Qu \ F45b NH NOV 14 1995 LIBRAR November cember 1995 Jar with brilliant glazes “Kouga,” by the 3d Tokuda Yasokichi MODERN JAPANESE CERAMICS NOWVEFMRER 4 _ FERRIIARY 4 09902 90 *UoabuLYsem 3 Ped SION Bas nr AW YOLANALISUOD B “3S YAOT YOXG AJPIGLL/ASUT UBLUOSUaLUS In the Field The Bulletin of The Field Museum 5-8 9 Your invitation to the annual Holiday Tea, with music, games, and enter- tainment for all. A complete schedule of November / December events, including special pro- grams and festivals. November/December 1995 A FLURRY OF THINGS JAPANESE With one exhibit at the Museum, another at the University of Chicago, a new book, and the Women’s Board Ball, the Museum’s fall calendar is awash in Japanese art and culture. The Field Museum The two-year Lake Exploring Shore Drive — The Earth And Its Museum Campus People project is well under way. ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION FIELD—UC PROGRAM IS RATED NO. 1 By Ron Dorfman Editor, In the Field hicago’s preeminence as a world center for the study of evolutionary and environmental biology has been underscored by a recent report from the National Research Council. The University of Chicago’s doctoral pro- grams in ecology, evolution, and behavior, in which Field Museum curators are a significant part of the faculty, tied with Stanford University for number-one ranking in the study of graduate programs at 274 universities, released by the NRC in September. Titled “Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change,” the report analyzed faculty research productivity and the demographic characteris- tics of graduates, and surveyed nearly 8,000 uni- versity professors across the country for peer assessments of faculty scholarship and effec- tiveness in training graduate students. The major vehicle for cooperation between the Museum and the University in this field is the U. of C.’s interdisciplinary Committee on Evolutionary Biology (CEB), whose 55 current faculty members in- clude 18 Field Muse- um curators. There is considerable cross- pollination: Four of the 18 also hold lec- tureships or profes- sorships in related U. of C. departments, and a number of sci- entists with primary appointments at the University serve as Field Museum research associates. The CEB faculty also includes researchers from the Brookfield Zoo and Argonne National Laborato- ry as well as U. of C. professors from a wide array of disciplines in the biological, physical, and social sciences. Jeanne Altmann, professor of ecology and evolution at the U. of C. and chair of the Com- mittee on Evolutionary Biology, said that “one of the real strengths of our program is that con- nection [with the Museum] — both the walls of the Museum and the walls of the University are extended into the city, and that’s something that is clearly recognized by prospective graduate students when they visit.” The importance of the Museum to the U. of C.’s students, Altmann said, is “very apparent in the number of our students who are working with Field Museum faculty and doing collec- tions-based research at the Museum.” And, she noted, “It works the other way too: The Muse- um is able to attract outstanding young research faculty because of the Committee and its out- standing students.” Peter Crane, the A. Watson Armour III Curator, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Museum, and professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chica- go, said the collaboration between the Universi- ty and the Museum “is distinguished by a degree John Flynn of cooperation and interaction in re- search and training that is unmatched anywhere else in the world.” The Univer- sity, he said, “benefits from this relationship by broadening the range of faculty and facilities to which its students have access — including of course the Museum’s outstand- ing collections; the Museum benefits through connections with both undergraduate and gradu- ate students, as well as its incorporation into a broader intellectual community.” And the students, Crane said, “are simply outstanding.” He cited the recent example of Scott Steppan, who was a CEB graduate student working in the Museum’s Division of Mammals when he won the Ernst Mayr Award for best stu- dent paper at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution in Montreal last June. Steppan is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Smith- sonian Institution. Jeanne Altmann Three young Chicago Ph.D.s — Debra Moskovits, Doug Stotz, and Tom Schulenberg — are the backbone of the Museum’s new Office of Environmental and Conservation Pro- grams, including the Rapid Assessment Pro- gram of Conservation International which is based at the Museum. Moskovits and Stotz are co-authors, with the late Theodore A. Parker III, of a landmark study of the ecology of tropical birds in the Western Hemisphere soon to be pub- lished by the University of Chicago Press. John Flynn, MacArthur Curator and chair of the Museum’s Department of Geology, has been named associate chair of the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, succeeding Scott Lan- yon, the former Pritzker Curator of Systematic Biology, who left the Museum last summer to become Director of the Bell Museum of Natur- al History at the University of Minnesota. The National Research Council is the prin- cipal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engi- neering. The report was sponsored by the Con- ference Board of Associated Research Councils and was funded by the Ford, Mellon, Sloan, and Hewlett foundations. ISLAND OF THE SUN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Field Museum archaeological research project on the Island of the Sun in the Bolivian portion of Lake Titicaca, some 10,000 feet above sea level in the Andes, is not only yielding strong new data about the political, economic, and religious life of the Inca and prior civilizations (spanning more than 2,300 years), but has stimulated development of the tourist trade by the Bolivian government and the present-day Aymara inhab- itants of the island. The most visible sign of this serendipity is anew community center at Challa, dedicated in September, that also houses the offices of the research project and will soon include a small museum. Charles S. Stanish, chair of the Muse- um’s Department of Anthropology and co- director of the project with Oswaldo Rivera, director of Bolivia’s National Institute of Archaeology, participated in the ribbon-cutting along with Alberto Bailey, secretary of culture in the national government. The island is about 70 miles west of the capital, La Paz. The Island of the Sun is the only place in the Titicaca basin in which high-quality maize can be grown, so it has always been an impor- tant agricultural and trading center. But the island also includes a less fecund area, the “sacred rock zone,” dedicated to religious observances. This area was the destination of great pilgrimages from throughout the Inca Empire (1438-1533 AD), which built a magnif- (Continued on page 10) The new community center for Challa, Island of the Sun, in Lake Titicaca is the home of Charles Stanish’s research project. Two new buildings, designed as a multi-functional community and research center, are the first structures in a complex that will also include a small museum. ARGENTIN Pictures, Page 9 BRAZIL PARAGUAY iN aN 4 THE ARCHIVE OF THE ARCHIVE By Willard L, Boyd President, The Field Museum ollections are at the core of The Field Museum. They are encylopedic and they are