original, is signed by Nikosthenes. On deposit at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Paperweight "composed of a pebble from Samos and a hand found in the Plains of Marathon." Hand clenched in fist with ruffled cuff on wrist attached to a smooth, flat stone. "The hand from the plains of Marathon" written on underside.

Obverse: full profile portrait of Athena wearing helmet and holding staff. Reverse: crest topped with laurel branches; "HENA[theta]HNAI[sigma] / APXAIO[lambda]O[gamma]IKH / ETAIPEIA / EKATONTAETHPI[sigma] / 1837 1937" under image. Image in crest on reverse: amphitheater and temple.

Obverse: profile portrait of Daniel Garrison Brinton; name at top and "M.D.C. / XCV" on left, "C.C. / III." on right (1898); also on left is maker's mark and "PARIS / JOHN FLANAGAN" Reverse: crest with axes at top left, cross at top right, Asian coin at bottom left, and sphinx at bottom right; owl tops crest; "The . Numismatic . AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF Philadelphia" around perimeter and "VESTICIA RERUM SEQUI" on left, "M.D.C.C.C.LVIII" on right.

This small statuette of a male clergy member is molded of off-white clay. The figure wears a range of Roman Catholic vestments including a tricorn hat (perhaps a biretta), a 21-button cassock, and buckled shoes; around the man’s neck is a garment resembling a cross between an amice (which ties at the front of the neck) and a maniple (which hangs over the right arm). The upper portion of the figure’s body and the base of the statuette are soiled with dust, and the right hand of the figure is missing. There are two small chips in the front and top surfaces of the tricorn hat. There is evidence of a repair where the neck of the figure meets the body. Tool marks are visible in the clay body, especially beneath the hem of the cassock and on the underside of the base. No maker’s marks or other identifying inscriptions are visible.

This small statuette of a male clergy member is molded of off-white clay. The figure wears a range of Roman Catholic vestments including a tricorn hat (perhaps a biretta) and a 21-button cassock; the man holds a book between his left elbow and his body. The upper portion of the figure’s body is soiled with dust, and the feet of the man and base of the statuette are missing. There is a small chip in the rear upper surface of the tricorn hat. There is evidence of a repair where the neck of the figure meets the body. Tool marks are visible in the clay body, especially beneath the hem of the cassock. No maker’s marks or other identifying inscriptions are visible.

This small statuette of a monk is molded of off-white clay. The figure wears sandals and a hooded habit, tied at the waist by a white cord with three knots; these three knots recall the three vows which serve as the foundation for a Franciscan life. The figure’s haircut and beard further identify him as a follower of Saint Francis. It would be appropriate for a statuette representing a Franciscan monk (or friar) to be found on Malta. Two major sects of the tradition have called the island home since the fourteenth century: the Conventual Franciscans are thought to have arrived in Malta by 1355, and the Franciscan Capuchins came to Malta in 1588/89. The upper portion of the figure’s body and the base of the statuette are soiled with dust, and the right hand of the figure is missing. There is a small chip in the upper edge of the figure’s hood. Tool marks are visible in the clay body, especially beneath the hem of the habit and on the underside of the base. No maker’s marks or other identifying inscriptions are visible.

This small statuette of a Maltese "peasant" woman is molded of off-white clay. The figure wears dainty shoes and an ankle-length dress with a fringed hem, belted waist, and fitted bodice; tied around the figure’s neck is a scarf with decorative edging. The figure wears drop earrings. Her hair is pulled back beneath a ghonnella (or Faldetta), a form of head dress or shawl unique to the islands of Malta and Gozo. The upper portion of the figure’s body and the base of the statuette are soiled with dust. Tool marks are visible in the clay body, especially beneath the hem of the woman’s dress and on the underside of the base. Some abrasions are present at the apex of the figure’s head dress. No maker’s marks or other identifying inscriptions are visible.

A Guide to the Artifacts and Records of Excavations, 1952-1967, in the Independence National Historical Park Collection.

This is a preliminary draft prepared for the Interagency Historic Architectural Services Program of the U.S. Department of Interior. Liggett's report is based on archaeological projects in Philadelphia, including Delaware Expressway, Head House, Dock Street, and Franklin Court.

This is part of the large inventory for the Franz Boas Papers (Mss B B61). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the Collection Description .

Head of the Historical Division of the Carnegie Institution, the archaeologist Alfred V. Kidder specialized in the cliff dwelling cultures of the American Southwest, and is best remembered for work at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, and Pecos del Arroyo. Primarily personal in nature, the exchange of letters between Kidder and his colleague and friend Neil M. Judd provides some details on their work on the archaeology of the Southwest. The 68 letters include sporadic references to excavations at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, and other archaeological sites, with a few references to other archaeologists and anthropologists.

This collection contains correspondence between Kneeland and Professor Le Métayer de Guichainville, a French archaeologist who was living in New York City. The letters are professional and personal, concerning the archaeology of the Americas, the origins of the Indians and pre-history of North America, the evolution of man and the lost continent of Atlantis. There is also information of interest about the presentation of popular scientific lectures in late nineteenth-century America.

These items include notes on "primitive economics" (Incan) for A. Irving Hallowell and from seminars with Linton Satterthwaite (on Mayan architecture), E. B. Howard (on problems of the Clovis site in New Mexico), and others at the University of Pennsylvania. There are also notes taken at the 1936 meeting of the American Anthropological Association of papers by various anthropologists in attendance, including Ruth Benedict, Frederica de Laguna, Waiter Dyk, William N. Fenton, Alfred V. Kidder, David G. Mandelbaum, George P. Murdock, Arthur C. Parker, Elsie Clews Parsons, Gladys A. Reichard, William A. Ritchie, Linton Satterthwaite, Gene Weltfish, and others regarding Cree, Flathead, Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Kaingang (Southern Brazil), Kiowa, Mayan, Natchez, Navajo, Ojibwa, Pawnee, Pueblos, Sahaptin, Saulteaux, Siouan, Tarascan, Tonawanda (Seneca), Zuni, etc.

These are site reports on archaeological excavations in northern and western Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Most of the excavations were sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission (1929-1948). The reports include photographs, maps, and diagrams.