Collector:

Dr. Ralph S. Solecki  Search this

Rose Solecki  Search this

Donor Name:

Columbia University  Search this

Site Name:

Shanidar Cave  Search this

Culture:

Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian  Search this

Object Type:

Archaeobotanical

Place:

Rowanduz Qadha, Erbil Governorate / Erbil Liwa, Iraq, Asia

Accession Date:

9 May 1958

Collection Date:

1956 to 1957

Notes:

Selected remains from Shanidar collected when Solecki was in the employment of the SI. The collection also includes remains from wild goat, equids, large and small bovids, cervids, pig, small mammals, birds, and shell. Provenience information is included with material. Material represents Square A7 and is housed in a shared box with USNM 424964-424974. Remaining material from Shanidar is probably at Columbia.

Specimen removed by Ralph and Rose Solecki for analysis in the 1990s. Returned in 2016 and was recataloged as part of the Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project (2018-2019).

Record Last Modified:

16 Apr 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

220078

USNM Number:

A424965-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffaf9bc9-8012-41e8-aa71-bd9fd29e72d0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8177582