diverse. More than 20 mil- lion objects have been accessioned into the collections of the Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology. They range from dinosaurs and meteorites to frozen tissue of fauna, from magnificent feather cloaks to fungi. Our library contains the ever- changing human assessment of what these col- lections mean. In addition there is an enormous photography collection of negatives which records the collections and the history of the Museum. There are also significant collections of scientific illustrations, instructional and exhibit material, and an increasing computer data bank making these extraordinary collections more accessible. The individual objects in the collections are accessioned by the particular department responsible for their acquisition, conservation, and accessibility. This decentralized collection activity is coordinated centrally through the Office of the Museum Archive. From the incep- tion of the Museum in 1894, this Archive has kept a record card or “memo” (traditionally pro- nounced me-moe) of every object accessioned anyWhere throughout the Museum. When an object is deaccessioned pursuant to explicit Museum policies, that deaccession is also recorded centrally. For example, most of the objects exhibited at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition which remained in Chicago were placed under the stewardship of the Field Columbian Museum. As the Museum focused on natural history, it was appropriate that objects which were not germane should be placed with more appropriate repositories. So it is that The Field Museum Archive is a major archive of the Columbian Exposition. When there is a question about the disposition of an object exhibited at the Fair, the answer can oftentimes be found in our Archive. In addition to being the Archive of the col- lections, the Archive contains the history of the Museum, the curators, and the donors. This is where the Indiana Jones stories of the 1890s through the 1930s are found. Generous donors supported curators’ expeditions. Often indiyid- ual donors and newspaper reporters accompa- nied curators across the globe. Our Archive recently provided the information and pictures for a new exhibit panel about expeditions on the ground floor of the Museum across from the Children’s Store. There you can see Bruce Thorne and George Cogroves II braving their way into the Arctic in 1929 to collect a group of Pacific walruses that appears in a nearby diorama. The Archive is also home to all of the pub- lications the Museum has generated throughout its history including our research journal, Fiel- diana, In the Field and its predecessor Bulletin, and the brochures we have made available to the public and to schools. The Archive is the repository of the busi- ness records of the Museum. These consist of the architectural drawings for the Museum building, including all of the structural changes that have taken place inside our million square feet through the years. Here is where we can find the history of the hidden pipes and wires which form a complete labyrinth. In the Archive we can also trace the growth of the Museum’s annual budget from $2,848,190.32 dollars in 1894 to $37,310,000 dollars in 1995. Knowing what we have and knowing where we have been are crucial to knowing where the Museum is going. Our central Archive Office is the archive of the archive. It also is the archive of how record keeping and communication have changed through the years. Elegant script was followed by typewriting and has now been superseded by computer. The Archive attests to the dying art of handwriting — once a part of the core curriculum of every grade school. With computers, however, we are able to record more clearly, more fully, and more acces- sibly than ever. Even so, the written word, how- ever recorded, remains the primary basis for human understanding of our collections, LAKE SHORE DRIVE REROUTING UNDER WAY ecent visitors to the Museum will have noticed a number of traffic and parking changes occa- sioned by the project to reroute the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive to the west of the Museum and Soldier Field. There will be further disruptions in the months ahead, but the end result — scheduled for late 1997 — should be a seamless lakefront campus park encompassing The Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium, and extending as far south as McCormick Place. The “design in progress” above shows a planned pedestrian concourse under the reoriented highway northwest of the Museum. In November, the bus slip in front of the Aquarium will be lengthened to accommodate both bus and taxi traffic during the 1996 construction season when all Lake Shore Drive traffic will be rerout- ed along the current northbound lanes, which have been widened. By next summer, Roosevelt Road will be extended as a landscaped boulevard across the Metra tracks, providing easy pedestrian and bicycle access to the campus from the South Loop and a smashing view of the Aquarium. Later, there will also be an extension of 18th Street. These roads will give Near South Side communities access to Burnham Park and Lake Michigan comparable to that long enjoyed by neighborhoods abutting In the Field November/December 1995 Vol, 66, No. 6 Editor: Rom Dornan The Field Museum Art Director: . Shi Yung Exploring The Earth And Its Editorial Assistant: Jason B. Hamlin People In the Field (ISSN #1051-4546) is published bimonthly by The Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60605-2496, Copyright © 1995 The Field Museum. Subscriptions $6.00 annually, $3.00 for schools. Museum membership includes /n the Field subscription, Opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect policy of The Field Museum. Museum phone (312) 922-9470. Noti- fication of address change should include address label and should be sent to Membership Department. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to /n the Field, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, !L 60605-2496. Second class postage paid at Chicago, Illinois. November/December 1995 2 Paul Baker / GN87552.17 NATURE NETWORK TAKES A HIKE he Nature Network, a new friends’ group supporting the Museum’s envi- ronmental and conservation work, took its first field trip Saturday, August 19. About 30 persons prowled Mud Lake Bog near Buchanan, Michigan — an important ecological habitat that is a direct result of the last Ice Age. They saw carnivorous and parasitic plants, colorful birds and insects, and many tree species that have adapted to the area. Peter Crane, Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Museum, noted tree species found near the bog that are also present in fossil records, Alan Resetar, Collections Manager in Reptiles and Amphibians, and Greg Mueller, Associate Curator in Botany, described the use of bog materials by early Americans and bog transformation to forested land. The group then traveled to the Indiana Dunes to see more specialized plants, mush- rooms, and trees. The Museum scientists talked Paul Baker / GN87552,11 about the original formation of the area by glacial action and the role of Lake Michigan in creating and maintaining important landscape features. Nature Network members get togeth- er at least five times a year — both week- day evenings and weekends — with Museum curators, visiting scholars, and other scientists for a series of activities and field trips relat- ing to the Museum’s far-reaching environ- mental mission. For more