Nahr Ibrahim and El Masloukh, Lebanon
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: 1968-2008
label: Date
content: bulk 1969-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2016-29, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 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.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: 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.