Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Monograph: Metalwork from Sardis

Description: This is from a “lot” of books donated to our Friends of Spanish Peaks Library District for our quarterly book sale. Proceeds go to our children’s summer programs, adult special programs and staff development. Thanks for looking. I’ll be happy to combine shipping please ask! Only Mark on book is the top page edges, when closed, see pictures for details. The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis began its work in 1958 as a joint effort of Harvard and Cornell Universities under the general sponsorship of the American Schools of Oriental Research; The Corning Museum of Glass joined in 1960. This is the eighth Monograph and tenth volume that presents the results achieved at Sardis since 1958 during the directorship of George M. A. Hanfmann. Jane C. Waldbaum presents a complete corpus of metal objects and evidence for metalworking ranging in date from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. In addition to the material excavated between 1958 and 1974 she includes those metal objects from Sardis that have been found by chance and those that were excavated by the Princeton Expedition under Howard Crosby Butler in 1910-1914 and 1921-1922. A chapter of testimonia provides historic and cultural context and the results of extensive analyses provide new information on the development of alloys and working techniques. We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to the government of the Republic of Turkey for the privilege of working at Sardis. The Department of Antiquities and Museums, formerly under the Ministry of Culture, and the Directors General, their officers and representatives, have been unfailing in their help. We owe a special debt of thanks to the successive directors and staff of the Archaeological Museum in Manisa, especially to its present director, Kubilây Nayir. The pieces excavated by the Sardis Expedition are stored in the depots of the expedition camp unless the Manisa Museum accession number is given. The Sardis Expedition is privileged to have a distinguished scholar and expert on the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age undertake this study.' Jane C. Waldbaum brings to her task thorough knowledge of the history of metallurgy and ancient Sardis. As author and editor of Sardis R1 (1975) she has gained close knowledge of the archaeological contexts of the finds. She worked at Sardis in 1969 and 1974 to prepare this study. A leading proponent of an interdisciplinary approach to archaeology, she has gathered collaborators in the sciences and humanities to complete the metallurgical picture. John G. Pedley expands the sources he presented in Sardis M2 (1972). Andrew Oliver, Jr. shares his wide knowledge of ancient jewelry.Reed Knox, Jr., Robert Maddin, Pieter Meyers, James D. Muhly, George Rapp, Jr. and Leon Stodulski have been extremely generous in providing laboratory and instrumentation time and in sharing results. Thanks are due to all and to the Loeb Classical Library Foundation for permission to publish several texts. In 1968 Andrew Ramage discovered the first archaeological evidence for purifying the gold that made Sardis the seat of legendary wealth. The subject has been touched on here and will be presented in extenso in a forthcoming report by Ramage in collaboration with S. M. Goldstein. The editors join the author in thanks to the many who have assisted in the field and at the Sardis research office at Harvard. That objects found over a sixteen year period could be located, photgraphed and drawn is due to the careful recording system implemented by Ilse 1. From Bronze to Iron: The Transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Eastern Meditteranean, SIMA 54 (Göteborg1978) is the published version of her Harvard dissertation. Hanfmann. Field conservators, especially L. J. Majew-Ski, A. P. Lins and S. M. Goldstein, have contributed to the examination and understanding of objects as well as to their preservation. Illustrations of the Expedition's finds are first the work of field photographers and draftspeople who have spent long, hot hours under difficult conditions. The majority of photographs were taken and printed for publication by Elizabeth Gom-bosi and Steve Shipps. The major share of the drawings is work of Elizabeth Wahle, Rosemary Jones and Kathryn Gleason. T. N. Howe prepared the regional map, Plan I. The final versions of the drawings and plans were prepared at Harvard by Kathryn Gleason, Caroline Hemans and T. N. Howe. Our gratitude also goes to the directors or curators who provided photographs of pieces in their care (as listed on p. 218) and to Robert Maddin and Reed Knox, Jr. for excellent photomicrographs. The presentation of the visual material and final editing and text design is the work of Catharine von Klemperer. Without her care and concern the book could not have been produced. She prepared every aspect of the plates for the printer and edited and proofread the text with the assistance of Katherine Bar-rett, Elizabeth Dobell, and Conyers Thompson. Previous members of the research staff, notably Debra Hudak and Electra Yorsz, helped in the early stages. Both the excavation and research programs have been made possible by grants and contributions extending over two decades from the Bollingen Foundation (1959-1965), the Old Dominion Foundation (1966-1968), the Loeb Classical Library Foundation (1965-1970), the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (1967), the Charles E. Merrill Trust (1973), the Ford Foundation (1968-1972), and the Billy Rose Foundation (from 1970). Donations were received through the American Schools of Oriental Research, and Cornell University contributed university funds from 1957 through 1968. Much of the Harvard contribution came from the group of Supporters of Sardis, established in 1957, which includes both individuals and private foun-dations. We owe the continuity of our work to their enthusiasm and generosity, and particularly to the advice and support of James R. Cherry, Landon T. Clay, Catherine S. Detweiler, John B. Elliott, Mrs. GeorgeC. Keiser, Thomas B. Lemann, Nanette B. Rodney, Norbert Schimmel, Richard Sherwood, and Edwin Weisl, Jr The excavation of the sectors which yielded the coin finds was aided by a grant in Turkish currency made by the Department of State to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the years 1962-1965? The National Endowment for the Humanities, through a series of research grants, largely on a matching basis, has played a key role in sustaining the Sardis program. 3 This vital help is most gratefully acknowl-edged. Our special gratitude goes to the friends and foundations who enabled the project to receive the Endowment's support through their matching contribu-tions. In accordance with a request of the Endowment, we state that the findings and conclusions here do not necessarily represent the views of the Endowment. This is the second volume in the Sardis series to benefit by a grant from the Publication Program, Division of Research Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities.* It is especially gratifying to have this assistance in responsibly presenting the results of an excavation which has been funded in part by the Endowment. The NEH award was made possible by matching funds from the Billy Rose Foundation and by a contribution from the Foundation of Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel for the Promotion of Numismatic and Archaeological Research. Our deep appreciation for their interest and support goes to the trustees of those foundations, expecially James Cherry and Herbert Cahn. The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee provided funds for research, travel and photography. Thorough archaeological publication in a time when all relevant costs are skyrocketing would not be possible without the generous support detailed above and the hard work of the authors and illustrators. Through this collaboration we are able to present a study of all the metal objects used and made by the inhabitants of Sardis over five millenia.

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