information, call Paul Baker at (312) 322-8881. Above, Nature Net- work members on the trail at Mud Lake Bog in Michigan. Left, with mycologist Greg Mueller in the Indiana Dunes. Youre invited to The Field Museums Novemberfest AIDS RESEARCH VIDEO tropical rain forest is “the most power- gan ful chemical factory on earth,” observes a new documentary being shown in a special installation near “Plants of the World” on the Museum’s second floor. The video, narrated by WMAQ-TV’s Joan Esposito, focuses on a joint Field Museum and Universi- ty of Illinois-Chicago project, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, to systematically sur- vey plants and trees in Southeast Asia in the expectation that some of them will yield chem- icals that can be developed into drugs active aginst AIDS or cancer. Titled A Needle in the Haystack; Searching for New Medicines in the Rain Forest, the video reports that compounds isolated from two Malaysian tree species (one, Calophyllum lanigerum, pictured above) have shown dramatic action against HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS, in laboratory tests. AUTUMN BEER TASTING PREMIUM BEERS FROM FOUR COUNTRIES Beer, food, and traditional Irish music by the Pauline Conneelley Group FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 - 5:30 p.M. TO 8 P.M. STANLEY FIELD HALL What's the difference between Stout, Pilsner, Lager, and Ale? How do Canadian Lagers differ from those brewed in Ireland? Learn the answers to these and other questions about beer as you sample outstanding brews from four countries. ADMISSION: \ Members $15 in advance; $20 at the door -_ | Non-members $20 : | (Non-members can take advantage of a special one-night-only mem- bership offer:$15 of your admission fee can be credited towards a new Individual ($35) or Family Membership ($45) in The Field Museum.) PUB BRAUGHT | GUINNESS | GUINNESS STOUT BASS ALE HARP LAGER PILSNER URQUELL sponsored by GUINNESS IMPORT COMPANY MOOSEHEAD CANADIAN LAGER PUB DRAUGHT GUINNESS KALIBER NON-ALCOHOLIC BREW To charge your admission by phone and for additional information, call the Membership Department at (312) 322-8871. Advance reservations encouraged. You must be at least 21 years of age to attend. UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS Snowflake designs from Jan Engelman, “Het Regt Gebruik der Natuurbeschou- wingen: Geschetst in Eene Verhandeling Over de Sneeuw Figuren” (Haerlem 1747) GINGRICH VISITS MUSEUM peaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who has harbored a lifelong interest in dinosaurs, asked for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum during a visit to Chicago in August promoting his new book. He spent about three hours with several Museum paleontologists, talking not only dinosaurs (at right, with MacArthur Cura- Field Museum Library invites Museum members to support the ae development of its collections. This holiday wish list presents books that would be significant enhancements to the Library’s collections — which are an indis- pensible resource for the Museum’s programs in research and public education. Please consider a gift to help The Field Museum Library maintain the strength of its collections. A bookplate will record a donation made either on your own behalf or honoring a family member or friend. Even a small contribution toward the acquisition of one of these titles is a wish fulfilled. Rivers of the United States, volumes 1-6 (Wiley, 1994-1996). The first comprehensive systematic and integrated treatment of each type of river system in each region of the continental United States. These volumes treat the hydro- logical, chemical, and biological features of the nation’s rivers, and present analyses of sensitive river environments and habitats. Price, each vol- ume: $89. Vol. I: Estuaries; Vol. Il: Chemical and Physical Characteristics; Vol. II: Rivers of the Eastern and Southeastern U.S.; Vol. IV: Rivers of the Mississippi Drainage; Vol. V: Rivers of the Western and Southwestern U.S.; Vol. VI: Pollution and Environmental Management. Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, volumes 1-3 (Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and Harvard University Press, 1987-1995). Important studies on Chi- nese bronzes based on Harvard University’s Arthur M. Sackler Collection. Vol. I: Shang Ritual Bronzes, by R. Bagley (1987), $95; Vol. II: Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes, by J. Rawson (1990), $125; Vol. III: Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes, by J. So (1995), $95. November/December 1995 4 tor John Flynn) but fossil fishes (below, with Flynn, curator Lance Grande, and Peter Crane, a paleobotanist who is Vice President for Acade- mic Affairs and Director of the Museum). Staff members report that the Speaker indeed speaks knowledgeably across a wide range of paleonto- logical topics. Diane Alexander White / GN87550.33 Tropical Archaeobotany: Applications and New Developments, edited by John Hather (Routledge, 1994). The papers gathered in this volume present studies covering the examina- tion, identification and interpretation of plant remains in tropical archaeology, and present investigations into the origins, spread, distribu- tion, and past use of tropical plants for foods and other purposes. $65. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics : the Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia, edi- tors, R. FR Kay, R. H. Madden, J. J. Flynn (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995). Provides extensive documentation of vertebrate evolution in tropical South America in the Miocene peri- od, based on analysis of well-worked Miocene fossil sites in Colombia. $95. Native Orchids of Belize, by 1. MacLeish, N. R. Pearce & B. R. Adams (A.A. Balkema, 1995). The first book to provide botanical description of all the orchid species ever recorded in Belize. The authors present over seventy species previ- ously unknown in Belize, and two species pre- viously unknown to science. $95. Minimum Animal Populations, edited by H. Remmert (Springer-Verlag, 1994). While geneticists postulate a minimum of six hundred pairs for a population to survive without inbreeding problems, the data provided in this work on existing small populations of birds, mammals, fishes, insects, and other animals show the minimum viable population to depend solely on the species in question. Also consid- ered are the effects of random events, such as volcanic eruptions, on minimum populations. $88. Please use the form below to make a contri- bution for the Library’s acquisition of any of these titles. Please indicate the title to which your gift applies and print clearly the form in which the donor and/or honoree name(s) should appear on the Library’s gift bookplate (for example: your name only; honoree name only; Diane Alexander Whi / GN87550.26 THE FIELD MUSEUM LIBRARY’S 1995 HOLIDAY WISH LIST both names with phrase “in honor of”). Please send the form (with check made to The Field Museum) to: Development Depart- ment — Library Friends, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Ili- nois 60605 For more information about the Friends of Field Museum Library you may call the Friends Liaison in the Museum’s Development Depart- ment at (312) 922-9410, ext. 874 (or indicate your interest by checking the box on the form below). The Field Museum Library Holiday Wish List Contribution Your Name Address City State___ Zip Home Phone Business Phone Gift in Honor of: Name Address