A Preliminary Museological Analysis of the Milwaukee Public Museum's Euphrates Valley Expedition Metal Collection

Author

Jamie Patrick Henry, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeFollow

Date of Award

December 2015

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Anthropology

First Advisor

Bettina Arnold

Committee Members

Jason Sherman, Carter Lupton

Keywords

Archaeology, Institutional Memory, Milwaukee Public Museum, Museum, Syria, Tell Hadidi

Abstract

Destruction of ancient sites along the Euphrates River in northern Syria due to the construction of the Tabqa Dam resulted in excavations conducted between 1974 and 1978 by the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) at the site of Tell Hadidi, Syria, by Rudolph Dornemann. The hundreds of thousands of artifacts at the MPM have never been completely published. This preliminary analysis presents an inventory and analysis of the 941 metal artifacts as well as new archival information about the Tell Hadidi/ Euphrates Valley Expedition, whose publication has recently become critical, in order to make the material more useful for future research.

Recommended Citation

Henry, Jamie Patrick, "A Preliminary Museological Analysis of the Milwaukee Public Museum's Euphrates Valley Expedition Metal Collection" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1054.
https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/1054