Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar, Iraq
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Solecki, Ralph S.
label: Collection Creator
content: Solecki, Rose L.
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content: Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-2017
label: Date
content: bulk 1951-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2016-29, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Series 1 is divided into 9 subseries: (1.1) Season I-IV Excavation Field Notebooks, Excavation Catalogs, and Notes, 1951-1963; (1.2) Field and Artifact Data Cards, 1951-1998; (1.3) Excavation and Artifact Analysis, 1951-2017; (1.4) Writings and Publications, 1951-2012; (1.5) Correspondence and Administrative Files, 1947-2011; (1.6) Illustrations and Maps, 1951-2003; (1.7) Photographs and Slides, 1950-2017; (1.8) Sound Recordings, 1971-1975; and (1.9) Film, [1951-1993]
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series comprises materials relating to Ralph and Rose Solecki's excavations at Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar sites from 1951-1960 as well as subsequent analyses. The analytical and administrative files relating to the excavations date between 1951 and 2017 with the bulk dating from 1951-1990.

Included are field notebooks of the Soleckis and their students, field and artifact catalogs,  field and artifact data cards, research files, drafts and manuscripts, publications, correspondence, maps of the sites and geographical region in Iraq, illustrations of artifacts and site sequencing, and photographs and slides of Shanidar Cave, Zawi Chemi Shanidar, and other locations in Iraq.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Artifacts and other archaeological material from Ralph and Rose Solecki's excavations at Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar can be found in NMNH Department of Anthropology's Collections accession 220078. Ethnological material from Iraq donated by the Soleckis can be found in accessions 202536, 232170, 242336, 249217, and 2088153. 

The Iraq Museum in Baghdad also holds archaeolgical material from the Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shanidar sites excavated by Ralph and Rose Solecki. Texas A&M University's Anthropology Research Collections may also hold material excavated by the Soleckis from Shanidar Cave.