City. State___Zip Amount of Gift Book Title Donor/Honoree Name(s) (for bookplate): © Check here to receive more information about the Friends of Field Museum Library. CALENDAR OF EVENTS MODERN JAPANESE CERAMICS hirty-three amazing pieces of Japan- ese ceramic art go on display begin- ning November 4 as part of the traveling exhibit “Modern Japanese Ceramics.” Three Japanese “living national treasures” will be represented: the 13th Imaizu- mi Imaemon, the 14th Sakaida Kakiemon, and the 3d Tokuda Yasokichi. All three have created works that are widely considered the essence of Japanese ceramics — and are themselves so considered. The ceramics will be shown as representa- tive of the Issuikai group, one of many groups organized around affinities of style, materials, or artistic principles. Issuikai was founded in 1936 by artists practicing oil painting. In 1958, the ceramic arts division formed after artists began painting with enamels on porcelain. They found that painted porcelain resembled oil on canvas and was potentially far more durable especially in humid climates. The 14th Sakaida Kakiemon produces Arita Porcelain. The first Kakiemon first used high quality porcelain stone from Arita, Kyushu in 1615. Kakiemon porcelain was shipped via the Dutch East India Company from 1659 onwards, Kakiemon porcelain ware uses a spe- cial method called “Nigoshide,” which avoids excessive decoration to allow the milk-white clay to stand out. Sakaida Kakiemon is contin- ually making new creations while preserving traditions passed down for 380 years. The 3d Tokuda Yasokichi, who produces Kutani Porcelain, also learned from the first of his family, his grandfather and renowned expert of the Kutani style. Once Yasokichi learned his over-glazing techniques, he studied contempo- rary ceramic art under the present head of his clan. Yasokichi focuses on a contrast between light and dark colors in his works. His use of the flower leaf and bluish flame designs brings his work into close harmony with nature. The third artist represented is the 13th Imaizumi Imaemon, who also works in Arita Porcelain. The Imaemon became akae special- ists in Akaimachi. Of the sixteen akae special- ists, the Imaemon was particularly skilled in polychrome overglazing covering underglazed blue. Today, his effort to maintain the ancient iro-nabeshima tradition, while creating new and modern styles, makes his work some of the best in contemporary Japan. Artists Sakaida Kakiemon and Tokuda Yasokichi will personally demonstrate their artistry for the pub- lic on Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5 at The Field Museum, Shards of porcelain will be available for viewers to touch and understand the make-up of porcelain creations. Many of these shards will have been produced by the great porcelain artists of Japan, coming from broken pieces or mis-fired cre- ations. ; “Modern Japanese Ceramics” opens Satur- day, November 4 and continues through Febru- ary 4, 1996, Abbott Laboratories and Arthur Andersen & Co. are generously underwriting this exhibit, with additional funding from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago. Lidded container with peony design by the 14th Sakaida Kakiemon IN THEIR OWN VOICES Francis Frith’s “Ramesseum at Qurna, Thebes,” dated 1858. TRAVELERS IN AN ANTIQUE LAND rawn exclusively from the world-class collection of 19th-century photographs of Michael G. Wilson, this exhibit of 90 vintage prints in pristine condition explores travel photography in Egypt over four decades beginning in the 1850s. The work of more than 20 photographers is represented, from Bechnard to Teynard, including DuCamp, Declerq, Sebah, Greene, and others. These early, tonally-rich salt prints reveal the mystery and magic of a land then seen by few but the most intrepid travelers. The exhibit highlight is the complete set of 21 mammoth-plate views (20 x 24) taken by the English photographer Francis Frith. In 1858 the photographer launched his own expedition of six months, outfitting a boat with darkroom tent, cameras with glass plates, and supplies to last the length of a trip up the Nile. He returned to publish albums of his albumen prints. In the late 1860s, Cook’s Tours began to invade the once mysterious and difficult-to- reach Egypt and the imagery changed. Views of the pyramids and temples had become com- monplace, so photographers took to the streets and villages to portray the life and people of a now-familiar land. Date sellers, rug dealers, and street scenes of all kinds were made by Bonfils, Naya, and others. Two albums, as well as stereoscopic views, accompany the exhibit, which opens November new Library of Congress traveling exhibit, “In Their Own Voices,” comes to The Field Museum December 2. It illustrates the culture, lifestyle, and language of Indian peoples in the Americas before and after the arrival of Europeans. “In Their Own Voices” uses three primary documents from a previous Library of Congress exhibit, “1492: An Ongoing Voyage” and focus- es on the cultures of three Indian groups before and after the European encounter. Native Americans used pictorial drawings to record events and transactions. The pictures reflect the language, counting system and struc- ture within their society before Europeans arrived. The primary documents of “In Their Qwn Voices” are: the Heujotzingo Codex of 1531, which illustrates the tax system of the Nahua people in Puebla, Mexico; the Oztoticpac Lands Map of 1540, which shows land owner- ship among people living east of present-day Mexico City; and, Battiste Good, which shows how the Brule people of South Dakota and Nebraska used symbolic pictures to record his- toric events. Many additional objects and pho- tographs accompany these documents as support and translation. “Tn Their Own Voices” runs through Febru- ary 25, 1996 in the Webber Gallery. Battiste Good, a chronicle of the Brule people 11 and continues through January 14, 1996. A catalogue, which includes biographies of each photographer, has reproductions of every work in the exhibit. “Travelers in an Antique Land” was orga- nized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and made possible by grants from the Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS W1/ 228 The Leakey Family 7 p.m. Virginia Morell, author of Ancestral Pas- sions; The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind’s Beginnings, presents an historical overview of the first family of paleoanthropolo- gy. Copies of her book will be available for sale and signing after the lecture. Tickets are $7 ($5 for Museum members). For more information, call (312) 322-8854. 11/4, Sven Japanese Ceramics Noon to 3 p.m. The 3d Tokuda Yasokichi and the 14th Sakaida Kakiemon demonstrate Japan- ese ceramic traditions. The exhibit “Modern Japanese Ceramics” opens November 4. 11/4 sre African-American Music 9 a.m.—2 p.m. Join Lee Cloud, Ph.D., from the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College for this adult course on African-Ameri- can music and the historical and sociological environments under which this music devel- oped. Trace African-American music through spirituals, blues, field hollers, children’s games and songs and gospel. $37 ($32 members). Reg- istration is required. Call (312) 322-8854 for more information. 1179 tse The Nuveen Forum 8 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. Participate in the continu- ing conversations of The Nuveen Forum in this session, entitled Building Collaborative Rela- tionships with Indigenous People. Admission is free. Call (312) 922-9410, ext. 530. 