This third issue of SPECTRUM, an online journal of student work, includes seven research articles, as well as a poetry contribution to our new "Creative Forum." In this issue, contributors examine a diverse array of topics that touch on ideology and ritual practice in a variety of social contexts, as well as the importance of preserving and protecting the world’s cultural heritage. All the articles raise critical questions over how we come to understand a culture’s history, their ritual practice, and the meanings and long-term impact of their ideologies. To address these themes, the contributors examine a range of written and non-written materials, including epigraphy, ethnography, ethnohistories, myths, pictures, sculpture, and architecture, among other things. As a result, the articles offer a variety of methods and a diversity of content that is sure to stimulate further ideas, discussion, and debate. We have also included a new segment involving creative writing.
