Reprint ]: Searching for Ancient Remains in Lower Iraq - Report of an Archaeological Survey made in Southern Babylonia during the First Quarter of 1926 - Reprinted from The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research Vol. VII for 1925-1926

DOUGHERTY, Raymond P.

Published by American Schools of Oriental Research, 1927

About this Item

Printed wraps 19 x 26cm. 93pp including 72 b/w photos, 4 maps, and index of sites studied. Inscribed "With the writer's compliments" to the front. Wraps good with a patches of loss and short tears to the spine. Interiors very good. The author prepared his survey whilst on leave from Goucher College at Yale. He credits Gertrude Bell, Leonard Woolley, Dr Albright among others for their cooperation surveying these largely unexplored sites ("terra incognita"), that Bell had recommended to him "without hesitation". In addition to his findings, he gives a lengthy discussion of practicalities and methods, with helpful observations concerning the presence of mirages, sand storms, desert terrain, travel on land and water, military escort, hospitality of Arabs, dealing with Arabs, local interest in antiquities, maintaining health, etc. He also gives a chronological summary of previous explorations from Fraser in 1835 to Albright in 1925.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reprint ]: Searching for Ancient Remains in Lower Iraq - Report of an Archaeological Survey made in Southern Babylonia during the First Quarter of 1926 - Reprinted from The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research Vol. VII for 1925-1926
• Publisher: American Schools of Oriental Research
• Publication Date: 1927
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)