11/1 Ox, Autumn Beer Tasting 5:30 — 8 p.m. Sample eight beers from four countries as we turn Stanley Field Hall into an Irish Pub. For more information, call the Mem- bership Department at (312) 322-8871. 11/1 2 sec, Kwanzaa Celebration 10 a.m.—noon. Join Jessie Thymes of the Muse- um’s Department of Education to learn about Kwanzaa, a holiday observed from December 26 to January 1. It is a time to reflect on African- American unity, identity, and purpose. Find out how the principles of Kwanzaa can add to your family’s holiday celebrations. Make your own Kwanzaa decorations to take home. For adults and children in grades 2-6. $9 per participant ($7 per member participant). Registration is required. Call (312) 322-8854 for information. 11/1383 Nature Camera Club 7:45 p.m. A program on close-up photography. The Club will also meet on Monday, December 11 for a slide competition of landscapes and seascapes. Use the West Entrance. All are invit- ed, admission is free. For information, contact Bill Burger at (312) 922-9410, ext. 318. 1 Tose 2000-Year-Old Observatory 7:30 p.m. Dr. Phyllis Burton Pitluga, Senior Astronomer at The Adler Planetarium, is the guest speaker of the Primitive Arts Society. Use the West Entrance. All are invited; admission is free. For information call (312) 329-0097. 11/18... Dinosaurs & More 11 am. -—3 p.m. Talk with Field Museum scien- tists about their research into prehistoric life. Paleontologist Paul Sereno lectures on his latest dinosaur finds in Africa. Center Theater presents “Do You Really Want a Dinosaur2”, a play for all ages. Activites for all ages. Free with Muse- um admission. See the Visitor Programs page for program times. 11/1 Inti-Ilimani Saturday 8 p.m. Inti-[llimani, a troupe of more than 20 wind, string, and percussion players from Chile with influences from African roots as well as years of exile in Europe, present both tradition- al and contemporary music of Latin American and Andean origin. Tickets are $20 ($18 for members of the Museum and The Old Town School of Folk Music; $16 students and seniors). Call (312) 322-8854 for information. 12/60 Holiday Family Tea 4—6 p.m. The Women's Board cordially invites you and your family to a Holiday Tea Celebra- tion. For information, call (312) 322-8870. 12/26-31 Tuesday — Sunday Winter Festivals Celebrate the winter holidays of Chicago com- munities. Events include a Dragon Dance by the Chinese American Service League, Philippine dances by the RICE-Philippines Center, Polish songs and dance by the Lira Singers and Dancers, Latin-American music by Nelson Sosa, and Kwanzaa activities all week long. Free with Museum admission. See the Visitor Programs page for individual program times. LECTURES AND BOOKSIGNINGS FEATURE HUMAN EVOLUTION he authors of two recently pub- lished books dealing with the evo- lution of the human species and the researchers who have advanced the field will visit the Museum in November for lectures and booksignings. Thursday, November 2 at 7 p.m. Virginia Morell, a science writer whose work has appeared in Science, Discover, and The New York Times Magazine, will discuss her book Ancestral Pas- sions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind’s Beginnings, a biogra- phy of Louis, Mary, and Richard Leakey, the first family of paleoanthropology. The Leakeys’ discover- ies have laid the foun- dation for much of what we know about the origins of humankind and Ancestral Passions provides an absorbing family history. Their story begins in 1902 with the Reverend Harry Leakey, a missionary, establishing their home at Kikuyu Station, site of many significant finds. His son, Louis, was born in Kenya in 1903 and started looking for evidence of human beginnings at age 13. His argument that humans did not originate on the Eurasian continent but evolved in Africa mil- lions of years ago helped to lay the theoretical groundwork for the science of paleoanthropolo- gy. Morell used private family papers and letters as well as numerous interviews and photos, some of which have never before been pub- lished, to document the Leakeys’ story. A recent New York Times Book Review called Ancestral Passions “a splendid biography . . . an absorb- ing, important book.” Copies will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture. Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m The recent discovery of the earliest walking human ancestor in Kenya by Meave Leakey (paleontologist and wife of Richard Leakey) continues the search for human origins. Ian Tat- tersall, Ph.D., Curator, Hall of Human Biology and Evolution and Chairman, Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Nat- ural History in New York, paints a vivid portrait of paleoanthropology in his new book, The Fos- sil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution. Dr. Tattersall takes readers on a tour of the study of human evolution, offering a colorful his- tory of fossil discover- ies and an insider’s look at how these finds have been interpreted or misinterpreted through time. The Fossil Trail presents the leaders in the field of evolution past and present from Lamarck, Cuvier, and Darwin to Niles Eldrege and Stephen J, Gould. Dr. Tat- tersall also covers the major fossil discoveries by Dubois in Java, Raymond Dart and Robert Broom in South Africa, and Louis and Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, along with Donald Johanson’s famous discovery of “Lucy” and the more recent discoveries of “Turkana Boy” and Australopithecus ramidus, announced by Tim White and his colleagues last September. Copies of the book will be available for pur- chase and signing after the lecture. Tickets for each lecture are $7 ($5 for Museum members). Cal] (312) 322-8854 for more information. Michael McRae WORLD-RENOWNED ANDEAN MUSICIANS IN PERFORMANCE Performance Inti-Illimani: “‘Winds of the Andes” An Evening of Music from Chile and the Andes, co-sponsored with The Old Town School of Folk Music Saturday, November 18 at 8 p.m. was formed in 1967 at the University of Santiago in Chile. Music that Inti-[]limani produced, coupling ancient musical traditions with the simmering political unrest of the region, eventually forced the group to spend 15 years in exile from their homeland. Performing on more than 20 wind, string, and percussion instruments, the group’s tours throughout the world have led them to work and perform with such artists as Pete Seeger and Tracy Chapman. In more than 20 albums, their Latin Ameri- can/Andean music is both traditional and con- temporary with influences from African roots as well as their years in exile in Europe. Perhaps the Philadelphia Inquirer described an Inti-ILli- mani concert best when a reviewer wrote: “Their flutes evoke the winds of the Andes, and the rich shading of their blended voices hints of a choir in a Spanish cathedral. The music draws on many traditions, from peasant folk songs to Stravinsky, and the lyrics address the ageless questions of human freedom and social justice.” Don’t miss this special evening with one of the finest musical groups in the world. The per- formance takes place in the Museum’s James Simpson Theatre. Tickets are $20; $18 for mem- bers of The Field Museum or The Old Town School of Folk Music; $16 students and seniors. Call (312) 322-8854 for more information. [ee ome (pronounced inte-ya-MA-ne) Become a Member of The Field Museum and receive these benefits: Free general admission Free priority