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Donald J. Ortner Papers

Creator:
Ortner, Donald J.  Search this
Names:
Paleopathology Association  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Department of Anthroplogy  Search this
University of Bradford  Search this
Frohlich, Bruno, 1945-  Search this
Putschar, Walter G. J., 1904-1987  Search this
Extent:
44.37 Linear feet (96 boxes, 3 map-folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Maps
Photographs
Slides (photographs)
Negatives (photographic)
Manuscripts
Sound recordings
Correspondence
Place:
Virginia
England
Jordan
Peru
Date:
1963-2013
Summary:
The Donald J. Ortner Papers, dated 1963 to 2013, document his research and professional activities while working in the Division of Physical Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. They primarily deal with his contributions to the field of paleopathology and his work with specimens from Bab edh-Dhra, Jordan and Chichester, England. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, files related to Ortner's publications, specimen observations and analysis, and photographs.
Scope and Contents:
The Donald J. Ortner Papers primarily document his projects, research, and correspondence working as a biological anthropologist in the Division of Physical Anthropology of the Department of Anthropology from 1963 until his death in 2012. The bulk of the projects represented relate to his work in paleopathology, such as the Near Eastern skeletal biology program in Jordan and the medieval skeletal disease project in England. The collection consists of notes, research materials, correspondence, data and data analysis, transcripts of specimen observations, maps, blueprints, artwork, negatives, slides, photographs, CD-Roms, floppy discs, and sound cassettes.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in 8 series: Series 1. Correspondence, 1966-2012; Series 2. Subject files, 1965-2013, undated; Series 3. Near Eastern Skeletal Biology Program, 1977-2010, undated; Series 4. Medieval Skeletal Disease Project, 1988-2006, undated; Series 5. Other publications, projects, and research, 1963-2011, undated; Series 6. Professional activities, 1971-2007, undated; Series 7. Biographical and office files, 1963-2011, undated; Series 8. Artwork, 1978, undated
Biographical Note:
Donald J. Ortner was a biological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). By the time of his death, Ortner had served in many positions at the Museum, including Acting Director (1994-1996). His areas of expertise included human paleopathology, human health in medieval England, bioarcheology of the ancient Near East, and the history and evoluton of human infectious diseases. Ortner was a founding member of the Paleopathology Association.

Ortner was born in 1938 in Stoneham, Massachusetts and arrived at the NMNH in 1963, working primarily with J. Lawrence Angel who had recently started as Curator in the Division of Physical Anthropology. While working at the Museum, Ortner completed his Master's in Anthropology in 1967 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1970. His doctoral dissertation was on The Effects of Aging and Disease on the Micromorphology of Human Compact Bone.

Ortner worked with Walter G. J. Putschar, a pathologist based at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, on a series of short-courses (1971-1974) on paleopathology at the Smithsonian. During the summer of 1974, Putschar and Ortner traveled to Europe (London, Edinburgh, Zurich, Strasbourg, Vienna, Prague) studying and photographing examples of skeletal pathology in museums and other repositories. The result of this research was the book Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains published in 1981, with later editions in 1985 and 2003.

In 1977, Ortner joined the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain directed by archaeologists Walter E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub, focusing on the site of Bab edh-Dhra. Ortner studied the tombs and skeletons for data indicating cultural and biological changes, especially urbanization and connection to the development of other "Western civilizations." Ortner participated in two more field seasons in Bab edh-Dhra in 1979 and 1981. From his research at Bab-edh-Dhra, Ortner published many scholarly articles and recreated two tombs for the Hall of Western Civilization at NMNH.

In 1988, Ortner began his collaboration with the University of Bradford in Bradford, England, teaching short-courses on paleopathology. While a Visiting Professor at the University, he also participated in a project on human health and disease in Medieval England. The project focused on leprosy and syphilis in skeletons from St. James Hospital's leprosarium cemetery in Chichester, Wharram Perry, and Magistrates' Court in Kingston-upon-Hull. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University in 1995.

Donald J. Ortner died on April 29th, 2012 in Maryland.

Sources consulted:

Ubelaker, D. H. "Obituary: Donald J. Ortner (1938–2012)." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 149 (2012): 155–156.

Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Ann Kaupp. "Donald J. Ortner, Sr. (1939-2012)." Anthropolog: Newsletter of the Department of Anthropology, Spring 2012: 1-3.

Chronology

1938 -- Born on August 23 in Stoneham, Massachusetts.

1960 -- Received B.A. in Zoology from Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland.

