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"The Korea gallery at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History presents Korea's millennia of history and its distinctive culture through ceramics, paintings, textiles, and sculptures, ranging from the 6th century B.C. to the 21st century. Introducing Korea to a broad audience, this book also presents many previously unpublished Korean artifacts and artworks. The authors consider the exhibition to be the "flagship" of a fleet of related activities in the field of Korean heritage, including research, education, outreach, public programs and the development and improvement of museum collections"--Back cover.

Arts, Korean --- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) --- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). --- Korean arts --- National Museum of Natural History/National Museum of Man --- NMNH --- Smithsonian Institution. --- United States. --- USNM --- Museum of Natural History (U.S.) --- Smithsonian Institution --- Asian Cultural History Program (National Museum of Natural History) --- K9802.40 --- Korea: Art and antiquities -- musea, exhibitions, collections, fairs -- North and Central America --- Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History --- United States. National Museum of Natural History

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Since its discovery in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott, then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains has fascinated both scientists and the public with its plethora of weird wonders - life forms of the past so unfamiliar they cannot easily be assigned to known taxonomic groups. This century's most significant invertebrate fossil discovery, the Burgess Shale provides an unprecedented window into the explosive evolution during the Cambrian period that began about 540 million years ago, one of the most enigmatic episodes in the history of life. This book provides the first comprehensive set of illustrations of the extraordinary life forms revealed in the Burgess Shale. In addition to the more common fossilized hard skeletons, the Burgess Shale preserved the soft parts of these organisms, which provide a key to understanding the early evolution of the major groups of animals that inhabit the earth today. The Fossils of the Burgess Sh ale shows much remarkable detail - including digestive tracts and other internal organs - of creatures preserved in particles of mud fine enough to penetrate every crack and unevenness. The book begins with the history of exploration and research in the Burgess Shale, the geologic setting and preservation of the fossils, and a discussion of the Cambrian radiation, the period when almost all the major phyla of animals evolved. These introductory chapters are followed by 199 high-quality photographs and line drawings with detailed species accounts that describe important features of each specimen, as well as the ecology and taxonomy of each group. A complete list of all currently accepted species described from the Burgess Shale and a comprehensive bibliography follow the illustrations. The Fossil of the Burgess Shale is a compendium of fascinating Cambrian treasures that offer a rare glimpse into the nature of early life on our planet. They have figured prominently in recent evolutionar y debates. The National Museum of Natural History, which houses more than 65,000 fossils collected by Walcott from the Burgess Shale, will open a new exhibition of the specimens in 1995.

Fossils --- Invertebrates, Fossil --- Paleontology --- Catalogs and collections --- Catalogs. --- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) --- Burgess Shale (B.C.) --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- National Museum of Natural History/National Museum of Man --- NMNH --- Smithsonian Institution. --- United States. --- USNM --- British Columbia --- Catalogs --- Animals, Fossil --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Museum of Natural History (U.S.) --- Smithsonian Institution --- Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History --- United States. National Museum of Natural History