Douglas "Doug" R. Edwards papers, 1918-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Edwards, Douglas R.
Title
Douglas "Doug" R. Edwards papers
Dates
1918-2007 (inclusive)
1994-2007 (bulk)
Quantity
30 linear feet, (72 boxes)
Collection Number
Mss.033
Summary
This collection contains material from three archeological excavations and surveys in which Professor Douglas R. Edwards of the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington) served as director or consultant. The first part of the collection relates to the Jotapata / Yodefat expedition in Galilee. The second part is related to the Khirbet Qana archeological project in Israel from 1998-2008. Khirbet Qana (also known as Cana or Cana of Galilee) was the site of a historical village of Roman Galilee, eight miles northwest of Nazareth, on the north side of an important trade route, the Beit Netofa Valley. The third part of the material is from the Chersonesos archeological project (Black Sea Project) from 1994-1998, on a site in present-day Sebastopol, Ukraine. The final part of the collection relates to Edwards' scholarly work.
Repository
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections

Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner St.
CMB1021
Tacoma, WA
98416-1021
Telephone: 2538792669
archives@pugetsound.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is available for research.

Languages

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Dr. Douglas "Doug" R. Edwards was professor of New Testament and archaeology at the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington. Edwards also led Puget Sound students on archaeological expeditions in Israel, Ukraine, and Greece. Born in Hardy, Nebraska, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in New Testament and Christian Origins from Boston University, where he met his wife, Mary Lynn. Edwards took a position at Puget Sound in 1987, where he taught classes in New Testament, Hebrew Bible, ancient Near Eastern religions, and archaeology.

Edwards first excavated at Sepphoris, Israel in 1986 where he was an area supervisor. He continued at Sepphoris for another six years before helping to excavate roof tiles with the stamp of the 6th legion Ferrata at Kefar Hananya. He led his first excavation as a co-director at Yodefat (Jotapata) in 1992. Between 1994 and 1998, he co-directed excavations at ancient Chersonesos (modern Sebastopol) in Ukraine. The Black Sea Project concentrated on a fifth or sixth century basilica that had been excavated previously from the 1930s to the 1960s. The excavations sought to understand the transformation of the area in the Late Hellenistic or Early Roman period. In 1998, Edwards initiated excavations at Khirbet Qana (also known as Kana, or Cana of the Galilee) in the Beit Netofa Valley in Israel. Edwards' aim was to compare the archaeological findings from urban sites in the Roman and Byzantine periods with findings from rural village sites such as Khirbet Qana. Based on previous surveys, there was a great deal of evidence that the village had been occupied from the Neolithic through the Ottoman periods. The most significant occupations appear to have occurred in the Early Roman and Late Byzantine periods. Khirbet Qana is possibly the Galilean village memorialized by the writer of the Gospel of John as the site at which Jesus turns water to wine at a wedding feast (John 2:1-11). The discovery of a Crusader-era "veneration cave" shows that medieval Christians considered Khirbet Qana to be a sacred place. Due to safety concerns about taking students to Israel (during the Second Intifada), Edwards began taking students to archaeological expeditions in Greece where he acted as GPS/GIS consultant. These included the Iklaina project in Pylos, Stymphalos in Peloponnesos, Kenchreai, SHARP (Korphos) in Corinth, and Sikyon Projects. Edwards was an early adopter of GPS (Global Positioning Systems) / GIS (Geographic Information System) in archeological excavations and employed these techniques in Israel, Greece, and Ukraine. GPS/GIS is used in archeology to collect data points, such as artifact and square locations, for later transfer to a database for analysis and processing. A donation of GPS equipment from the Trimble Foundation allowed Edwards to use GPS/GIS in his archeological projects. In 2008, unable to make the trip to Israel, he directed the excavations at Khirbet Qana via teleconference. Edwards died on November 22, 2008, after an eight-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 58 years old.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains material from three different archeological digs: Jotapata / Yodefat and Khirbet Qana in Israel and Chersonesos in the Ukraine. The bulk of the material is related to the excavations themselves. This includes field reports, square field notes, technical reports, artifact lists, bucket lists, coin lists, pottery readings, baulk and top plan drawings, archaeological artifacts including pottery shards, and dig samples.

Administrative material includes research material, grant and email correspondence, index cards, database printouts, transparencies, aerial and site photos, slides, and slide indexes.