1963 -- Began working at the Smithsonian Institution.

1967 -- Received M.A. in Anthropology from Syracuse University.

1969 -- Promoted to Assistant Curator.

1970 -- Received Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.

1971 -- Promoted to Associate Curator.

1971-1975 -- Taught part-time at the University of Maryland.

1974 -- Spent summer with Dr. Walter G. J. Putschar studying pathological specimens in Europe.

1976 -- Promoted to Curator in the Anthropology Department, National Museum of Natural History.

1977 -- First field season at Bab edh-Dhra cemetery site in Jordan.

1979 -- Second field season at Bab edh-Dhra cemetery site in Jordan.

1981 -- Third field season at Bab edh-Dhra cemetery site in Jordan.

1988 -- Began association with the University of Bradford in Bradford, England.

1988-1992 -- Chairman of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History.

1994-1996 -- Acting Director of the National Museum of Natural History.

1995 -- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from the University of Bradford.

1999-2001 -- President of the Paleopathology Association.

2005 -- Received Eve Cockburn Award from the Paleopathology Association in recognition of his contributions in the field of paleopathology.

2012 -- Died on April 29 in Maryland.
Related Materials:
The following photo lots depicting Donald J. Ortner can be found at the NAA:

Photo Lot 7D: Photograph of attendees after American Anthropological Association annual meeting, 1965

Photo Lot 7A: Portraits made at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1970

Photo Lot 77-45: Photograph of Smithsonian Institution physical anthropologists, circa 1977

Photo Lot 4822: Division of Physical Anthropology collection of photographs of physical anthropologists, undated

Sound recordings of Donald J. Ortner at the NAA:

John Lawrence Angel Papers, Sound Recordings, "How Humans Adapt: A Biocultural Odyssey," November 9, 1981

Other collections at the NAA in which Donald J. Ortner is a correspondent or creator of material:

Records of the Department of Anthropology, 1877-1980

Department of Anthropology Annual Reports, 1920-1983

John Lawrence Angel Papers, 1930s-1980s

Three films that document Ortner's work in Bab edh-Dhra are located in the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA):

Film number 2000.9.1, The Bones of Bab edh-Dhra, ca. 1970s

Film number 2000.9.3, Bab edh-Dhra Film Project, 1970-1980

Film number 2014.3, City of the Dead, 1978

The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the original City of the Dead in Accession 05-282, Office of Telecommunications, Productions.
Provenance:
These papers were transferred to the NAA from the Department of Anthropology in 2014.
Restrictions:
The Donald J. Ortner Papers are open for research.

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Rights:
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Topic:
Anthropologists -- United States  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East  Search this
Scurvy  Search this
Leprosy -- Research  Search this
Physical anthropology  Search this
Bāb edh-Dhrā Site (Jordan)  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England  Search this
Forensic anthropology  Search this
Paleopathology  Search this
Bronze age  Search this
Chichester (England)  Search this
Diseases  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Photographs
Slides (photographs)
Negatives (photographic)
Manuscripts
Sound recordings
Correspondence
Citation:
Donald J. Ortner Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NAA.2014-07
See more items in:
Donald J. Ortner Papers
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34f215cb8-26a6-4988-9af5-a94af54f4ac3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-2014-07

Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers

Creator:
Solecki, Ralph S.  Search this
Solecki, Rose L.  Search this
Extent:
104 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Shanidar Cave (Iraq)
Alaska -- Archaeology
Date:
1902-2020
bulk 1951-1999
Summary:
The papers of Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki, 1904-2017 (bulk 1951-1999) primarily document their archaeological excavations and subsequent analysis of sites in Southwest Asia including Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar in northern Iraq; Yabroud, Syria; and Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon primarily during the 1950s-1980s. The papers also include their work at other sites throughout the Near East and North America and files relating to the professional careers at the Smithsonian Institution, Columbia University, and Texas A&M University. The collection consists of field notes, data and analysis, manuscript drafts, publications, correspondence, illustrations and maps, photographic prints, negatives, slides, and recorded film.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki document their archaeological excavations and subsequent analysis of sites in Southwest Asia including Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar in northern Iraq; Yabroud, Syria; Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon primarily during the 1950s-1980s. The papers also reflect their academic careers as students and faculty at Columbia University, staff at the Smithsonian Institution, and adjunct faculty at Texas A&M University.

