Word: archeologists
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Also inducted were Walter S. Isaacson '74, managing editor of Time magazine; Professor of Anthropology Maryellen Ruvolo '74; Arthur E. Spiess '74, an archeologist with the State of Maine Historic Preservation Commission; Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality Brendan A. Maher, who is retiring from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and Rev. Wendell W. Meyer, associate minister of the Memorial Church...
Throughout Riley's guided tour of the museum, be often paused for commentary on the acquisitive Gardner herself, accommodating her into his dualist scheme. He stressed that she was both a romantic wanderer who longed for emotional connection with art, as well as a scientific archeologist, who strove to understand art. He emphasized that her collection in intended to educate but is simultaneously an expression of her own artistic senses. Although it might appear to exist in pleasing disarray, it was actually thoughtfully and wittily designed...
...Archeologist here, eager to turn up Harvard's underground history, asked the administration to inform them of any utilities they planned to put in the ground...
Harvard's collection of Tun-huang wall paintings and sculptures in the Sackler Museum should also be considered an important case in the repatriation debate. The pieces were taken from Buddhist cave temples in northern China by Harvard archeologist Langdon Warner in a 1920 expedition. The ancient caves, now preserved by the Chinese government, are marred by gaping holes in the walls where the wall paintings and sculptures used...