The collection also includes material relating to Edwards' work as a professor including class syllabi, his curriculum vitae, and publications and lectures.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Name of document, date.] Douglas "Doug" R. Edwards papers, Mss.033. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Jotapata / Yodefat , 1991-1993Return to Top

The site of Jotapata / Yodefat served as Edwards' first site. He was co-director with two Israeli colleagues. Jotapata was a major fortified town in 67 CE where Josephus, the Jewish commander of the forces opposing Roman rule in Palestine faced off against the Roman army. The excavation at Jotapata was interested in locating material remains associated with the destruction of the town in 67 CE by the Romans, testing surface surveys that inundated late Hellenistic and Early Roman (2nd century BCE to 1st century CE) remains, and determining whether the fortress site was abandoned in favor of settling in Khirbet Jifat following the revolt and destruction of the town. The excavation was to continue from 1992-2002, but Edwards left the dig after the first season and began excavating in Ukraine in the following years.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Arches article about excavation at Jotapata
1992
1 2
Articles of Incorporation, Jotapata excavation
undated
1 3
Descriptions of Jotapata expedition
1991
1 4
Drawings of Jotapata
1992
1 5
Field archaeology course, Jotapata
1992
1 6
Graves Award project proposal, Jotapata
1991
1 7
Letters from Edwards re: Jotapata excavation
1991-1993
1 8
Miscellaneous notes about Jotapata expedition
1992
1 9
Test report for Jotapata
1992

Chersonesos (Black Sea Project), 1934-2000,   (bulk 1994-1998) Return to Top

This series contains material relating to the Black Sea Project, the 1994 - 1998 excavations conducted by Edwards in Chersonesos in modern-day Ukraine. Material is divided into eleven different subseries: field notes, registrar, reports, background research, papers and publications, administration, correspondence, drawings and topographical plans, photographs and slides, and artifacts.

