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DR. MELVIN K. LYONS COLLECTION, 1971-1973

By聽Sarah Zaccardi

Collection Overview
Title: Dr. Melvin K. Lyons Collection, 1971-1973

Creator: Lyons, Melvin K. (1921-1999)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in one alphabetical series by subject.

Date Acquired: 05/27/2014

Languages: English

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of slides and photographs from Dr. Melvin Lyon鈥檚 time as a physician for ASOR digs in the seventies and early eighties, with the majority of slides come from the early seventies. Included in this collection are slides taken at ASOR digs at Tel Gezer and Tel el-Hesi, Hesi Lahav, and Ebla. The majority of these slides are of the locations of the digs and the people involved; some of them document finds from the sites, including artifacts and human remains. In addition to the slides, there are photographs of the team for the 1970 Tel Gezer dig, photographs from an ASOR hosted reception in 1979, lecture notes that accompany the Ebla slides, and a copy of Dr. Lyons鈥檚 book, The Care and Feeding of Dirt Archaeologists. The General file contains slides from multiple archaeological digs that did not match up in location or date with any other archaeological digs or expeditions in this collection.

Box and Folder List

Series 1: Lecture Notes
Folder 1: Slide Lecture: “Ebla: A Visual Guide to the Ancient City”

Series 2: Photographs
Folder 1: Gezer, Israel, 1970
Folder 2: Reception at ASOR, June 1979

Series 3: Slides
Folder 1: General
Folder 2: Dali (Idalion), Famagusta District (Cyprus), 1972
Folder 3: Dali (Idalion), Nicosia District (Cyprus), 1972
Folder 4: Ebla (Tell Mardikh, Syria), 1979
Folder 5: Gezer (Israel), 1969-1971
Folder 6: Hesi Lahav (Israel), 1979
Folder 7: Jerash / Tel Husn (Jordan), 1981
Folder 8: Jerash (Jordan), 1976-1981
Folder 9: Tel el-Hesi (Israel), 1969-1973

Series 4: Book
Book 1: The Care and Feeding of Dirt Archaeologists, 1978