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Tell al-Rimah, Iraq Excavation Records, 1963-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.16 linear foot (tell el-riman records are in six folders, consisting of general correspondence, indexes and catalogues, and publications.)

Abstract:

Tell el-Rimah in northern Iraq was excavated in the first three seaons (1964-1966) by a Joint Expedition of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq and the University Museum.

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Tureng Tepe, Iran expedition records, 1930-1932 (bulk) 1930-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.3 linear feet

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Tureng Tepe, a site dating from approximately 3100-2900 B.C. through 1900 B.C. in northeast Iran was excavated by Frederick R. Wulsin during two short field seasons in 1931. Although the expedition was directed by Wulsin, a University of Pennsylvania Museum staff member who was a curator of Anthropology during 1930-1932, the expedition was sponsored by the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Records relating to the excavation at Tureng Tepe are limited, and consist of 2.3 linear feet of correspondence, field notes, and indexes and catalogues.

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Bet Sh'ean, Israel Expedition records, 1919-1984 (inclusive) 1921-1933 (bulk)

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40 linear feet

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From 1921 to 1933, the Palestine Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania Museum conducted excavations at Bet Sh'ean, a site located 12 miles south of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The expedition was intended to be an extensive research effort in Syria-Palestine, but this goal was never fully achieved due to financial stringencies imposed during the Depression of the 1930s. Clarence S. Fisher, Curator of the Egyptian Section of the University Museum, directed the first three seasons of work at Bet Sh'ean. Alan Rowe and Gerald M. FitzGerald directed the subsequent seven field seasons. Nine major occupation levels were described, the earliest dating to the Late Neolithic, and the latest from the Arab/Crusader periods. Records describing the excavations at Bet Sh'ean consist of forty linear feet of records, including diaries, a card catalog, plans, photographic material, field notes, correspondence, financial records, notes, and publication drafts, as well as dozens of maps,...(see more)

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Elihu Grant Beth-Shemesh excavation records, 1928-1933 (bulk) 1928-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:

5.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Located approximately 12 miles west of Jerusalem, this site was originally excavated in 1911 and 1912 by Duncan Mackenzie for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Under the sponsorship of Haverford College, Haverford professor Elihu Grant undertook excavation at this mound from 1928 to 1931 and again in 1933. When the Bet Shemesh (Ain Shems) artifacts, known as the Haverford Collection, were purchased by the University Museum in 1962, the field notes, notes on pottery, plans, drawings, photographs, and correspondence relating to these finds were also acquired.

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Lake Van, (Tilki Tepe) Turkey Expedition, 1938-1939 (inclusive)

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0.5 linear foot

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The Lake Van, Turkey expedition was proposed by Sir Arthur Cowley, emimnent Semitic scholar. Jointly sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Brown University, it was led by Professors Kirsopp and Silva Lake. The Lake Van, Turkey Exoedition Records consists of one archival box of data and oversize materials housed in the map case.

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Richard B. Seager papers, 1906-1924 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet

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Richard Berry Seager was born to wealthy parents in Lansing, Michigan in 1882. He attended Harvard University for one semester before illness forced him to drop out. Looking to restore his health, Seager traveled to West Germany to experience healing at Bad Neuheim. Refreshed by his time at Bad Neuheim, Seager continued his studies of the classic and archaeology in Athens and Italy. Seager eventually moved to Crete, where he conducted excavations for the Penn Museum. The Richard B. Seager papers consist of three folders of correspondence.

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Arthur L. Frothingham records from the Etruscan tomb groups excavation, 1893-1903 (bulk) 1890-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:

1.0 linear foot

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Although classical, including Etruscan, collections had been donated to the University of Pennsylvania Museum since the early 1890s it was in 1896 that the Museum formally authorized excavations in Italy and the acquisition of Etruscan tomb groups, as well as individual objects, for the Museum. Professor Arthur L. Frothingham of Princeton, then Secretary of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, was commissioned to represent the Museum in Italy. Most of the tomb groups which Frothingham obtained are from Narce and Vulci, although there are objects from many other sites including Cerveteri, Orvieto, and Civita Castellana. The textual records from the excavations in Italy consist of one linear foot of correspondence, notes, financial accounts, and photographs related to the excavation of Etruscan tombs through which the Museum obtained the majority of its Etruscan collections.

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Minturnae, Italy Expedition records, 1931-1934 (inclusive)

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1.0 linear feet

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In August of 1931, the University of Pennsylvania Museum began excavations at the pre-Roman to Byzantine site of Minturnae, in cooperation with Italy's International Society for Mediterranean Research. Jotham Johnson led the expedition. Philanthropist Gustav Oberlaender, a partner in the Berkshire Hosiery Firm of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania was a generous cooperative backer. The Minturnae, Italy Expedition records consist of two boxes of paper records, two boxes of photographs, bound volumes and drawings and plans.

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Sybaris, Italy Expedition records, 1960-1977 (inclusive) 1962-1968 (bulk)

Extent:

4.7 linear feet

Abstract:

Sybaris was a Greek colony in southern Italy renowned in antiquity for its wealth and the luxurious lifestyle of its inhabitants. Founded in 720 BC, it was destroyed by its neighboring colony Croton in 510. Reestablished by Greeks in 445-443 as Thurii, and the site of a Roman garrison since 282, it was again destroyed by Carthaginian general Hannibal shortly before his departure from Italy in 203. The Romans restored the site as Copia or Copia Thurii in 194 BC, and it flourished as a garrison and military seaport until at least AD 90. The Sybaris, Italy expedition records consist of 4.7 linear feet of textual and graphic material that document the 1962 to 1968 expedition of the University of Pennsylvania Museum under the directorship of Froelich G. Rainey and Theresa H. Carter. Some additional data analysis and publication material dates to 1977. Much of the collection concerns the development and use of new scientific archaeological methods under the supervision of Elizabeth...(see more)

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Lapithos, Cyprus Expedition records, 1931-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:

4.0 linear feet

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In 1931, Bert Hodge Hill was commissioned to direct the excavation on Cyprus. He surveyed the site in May and June of that year, beginning formal excavations in September 1931. Dorothy H. Cox assisted him. Excavations needed to cease in 1932 due to financial difficulties. Despite this, analysis of the vast amounts of pottery unearthed and publication of the initial findings was begun by Virginia Grace of the Penn Museum. in the Spring of 1934, Hill traveled to Kourion with George H. McFadden as a contributing researcher. Excavations continued there until 1953, when McFadden passed away. The important sites included Sotira, Bamboula, Kaloriziki and Kourion. The Lapithos, Cyprus expedition records consist of correspondnece, field notes and notebooks, reports, catalogues, inventories, maps, drawings and photographs.

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