admission to “Life Over Time” Priority admission to special exhibits Free coat checking and strollers Invitation to Members’ Night Free subscription to Jn the Field 10% discount at all Museum stores 10% discount at Picnic in the Field 13-month wall calendar featuring exhibit photographs Reduced subscription prices on selected magazines Opportunity to receive the Museum’s annual report Use of our 250,000-volume natural history library Discount on classes, field trips, and seminars for adults and children Members-only tour program Opportunity to attend the annual children’s Holiday Tea Children’s “dinosaur” birthday card V VY VY VY VY VYVYVYYYYVY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION New Members only. This is not a renewal form. Please enroll me as a Member of The Field Museum Name Address City State ___Zip Home phone Business phone GIFT APPLICATION FOR Name Address City State Zip Home phone Business phone GIFT FROM Name Address City State ___Zip Home phone Business phone MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES @) Individual — one year $35 / two years $65 O Family — one year $45 / two years $85 (Includes two adults, children and grand- children 18 and under.) C) Student/Senior — one year $25 (Individual only. Copy of I.D. required.) ® Field Contributor — $100 - $249 C) Field Adventurer — $250 - $499 (_) Field Naturalist — $500 - $999 () Field Explorer — $1,000 - $1,499 All benefits of a family membership — and more a) Founders’ Council — $1,500 Send form to: Membership Department, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Wednesday, November 1 10am-12 noon Owl Pellets activity. Learn how scientists find out what predatory birds eat. llam & 2 pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Visit some of the exhibits which make this museum one of the world’s greatest. Find out the stories behind the exhibits. Thursday, November 2 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. 1pm Highlights: Animals Worldwide tour. Visit classic dioramas of animals. Learn about their history and tech- niques of mounting by the great Carl Akeley. Friday, November 3 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, November 4 10am-1pm Human Origins activity, Par- ticipate in a game to discover the theo- ries and traces of our human ancestors in Africa. 12 noon - 3pm In the “Modern Japan- ese Ceramics” exhibit, ceramists Toku- da Yasokichi and Sakaida Kakiemon will be on hand to meet you. Monday, November 6 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Tuesday, Novem- ber 7 10am-12 noon Owl Pellets actiy- ity. Wednesday, November 8 10am-12 noon Arthro-Cart activ- ity. Learn about arachnids, bugs, and other arthro- pods. 10am-1pm Horns and Antlers activ- ity. Find out how horns and antlers differ. Tlam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Celebrate Kwanzaa during Winter Festivals, Dec. 26-31. Thursday, November 9 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Friday, November 10 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. 10am-1pm Terrific Teeth activity. Can teeth tell you what an animal eats? 1pm Highlights: Animals Worldwide tour. Saturday, November 11 10am-1pm Adinkra activity. Stamp tra- ditional designs from Ghana, Sunday, November 12 llam & 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Monday, November 13 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Wednesday, November 15 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Thursday, November 16 10am-1pm Dinosaurs and More Festi- val. Ongoing interactive activities and demonstrations. Participating Field Museum staff: *Bill Simpson, Chief Preparator, will talk about the Brachiosaurus in Stanley Field Hall. *Greg Buckely, Collections Manager, will show unusual fossils from the Museum's collections. *Phil Parillo, Insects Division, will dis- play ancient insects trapped in amber. *Dr. David Willard, Collection Manager of Birds, will address the connections between birds and dinosaurs. l1lam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Friday, November 17 . 10am-1pm Dinosaurs and More Festi- val. See Thursday, November 16. l1am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. 1pm Highlights: Animals Worldwide tour. Saturday, November 18 11am-3pm Dinosaurs and More Festi- val. Ongoing interactive activities and demonstrations: See Thursday, Nov. 16. 11am Paleontologist Dr. Paul Sereno will present a slide-lecture on his recent discoveries in Africa. 1pm Center Theater’s play “Do You Really Want a Dinosaur?” Sunday, November 19 10am & 1pm Adinkra activity. Monday, November 20 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Wednesday, November 22 11am Highlights of the Field Museum tour, Thursday, November 23 Museum is closed for Thanksgiving. Friday, November 24 10am-1pm A Good Egg activity. Exam- ine different kinds of eggs to see how they differ and why. llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, November 25 10am-1pm Human Origins activity. 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Sunday, November 26 liam & 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Monday, November 27 liam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour, Wednesday, November 29 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Thursday, November 30 liam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour, 1pm Highlights: Animals Worldwide tour, VISITOR PROGRAMS Friday, December 1 10am-1pm Fossils in the Floor activity. Look through the magnifying glass at the floor in Stanley Field Hall to discoy- er evidence of past life. llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, December 2 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. 1:30pm “Tibet Today” and “Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon” slide lec ture, Monday, December 4 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Wednesday, December 6 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Thursday, December 7 10am-1pm African Musical Instruments activity. Join in playing a variety of instruments from Africa. liam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Friday, December 8 10am-1pm Rocks and Mineral Match activity. Try to match minerals with the familiar products created from them. llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, December 9 10am-1pm African Musical Instruments activity. llam & 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Wednesday, December 13 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour, Thursday, December 14 Tlam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour, Friday, December 15 10am-1pm Pareus activity. Try out a Pacitic Island style as you wrap a pareu-style dress. liam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, December 16 10am-1pm Human Origins activity. Wednesday, December 20 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Thursday, December 21 llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Friday, December 22 10am-1pm Lava activity. Now that they’re cool, touch some of the sub- stances produced by a volcano. llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, December 23 10am-1pm Human Origins activity. 11am & 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Monday, December 25 Museum is closed. Happy Holidays! Tuesday, December 26 1lam-3pm Winter Festivals and Games Learn about the symbols of Kwanzaa and make a Kwanzaa decoration to take home. Kwanzaa activities will continue throughout the week. 1 & 2:30pm Musa Moseley perfor- mance by an African-American drum- mer and drum maker. llam & 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Wednesday, December 27 1lam-3pm Winter Festivals and Games 1pm RICE-Philippines Center dance performance will include tinikling, a dance with bamboo poles. 