The bulk of the collection consists of materials relating to the Soleckis' archaeological excavations at Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar in northern Iraq (1951-1960); Yabroud, Syria and locations in Turkey as part of the Columbia University Near East expeditions (or C.U.N.E.) (1963-1965, 1981, 1987-1988); Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon (1969-1973). These materials include field notebooks, excavation catalogs, research notes, data analysis, manuscript drafts, publications, correspondence, illustrations, maps, photographs, slides, sound recordings, and film. Similar materials from other expeditions and projects include aerial photography projects in the 1950s-1960s; expeditions to Alaska in 1949 and 1961; expeditions to Sudan (as part of the Columbia University Nubian Expedition, also abbreviated C.U.N.E.) and Iran in the 1960s-1970s; Rose's work in Peru and Afghanistan in the 1950s; and various archaeological projects elsewhere in North America such as Ralph's work with the River Basin Surveys in the 1940s-1950s contain similar materials.

The papers also contain research and teaching files in the form of annotated publications, course materials, student theses, and other files from their time as students and faculty at Columbia University, staff at the Smithsonian Institution, and adjunct faculty at Texas A&M University. Correspondence and administrative files such as grant applications, daybooks, and departmental forms and files from their professional careers are also within the collection. Personal files, while sparse, are also represented.

Please note that the collection contains images of human remains.
Arrangement:
The Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers are divided into 7 series:

• Series 1: Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar, Iraq, 1947-2017 (bulk 1951-1990)

• Series 2: Yabroud, Syria and Other Localities, 1950-2017 (bulk 1964-1988)

• Series 3: Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon, 1968-2008 (bulk 1969-1973)

• Series 4: Other Expeditions and Projects, 1930-1986, 2006

• Series 5: Research and Teaching Files, 1912-2012 (bulk 1950-2000)

• Series 6: Correspondence and Administrative Files, 1937-2020 (bulk: 1950-2000)

• Series 7: Personal Files, 1902-2014 (bulk: 1950-2000)
Biographical / Historical:
Ralph S. Solecki (1917-2019) and Rose L. Solecki (b. 1925) are archaeologists that worked in the Near East at Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar in northern Iraq (1951-1960); Yabroud, Syria (1963-1965, 1981, 1987); and Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh in Lebanon (1969-1973). Ralph Solecki also conducted archaeological field work in North America at sites in Nebraska, Alaska, and New York as well as with the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys. From 1958-1988, Ralph Solecki was a professor of anthropology at Columbia University. The Soleckis became adjunct faculty at Texas A&M University.

Stefan Ralph Solecki was born on October 15th, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Newtown High School in 1936, he attended the City College of New York from 1936-1941 and received a B.S. in Geology in 1942. Solecki then served in the US Army and fought in World War II. He was discharged in 1945. In 1946, Solecki enrolled at Columbia University to study Anthropology, and he received a M.A. degree in 1950. During this time, Solecki worked for the River Basin Surveys at the Smithsonian Institution. He also accompanied a geological survey to northern Alaska in 1949 (and later in 1961). In 1951, he became an associate curator of archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution. In that same year, he traveled to Iraq to survey prehistoric sites and began Season I of excavation at Shanidar Cave. Solecki then received a Fulbright fellowship to return to Iraq in 1953-1954 to continue excavations at Shanidar Cave (Season II) and conduct research at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. In 1958, he received his PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University and accepted a faculty position within the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. Following the final two seasons of excavation at Shanidar Cave (see below for details on Season III and IV), Solecki led a number of Columbia University expeditions to various locations around the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. He also spent three seasons (1963-1964, 1981, 1987) surveying and excavating the site of Yabroud in Syria and three field seasons excavating the sites of Nahr Ibrahim (1969, 1970, 1973) and El Masloukh (1969) in Lebanon. Solecki retired from Columbia University in 1988.

Rose Muriel (née Lilien) Solecki was born on November 18th, 1925 in New York City, New York. She completed her undergraduate studies in Anthropology from Hunter College in 1945, and she went on to receive her M.A. and PhD degrees in Anthropology from Columbia University. While at Columbia, she joined the American Museum of Natural History's 2nd expedition to Afghanistan in 1950. She also studied under William Duncan Strong and joined Strong's excavations in Peru from 1952-1953. Rose Solecki acted as a research associate within the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University until Ralph Solecki's retirement in 1988.

