Overview
The records contain lists of excavation sites and materials, field reports, photographs, catalogues, correspondence and inventories pertaining to the joint Harvard University Peabody Museum and University of Pennsylvania excavations in central Europe during 1929-1931.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1931 (inclusive )
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions on access: none
Conditions Governing Use
Restrictions on use: none
Extent
.8 linear feetThe papers record the excavations of the joint Peabody Museum--University Museum (PENN) expedition to Central Europe from 1929-1931. Included are lists of excavation sites and materials, field reports, catalogues, photographs, expedition correspondence, field notes, lot data and diagrams and inventories.
Historical Sketch
Through the efforts of Dr. Vladimir J. Fewkes of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Robert W. Ehrich, representing the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, an agreement was made with the Czechoslovakian government to send a joint Harvard-Pennsylvania expedition to that country in 1929. The first year of excavation resulted in the acquisition of a large quantity of pottery and stone artifacts. During the 1930 - 1931 season, the Harvard-Pennsylvania Expedition excavated the great neolithic fortress village of Homolka in Bohemia, as well as conducting archaeological reconnaissance in Yugoslavia. The archaeological work of the Museum in Central Europe continued in 1932 with joint expeditions with the American School of Prehistoric Research and the Fogg Art Museum.
Sources:
- Sixty-Fourth Report on the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, HarvardUniversity, 1929-1930. Cambridge, MA, 1931.
- Sixty-Fifth Report on the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,1930-1931. Cambridge, MA, 1932.
- Sixty-SixthReport on the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1931-1932. Cambridge, MA, 1933.
Physical Location
Peabody Museum Archives
Immediate Source of Acquisition
34-93
These records were transferred from the Peabody Museum accession files to the Archives on May 12, 1998.
General note
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- Title
- Central European Expedition Records, 1929-1931 inclusive : A Finding Aid
- Author
- Peabody Museum Archives
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- pea00067
Repository Details
Part of the Peabody Museum Archives Repository
Papers in the Peabody Museum Archives consist of primary source materials that document the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic research and fieldwork since its founding in 1866. More than 2,800 feet of archival paper collections contain documents, papers, manuscripts, correspondence, data, field notes, maps, plans, and other historical records that represent diverse peoples from around the world, and which were created or collected by the Museum, its individual affiliates, or related entities. The collections also document the history or provenience, as well as the creation of, many of the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic collections.