11am & 2 pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Thursday, December 28 11am-3pm Winter Festivals and Games 1pm Lira Singers & Lira Dancers perfor- mance. Dances and music of Poland narrated by Artistic Director Lucyna Migala. llam & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Friday, December 29 1lam-3pm Winter Festivals and Games Learn some Latin American traditions celebrated in Chicago. Ipm & 2:30pm Nelson Sosa perfor- mance of Latin American holiday music and songs. 11am & 2pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. Saturday, December 30 llam & 1pm Highlights of The Field Museum tour. 1lam-3pm Winter Festivals and Games Learn how people in China prepare to receive the New Year and how Chinese Americans celebrate in Chicago. Ipm & 2:30pm Chinese American Ser- vice League performance: Chinese Dragon Dance, Chinese dances, mar- tial arts, demonstrations and games. Sunday, December 31 1lam-3pm Winter Festivals and Games Play the dreidle game as you learn about its origins and the significance of the menorah. Winter Festivals, Dec. 26-31 Highlighting traditional music and dance from China, Latin America, the Philippines, and Eurog?. Below, UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS Field Museum Ball co-chairmen Louise Glasser (left) and Tory Fesmire (right), with Women’s Board chairman Nancy Nadler and pottery from The Field Muse- ums collections. “Modern Japanese Ceramics,” the Museum's upcoming exhibit, will be pre- viewed at the Women’s Board Ball on Friday, Nov. 3. The black-tie event will celebrate Japanese culture. A richly illustrated catalogue of the exhibit (see below) is available in the Museum Store for $20. The Collections Commit- tee hosted a reception, lecture, and tour of the exhibit “Woman in the Eyes of Man: Images of Women in Japanese Art” at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum on Sept, 22. The exhibit features works from the Boone Collec- tion in The Field Museum and continues through December 3. In the photo above is Kaori Chino of Gakushuin University, Tokyo (center), who spoke on “The Gender of Japanese Art.” At left is Carolyn S. Moore, Associate for the Japanese Collection, The Field Museum; at right is Eliza- beth Lillehoj of DePaul University, curator of the exhibit. Guests included (left to right): Ted John Diane Alexander White / GN87603.10 One of the contem- porary treasures in the exhibit “Modern Japanese Ceramics” opening Nov. 4: An overglaze enamel on and Louann Van Zelst, Collections Committee Blowa gray ground members; Smart Museum director Kimerly jar and cover with Rorschach; Osami Ueda, specialist in Japanese flowering plant design, by the 13th Imaizumi Imaemon. = woodblock prints; and Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, the Japanese consul general in Chicago. The Womens Board of The Field Museum cordially invites you and your family to a HOLIDAY TEA CELEBRATION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1995 | pe 4:00PM.-6.00 PM. a6 John Weinstein / GN87607,2¢ Featuring: Activities: Photos with Santa For Everyone Ages 5 and Under The Stu Hirsh Orchestra Peruvian Tops Animal Stamps The Jesse White Tumblers Hanukkah Dreidls Bean Bag Toss A Special Arrival by Santa Claus Egyptian Hieroglyphs Storytelling Reservations are limited and will be accepted in order received. Andy Head, Stiltwalker Mexican Paper Flowers Face Painters Party attire is encouraged Mr. Imagination Mr. Imagination Place for Wonder No early admission to party A potpourri of Entertaining and Participatory Pawnee Earth Lodge No tickets sold at the door Activities for children of all ages. Museum Scavenger Hunt Ages 6 to 12 An assortment of Holiday Tea Refreshments Origami Haitian Holiday Lanterns For further information, please call the African Dance Polish Paper Cutting Womens Board Office at (312) 322-8870 Japanese Kites Rice Wildlife Research Station Number of Tickets R.S.V.P Family Holiday Tea Celebration Adult Members at $1200 each _ Shes ; The Field Museum Adult Non-Members at $1700 each $ Wednesday, December 6, 1995 4.00p.m.-6:00 pm. Children at'$700 each = $ Please Print (ages 13 and under) Name Total Address Enclosed is my check for $ Please make check payable to The Field Museum. City/State/Zip Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for tickets, and mail with this coupon to: Phone Holiday Tea Celebration, The Field Museum, Womens Board Office, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60605. ISLAND OF THE SUN (Continued from page 1) icent Temple of the Sun there. The temple was said by 16th-century chroniclers to have been built on the ruins of similar edifices constructed by earlier Andean civilizations, which we now know as the Chiripa (ca. 800-200 BC) and the Tiwanaku (ca. 400-1100 AD), Stanish’s research indicates that in the intervening cen- turies, while the maize-growing regions contin- ued to flourish, albeit with raiding or warfare among the villages, occupation of the sanctuary area declined dramatically. “The settlement data suggest that the use of the sacred rock area as a religious sanctuary is directly proportional to the relative complexity of contemporary cultures on the mainland,” Stanish has observed. “This in turn suggests that control of the island sanctuary may have played an important role in regional statecraft, and that Above: On the shore of Lake Titicaca last June, contemporary islanders performed the ancient Ceremony for Pachamama. Right: Archaeolo- gists and community people gather round the sacred rock, which in Andean lore gave birth to the Sun, the ancestor of the Inca. Religious leaders lead the community and guests in a traditional celebration that includes a procession with music and dance, followed by speeches and a feast, These dance costumes, unique to the community of Challa, are worn only a few times each year for special occasions. November/December 1995 10 the elite of these complex Titicaca societies not only sponsored pilgrim- ages to, and financed religious facilities at the sacred rock, but that they may have also used the reli- gious nature of the island to help legit- imize their privileged position within their own social hierar- chies.” To test this hypothesis, Stanish and his colleagues have selected for intensive investiga- tion five archaeologi- cal sites from among the 132 they have uncovered in the past few years. These disparate sites are the remains of both Inca and pre-Inca settlements, some in the ritual area and some in the economic zone. The aim is to discover whether the kinds of ritual objects used by the Inca, which are reasonably well understood from historical sources, were similar to or different from those used by the Chiripa and Tiwanaku, and to compare the rela- tionships of the three ritual cultures to the ongo- ing economic activity elsewhere on the island. The Island of the Sun Archaeological Pro- ject is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. — Ron Dorfman Dr. Charles Stanish (at right) cuts the final ribbon. At center is Dr. Alberto Bailey, Bolivia’s National Secretary of Culture. At left is Dr. Oswaldo Rivera, Director of the National Institute of Archaeology and co- director of the scien- tific research on the Island of the