Ralph and Rose met at Columbia University as students and married in 1955. In 1956-1957, both Ralph and Rose Solecki travelled to Iraq, where Ralph conducted a third season of excavation at Shanidar Cave and Rose excavated the nearby Zawi Chemi Shanidar village site. In 1960, the Soleckis returned for a fourth and final field season of excavation at Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar, where they were accompanied by Smithsonian Institution curator of Physical Anthropology, T. Dale Stewart. Ralph and Rose Solecki both held positions at Columbia University until Ralph's retirement in 1988. In 1990, Ralph and Rose served as adjunct professors at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. In 2000, they left Texas A&M University and moved to South Orange, New Jersey.

Ralph Solecki died in Livingston, New Jersey on March 20, 2019.

Chronology of the Life of Ralph S. Solecki

1917 October 15 -- Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA

1942 -- B.S. in Geology from City College of New York

1942-1945 -- Served in the United States Army during World War II

1948 -- Started working with the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys

1948-1949 -- Accompanied a United States Geological Survey party to the upper Kokpowruk and Kokolik rivers at the Brooks Range in northwestern Alaska

1950 -- M.A. in Anthropology from Columbia University

1951 -- First field season at Shanidar Cave, Iraq

1953-1954 -- Fulbright fellowship to conduct fieldwork in Iraq Second field season at Shanidar Cave, Iraq Shanidar Child skeleton discovered

1955 -- Married Rose M. Lilien

1956-1957 -- Third field season at Shanidar Cave, Iraq Shanidar I, II, and III skeletons discovered

1958 -- Appointed Associate Curator of Archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University Accepted post at Columbia University as Associate Professor of Anthropology

1960 -- Fourth field season at Shanidar Cave Shanidar IV, V, VI, VII (or IV-VII), and VIII skeletons discovered

1961-1962 -- Columbia University Nubian Expedition to Sudan

1963 -- Columbia University Near East (C.U.N.E.) Expedition to Seberde, Turkey and Yabroud, Syria

1964-1965 -- Columbia University Near East (C.U.N.E.) Expedition to Yabroud, Syria

1969-1973 -- Three field seasons at Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon

1971 -- Authored Shanidar: The First Flower People

1981 -- Archaeological survey at Yabroud, Syria

1987-1988 -- Field season at Yabroud, Syria

1988 -- Retired from Columbia University

1990-2000 -- Served as Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University

2004 -- Coauthored The Proto-Neolithic Cemetery in Shanidar Cave with Rose L. Solecki and Anagnostis P. Agelarakis

2019 March 20 -- Died in Livingston, New Jersey

Chronology of the Life of Rose L. Solecki

1925 November 18 -- Born in New York City, New York

circa 1945 -- B.S. in Anthropology at Hunter College

1946 -- Enrolled at Columbia University

1950 -- Joined the American Museum of Natural History's Second Archaeological Expedition to Afghanistan

1952-1953 -- Field season in Peru under William Duncan Strong

1956 -- PhD from Columbia University

1956-1957 -- First field season at Zawi Chemi Shanidar, Iraq

1960 -- Second field season at Zawi Chemi Shanidar, Iraq

1990-2000 -- Served as Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University

2004 -- Coauthored The Proto-Neolithic Cemetery in Shanidar Cave with Ralph S. Solecki and Anagnostis P. Agelarakis
Related Materials:
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology contains archaeological and ethnological collections relating to the work of Ralph and Rose Solecki including accession numbers 187539, 187542, 189439, 202536, 209544, 217009, 220078, 220920, 224347, 224956, 228740, 232170, 242336, 249217, 356696. Accession 220078 contains archaeological and archaeobiological material excavated by Ralph and Rose Solecki at Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar. An accretion transferred in 2016 was cataloged as part of the Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project (2017-2019) and cross-references excavation and artifact analysis within the Solecki papers.

The NMNH Department of Anthropology's Collections also holds uncatalogued material from the Yabroud sites as well as material from Turkey potentially excavated during the 1963 field season; the Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh sitesin Lebanon in 1969, 1970, and 1973; Europe including material from France, Poland, England, Denmark, and Belgium in the 1960s; and from Sudan during the Columbia University Nubian Expedition (CUNE) to Sudan and Egypt in 1961.

The Iraq Museum in Baghdad holds archaeolgical material from the Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar sites excavated by Ralph and Rose Solecki.

Archaeological material excavated by Ralph Solecki from the Yabroud sites in Syria is held at the National Museum of Damascus in Syria.

Texas A&M University's Anthropology Research Collections holds material excavated by the Soleckis from the Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh sites and possibly material from Shanidar Cave.

Records relating to the American Museum of Natural History's Expeditions to Afghanistan may be found in the Special Collections of the American Museum of Natural History's Research Library as well as a collection titled "Field diary, Second Afghan Expedition, American Museum of Natural History, 1950-08 - 1951-02" at the Harvard University Library.

