Gus Van Beek films of Smithsonian Institution excavations at Tel Jemmeh, Israel
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1990.14.1
name: label: Creator
content: Van Beek, Gus W. (Gus Willard), 1922-
place: label: Place
content: Middle East
label: Place
content: Israel
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Gus Van Beek in 1990.
creator: label: Creator
content: Van Beek, Gus W. (Gus Willard), 1922-
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (2 hours, color silent; 3000 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1973
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Smithsonian Institution Excavations at Tel Jemmeh, Israel 1970-1973."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1990.14
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of excavations at Tel Jemmeh, Israel. Excavation site is located on the ancient border between Israel and Egypt and was occupied chiefly from 1700 B.C. to 200 B.C. by Canaanites, Philistines, Assyrians, Persians, and Ptolemies of Egypt. Series of large mud brick storage chambers, built by the Ptolemaic government as tax collecting centers, with silos more than six meters in diameter for collecting wheat and barley, and smaller structures for wine are excavated. Footage includes organization of the excavation as well as preparation of the contour plan of the site.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Gus Van Beek papers.