Sun. Future plans include construction of a museum and an auditorium that will showcase the island’s rich cultural heritage. Community leaders greet visitors and participants at the lakeshore in the opening-day ceremonies for the new center. These buildings are the culmination of three years’ work with the descendants of the great Tiwanaku and Inca empires. The island was one of the three most sacred places for these prehistoric states. According to the Inca, the island was the birth- place of the sun. UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS ‘CERAMICS’ UNDERWRITERS ARE JAPAN-SAVVY bbott Laboratories and Arthur Andersen, the principal underwrit- ers of the exhibit “Modern Japanese Ceramics” and related Museum activities, are two Chicago-area firms with extensive interests in Japan. Abbott Laboratories, a research and manu- facturing firm, markets its pharmaceutical, diag- nostic, nutritional, and hospital-related products in more than 130 countries. “Abbott Laborato- ries is proud to be co-sponsor of this excellent exhibit,” says Duane L. Burnham, chairman and CEO. “We've worked with Japanese companies for many years and have a great appreciation for Japanese culture. We consider it a privilege to join The Field Museum in sharing that culture with our community.” Abbott has long- standing partnerships with Japanese businesses through Dainabot, K.K., its Japan-based joint ven- ture with Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., of Osaka, established in 1962, and TAP Holdings Inc., its U.S.-based joint venture with Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., also of Osaka, established in 1972. Abbott's global headquarters is located in Lake County, Illinois. Arthur Andersen provides audit, business, and tax advisory and specialty consulting ser- vices to clients worldwide. In Japan the Arthur Andersen member firm, Asahi & Co., is the largest accounting and consulting firm, having more than 3,000 people serving clients in 28 locations throughout the country. “Arthur Andersen, as a global organization, is delighted to promote cultural understanding by co-sponsoring this opportunity to share unique Japanese artistry with our community,” said Richard L. Measelle, Worldwide Managing Partner. “Through our Japanese member firm, Asahi & Co., over the last 35 years we have gained a deep appreciation for the richness of the cultural heritage this Japanese porcelain exhibit represents.” Arthur Andersen is a business unit of The Arthur Andersen World- wide Organization (AAWO), the leading professional _—_ services organization in the world. Additional under- writing has come from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago, which is cele- brating its 30th anniver- sary next year. Wehame te the Filé Mesram Ondine! You are victor aumder # 47415 VISIT THE MUSEUM ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB he Field Museum’s home page on the World Wide Web (above) provides access to an interactive multimedia version of “Life Over Time” and to a superb collection of 19th-century Javanese masks. There is also a teachers’ guide for “Life Over Time” with suggested activities and a list of supplemental materials. Also available from the home page are descriptions of current and upcoming special exhibits and a list of lectures and other special programs for visitors to the actual Museum. There is also a link to the Museum’s Gopher server, which provides information about the scientific departments and collections of the Museum and a link to the Andean Botanical Information System maintained by curator Michael Dillon. ABIS includes dozens of pho- tographs of plants and flowers from Peru and Chile, available for downloading. To reach the home page, click “Open URL” from the File menu of your web browser; type (without the brackets). CARPENTER SCHOOL PROJECT AT MUSEUM Four hundred students from the Carpenter School on the Near Northwest Side visited the Museum at the end of the school year, culmi- nating a multifaceted program in world cultures that was aided by materials from the Museum's Harris Educational Loan Center. Three classes displayed a triptych mural in Stanley Field Hall, dealing with multiculturalism and people’s responsibility for each other and the global environment. The mural project was directed by artist Chris Burlini and sponsored by the Junior League of Chicago. 11 November/December 1995 nian FIELD MUSEUM OE uxor, Giza and the Valley of the Kings. Jerusalem, Masada, and Petra. All are places that resonate with meaning and magic. Who has not dreamed of gazing upon the Pyramid of Cheops and the Great Sphinx, or walking along the narrow streets of Jerusalem? Now Field Museum mem- bers can experience the won- ders of the Land of Pharaohs and Prophets as we embark on an exploration of the best of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and the Red Sea. This 13-day land and cruise program in- . cludes stays in the age- LAND O old cities of Cairo and Jerusalem, as wellas a week-long cruise on the Red Sea aboard the delightful new 45-passenger sailing yacht Panorama. The history in this land is part of everyday living. In Sinai, the graffiti on the desert canyon walls is 6,000 years old. The Sphinx at Giza could be older than the Janurary In the May 18 - 26, 1996 ediscover the lands Lewis and Clark once discovered along the Columbia River. Beginning in Portland, Oregon, this 450-mile river journey is impossible for larger vessels, but the 70-passenger sister ships Sea Bird and Sea Lion can maneuver all the way into Idaho. From the comfort of a large yacht, see Lewis and Clark's winter headquarters; the Columbia River Gorge, where waterfalls cascade and the Snake River's Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in North America. With guided excursions by jet craft and zodiacs, this tour explores lands rich with beauty and history. Tour cost ranges, according to cabin size and location, from $2,350 to $3,560 per person. (312) 322-8862 F PHARAOH Wake of Lewis & Cl A Voyage Along the Columbia & Snake Rivers 4,500-year-old pyramids. During this journey, King David's city celebrates its 3,000th anniversary — and you'll be there. Explore the moun- tains of Sinai, where Moses’s story takes place. For some modern and ancient history all at once, you'll visit Petra, Jordan and follow the footsteps of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and see the carvings in the red sandstone cliffs with grand monuments dating from the Ist century B.C. The Panorama sails its short distances at night, allowing for long, un-hurried stops during the day. Swim off the bow of . Soyrparmmo | theship or waterski with S & PROPHETS Panorama's own skiboat. 18 - 30, 1996 Accompanied by a Field Museum curator, this trip will enrich the mind as much as it will relax the spirit. Join us for this journey into the Land of the Pharaohs and Prophets. Rates for this voyage start at $3,795 per person. Illustration: Musa al Jaouni, “The Old City No. 3,” oil on canvas et =a a ¢ = ee ark Islands of the Gods | October?- 15,1996 oh - jgint venture with the Art _ fPe\ Institute culminates in this tour of Greece aboard. the Lady Caterina, a new 50-cabin ship. Begin in Athens with a tour of the Acropolis, crowned by the pillared ruins of the Parthenon. Board the ship and head to the. Cycladic Islands. The remaining — nine days explore the islands of Greece, some volcanic, others of - mythological remembrance Phone Field Museum Tours for more information. - from forested slopes;