Artifacts and archival material excavated and created by the Soleckis from the 1968 field season at the Tepe Seavan site in Iran can be found at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Archaeological and archival material related to the Soleckis work in New York and surrounding localities are housed at the American Museum of Natural History and other local historical societies.
Separated Materials:
Materials containing personally identifiable information (PII) and born digital materials have been separated, and research access is restricted. In some instances, documents have been copied and redacted; however, in other cases, the entire file has been restricted. Please contact the repository for more information about restricted materials.

Photographs of anthropologists were also separated and added to Photo Lot 92-35.
Provenance:
These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Ralph and Rose Solecki and their sons, John and William, in 2016, 2018, and 2019.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Occupation:
Women archaeologists  Search this
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Archaeology -- Iraq  Search this
Archaeologists  Search this
Early man -- Neanderthal  Search this
Human evolution  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Archaeology -- United States  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East  Search this
Citation:
Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.2016-29
See more items in:
Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31877394a-46ab-49fa-b941-094b0f6e3760
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-2016-29
Online Media:

The Goddess Sul and heathen rites near Bath : a lecture / by A.M. Downes

Author:
Downes, A. M  Search this
Subject:
Temple of Sulis Minerva (Bath, England)  Search this
Physical description:
12 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Bath
Bath (England)
Date:
1909
Topic:
Romans  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities, Roman  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
DA147.B3 D74 1909
DA147.B3D74 1909
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_388751

Excavations in the Donyatt potteries / R. Coleman-Smith and T. Pearson

Author:
Coleman-Smith, Richard  Search this
Pearson, T (Terry)  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 428 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, 1 port. ; 26 cm. + 2 microfiches
Type:
Microforms
Place:
England
Donyatt
Somerset (England)
Date:
1988
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
CC79.5.P6 C69 1988
CC79.5.P6C69 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380427

St. Martin's uncovered : investigations in the churchyard of St. Martin's-in-the-Bull Ring, Birmingham, 2001 / Megan Brickley and Simon Buteux ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Helena Berry ... [et al.] ; principal illustrations by Bryony Ryder ; studio photography by Graham Norrie

Title:
Saint Martin's uncovered
Author:
Brickley, Megan  Search this
Buteux, Simon  Search this
Subject:
St. Martin's Church (Birmingham, England)  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 252 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
England
Birmingham
Birmingham (England)
Date:
2006
C2006
Topic:
Christian antiquities  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_904586

A new antiquity [microform] : the English reception of Assyria / by Frederick Nathaniel Bohrer

Author:
Bohrer, Frederick Nathaniel 1956-  Search this
Subject:
Layard, Austen Henry 1817-1894  Search this
British Museum  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. (xviii, 548 p.) : ill
Type:
Microforms
Place:
Iraq
Nineveh (Ancient city)
Assyria
Nineveh (Extinct city)
England
Date:
1989
19th century
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Art  Search this
Kings and rulers in art  Search this
Art, Assyro-Babylonian  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Call number:
MF 68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_883140

Past mobilities : archaeological approaches to movement and mobility / edited by Jim Leary, University of Reading, UK

Author:
Leary, Jim  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2014
Topic:
Social archaeology  Search this
Migration, Internal--History  Search this
Social evolution  Search this
Social change  Search this
Civilization, Ancient  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities, Prehistoric  Search this
Idea (Philosophy)  Search this
Memetics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1056547

Lepers outside the gate : excavations at the cemetery of the Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene, Chichester, 1986-87 and 1993 / edited by John Magilton, Frances Lee and Anthea Boylston ; with contributions by Margaret Judd ... [et al.]

Author:
Magilton, J. R  Search this
Lee, Frances  Search this
Boylston, Anthea  Search this
Council for British Archaeology  Search this
Subject:
Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene (Chichester, England)  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 294 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Chichester
Chichester (England)
Date:
2008
To 1500
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Leprosy--History  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
DA690.C53 L47 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_921963

South Asian archaeology, 1995 : proceedings of the 13th conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, Cambridge, 5-9 July, 1995 / editors, Raymond Allchin and Bridget Allchin ; with the assistance of Gill Elston and Oleg Starza-Majewski

Author:
Association of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe International Conference (13th : 1995 : Cambridge, England)  Search this
Allchin, F. Raymond (Frank Raymond) 1923-  Search this
Allchin, Bridget  Search this
Elston, Gill  Search this
Starza-Majewski, Olga  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
South Asia
Date:
1997
C1997
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
DS338 .E98 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_890677

