Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Solecki, Ralph S.
- Solecki, Rose L.
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- Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the partial processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund
- Date
- 1968-2008
- bulk 1969-1973
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.2016-29, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement
- Series 3 is divided into 6 subseries based on original order: (3.1) Nahr Ibrahim Field Notebooks, Excavation, and Artifact Files, 1969-1973; (3.2) El Masloukh Field Notebooks, Excavation, and Artifact Files, 1969; (3.3) Correspondence, 1968-1975; (3.4) Writings and Publications, 1969-1998; (3.5) Illustrations and Maps, 1969-1973, undated; (3.6) Photographs and Slides, circa 1968-1974.
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- This series is comprised of materials relating to Ralph and Rose Solecki's excavations and subsequent analysis of the Lebanese sites of Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh. It contains material created and collected through the excavations of Nahr Ibrahim (also called Asfouriah Cave [or other spelling variations]) in 1969, 1970, and 1973 and El Masloukh in 1969. The analytical and administrative files relating to the excavations date between 1969 and 2008, with the bulk dating from 1969-1973. The series includes field notebooks from Ralph Solecki and his students, field and artifact data cards, research files, drafts and manuscripts, publications, correspondence, maps of Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, illustrations of artifacts and site sequencing, and photographs and slides of Nahr Ibrahim, El Masloukh, and other locations in Lebanon.
- Related Materials
- Artifacts from the Ras Beirut site in Lebanon collected by Ralph Solecki in 1956 can be found in the NMNH Department of Anthropology's Collections accession 217009. The NMNH Department of Anthropology's Collections also holds uncatalogued material from the Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh sites. Texas A&M University's Anthropology Research Collections also holds material excavated by the Soleckis from the Nahr Ibrahim site.
- Record ID
- ebl-1566232238184-1566232238798-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0