The archaeology of cremation : burned human remains in funerary studies / edited by Tim Thompson

Editor:
Thompson, Timothy James Upton  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 244 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2015
To 1500
Topic:
Human remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Cremation--History  Search this
Cremation--Social aspects--History  Search this
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient  Search this
Death--Social aspects--History  Search this
Social archaeology  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Archaeology--Methodology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1048799

Archaeology of the British Isles : with a gazetteer of sites in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland / Andrew Hayes

Author:
Hayes, Andrew  Search this
Physical description:
206 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Gazetteers
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1993
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Historic sites  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_467497

Aspects of Anglo-Saxon archaeology: Sutton Hoo and other discoveries, [by] Rupert Bruce-Mitford

Author:
Bruce-Mitford, Rupert Leo Scott 1914-  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 348 p. illus., maps, plates
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Suffolk (England)
Date:
1972
Topic:
Ship burials  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
GT3380 .B88
GT3380.B88
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_49276

The Sutton Hoo ship burial : a handbook / Rupert Bruce-Mitford

Author:
Bruce-Mitford, Rupert Leo Scott 1914-  Search this
Physical description:
134 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Suffolk
Sutton Hoo Ship Burial (England)
Suffolk (England)
Date:
1979
Topic:
Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers--Death and burial  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Anglo-Saxons  Search this
Ship burial  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
DA155.B784 1979X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_449592

Historical archaeology of the Chesapeake / edited by Paul A. Shackel and Barbara J. Little

Author:
Shackel, Paul A  Search this
Little, Barbara J  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
Chesapeake, Région de la baie de (Mar. et Virg.)
États-Unis
Chesapeake (baie ; région)
United States
Chesapeake Bay Region
Chesapeake (États-Unis ; baie ; région)
Date:
1994
©1994
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Archaeology and history  Search this
Fouilles (Archéologie)  Search this
Archéologie et histoire  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Opgravingen  Search this
Fouilles archéologiques  Search this
History  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Maryland  Search this
Virginia  Search this
Data Source:
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edanmdm:siris_sil_457128

Excavation at Fengate, Peterborough, England; the first report. [By] Francis Pryor with 2 contributions by I. F. Smith

Author:
Pryor, Francis  Search this
Physical description:
51 p. illus. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Fengate
Fengate Site (England)
Date:
1974
1974]
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Call number:
GN776.22.G7 P79 1974
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_45478

Limehouse ware revealed / editor David Drakard

Author:
Drakard, David  Search this
English Ceramic Circle  Search this
Physical description:
80 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 facsim., maps, ports. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
London
Date:
1993
18th century
Topic:
Pottery, English  Search this
Porcelain, English  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Limehouse Ware  Search this
Call number:
NK4485 .L73 1993
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_461524

Textiles, cordage and raw fibre from 16-22 Coppergate / Penelope Walton

Author:
Walton Rogers, Penelope  Search this
York Archaeological Trust  Search this
Council for British Archaeology  Search this
Physical description:
p. 283-454, [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 microfiche (negative)
Type:
Books
Place:
England
York
North Yorkshire
York (England)
Coppergate Site (York, England)
Date:
1989
Topic:
Textile fabrics  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
NK8843.A1 W24 1989
NK8843.A1W24 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_437802

Textiles and clothing : c.1150-c.1450 / Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, and Kay Staniland ; photography by Edwin Baker ; illustrations by Christina Unwin

Author:
Crowfoot, Elisabeth  Search this
Pritchard, Frances  Search this
Staniland, Kay  Search this
Physical description:
x, 223 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plates ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
London
London (England)
Date:
1992
C1992
Medieval, 500-1500
To 1500
Topic:
Textile fabrics, Medieval  Search this
Costume--History  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Sources  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_463907

Excavation at Fengate, Peterborough, England : the fourth report/ Francis Pryor ; with principal illustrations by Robert Bourne ... [et al.] and major contributions by Kathleen Biddick ... [et al.]

Author:
Pryor, Francis  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Fengate
Fengate Site (England)
Peterborough (England)
Date:
1984
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
GN776.22.G7 P79 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_482367

Excavation at Fengate, Peterborough, England : the third report / Francis Pryor ; with illustrations by Robert Powell, Maisie Taylor and the author

Author:
Pryor, Francis  Search this
Physical description:
xlv, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Peterborough
Fengate Site (England)
Peterborough (England)
Date:
1980
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_481718

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