Container(s) Description Dates
Field Notes
This subseries contains material relating to the Black Sea Project physical excavations in Chersonesos. This includes field notebooks with field and square notes, top plans, locus descriptions, critical loci, square reports, and bucket lists. Reports, including pottery readings, artifact and coin lists, glass and ceramic analyses, are included with their original square if originally filed in that order, otherwise they can be found in Subseries II: Registrar or Subseries III: Reports.
1994-1998
Box Folder
1 10-12
Field I, Square 2 field notebooks
1994-1995
1 13
Field I, Square 2 final report (photocopy)
1995
1 14-15
Field I, Square 2 field notebook
1996
2 1-6
Field I, Square 3 field notebooks
1994-1996
2 7
Field I, Square 3 final notebook (photocopy)
1996
3 1-4
Field I, Square 4 field notebooks (photocopies)
1994-1997
3 5-8
Field I, Square 5 field notebooks
1995
4 1-3
Field I, Square 5 field notebooks
1996
4 4-5
Field I, Square 6 field notebooks (photocopies)
1995-1996
5 1-6
Field I, Square 7 field notebooks
1994-1996
5 7-8
Field I, Square 8 field notebooks
1994
6 1
Field I, Square 8 field notebook (photocopy)
1995
6 2
Field I, Square 8 top plan, artifacts lists (photocopy)
1995
6 3-5
Field I, Square 8 field notebooks
1996
6 6-8
Field I, Square 9 field notebooks
1995, 1998
6 9
Field I, Square 10 field notebook (photocopy)
1998
Registrar
This subseries contains material relating to the registrar's position on the excavation. Material includes artifact description catalogs, registration lists, registries and pottery analysis reference information, pottery bucket lists, pottery counts and printouts from the pottery count database, pottery registry, and pottery types and classifications. This subseries also includes the ceramics catalog, carbon-radio dating of plasters, and examples of stamped amphora handles.
1994-1998
Box Folder
7 1
Architectural fragment list, Field I, Square 3
1994
7 2-6
Artifact Description Catalog
1995-1996
7 7
Artifact Description Catalog, Field I, Squares 2-6
1995
7 8
Artifact Description Catalog, Field I, Squares 7-8
1998
8 1-3
Artifact Description Catalog index cards
undated
8 4-5
Artifact Registration Lists
1994-1995
8 6
Artifact List
1996
8 7
Artifact List, Coin and Artifact Description Catalog
1994
8 8
Artifact Registration List and Coin Description Catalog
1995
8 9
Artifact registry
1995
8 10
Ceramics catalog
1996
8 11
Coin, pottery, and artifact readings
1996
8 12
Coin reproductions and artifact types
undated
9 1
Plasters, carbon-radio dating, and translations
undated
9 2
Pottery Analysis Reference Guide
undated
9 3-4
Pottery Analysis Reference Information
undated
9 5
Pottery bucket lists, Field I, Squares 2-7 (photocopy)
1995
9 6-7
Pottery counts and descriptions
1994-1995
10 1
Pottery counts and descriptions, Field I, Squares 2-3
1995
11 1-6
Pottery counts and descriptions, Field I, Squares 2-8
1995
11 7-10
Pottery counts in database
1995-1996
11 11
Pottery counts, multiple squares (photocopy)
1996
11 12
Pottery registry
1994
12 1-2
Pottery registry
1994
12 3-4
Pottery report
1994
12 5
Pottery reproductions, lists, and correspondence
circa 1995
12 6
Pottery types
undated
12 7
Stamped amphora handles
undated
12 8
Pottery types and classifications
1995
12 9
Registrar handbook
undated
13 1
Registrar information, artifact and coin lists
1995
13 2-3
Registry log
1996
13 4
Registry log: pottery descriptions
1996
Reports
This subseries includes excavation reports, a final report on the excavation in 1994, several field reports and preliminary reports, and an annual report. While most of the reports are in English, one of the 1994 reports is in Russian.
1993-1998
Box Folder
14 1
Excavation report
1994
14 2
Final report
1994
14 3
Phasing report
1996
14 6
The Black Sea Project report [in Russian]
1994
14 7-8
The Black Sea Project reports
1994
14 9-10
The Black Sea Project reports
1995
15 1
The Black Sea Project report
1995
15 2
The Black Sea Project preliminary report
1996
15 3
The Black Sea Project report [in Russian]
1996
15 4
The Black Sea Project preliminary report
1998
15 5
The Black Sea Project
1993-1995
Background Research
This subseries contains books, articles, and previous excavation reports and summaries. Many of the books and articles are in Russian, some with English translations. Several of the books have inscriptions from Ukrainian scholars that Edwards worked with.
1934-2000
Box Folder
16 1
Annotated bibliography, "Archives of the Chersonesos Museum Preserve"
1994
16 2
Annotated chapter on Chersonesos (photocopy)
undated
16 3
Archeological Research in the Crimea [in Russian]
1994
16 4
Articles and reports on Black Sea excavations
undated
16 5
Articles relating to the east and southwest area of basilica [in Russian]
1934, 1994-1995
16 6
Biographies of Chersonesos excavators
undated
16 7
Black Sea Project overview [in Russian]
1934, 1994-1995
16 8
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Vol. IX, British Museum
1993
16 9
Chersonesos article
1999-2000
16 10
Chersonesos articles [in Russian]
undated
17 1
Chersonesos excavations: Plans 609, 622, 691, 692
undated
17 2
Chersonesos excavations: Plans 710, 730, 742, 750, 750/I, 796
undated
17 3
Chersonesos excavations: Plans 1295, 1296, 1301, 2021, 2024
undated
17 4
Belov, Kalashnik, Zherebtsov excavations: artifact plans, photographs, and reports
1935
17 5
Dmitry Korobkov paper with handwritten sources
undated
17 6
Ella I. Solomonik article
undated
17 7
English translation of 1950 Black Sea excavation
1950, 1996
17 8
Human remains report [in Russian]
1935, 1957
17 9
"Iranians and Greeks in South Russia" article
undated
17 10
Ivanov A.B. article and translation
undated
17 11
Partial article on the Belov excavations
undated
17 12
Article on Chersonesos (photocopy)
undated
18 1
Articles about the Black Sea
undated
18 2
Articles on the Black Sea archeology with annotations
undated
18 3
Photocopied book on Chersonesos [in Russian]
1938
18 4
Publications about the Black Sea excavations
2000
18 5
Reports on earlier Chersonesos excavations
1938, 1996
18 6
Russian language Chersonesos books
1993
19 1-3
Russian language Chersonesos books
1994-1995
19 1
The Black Sea Project reference material
undated
20 1-2
The Black Sea Project reference material
undated
Papers and Publications
This subseries contains Edwards' publications relating to the Black Sea Project.
1993-2000
Box Folder
21 1
"Balk Debris Method, Computers, and CD-ROMs: Analysis and archiving data from the Black Sea Project excavations at ancient Chersonesos"
undated
21 2
Articles on the Black Sea Project excavations
1996, 2000
21 3
"On the Periphery of Empires: Tauric Chersonesus in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine"
1998
21 4
The Black Sea Project conference presentation by Jack Olive
undated
21 5
The Black Sea Project publications
1993-1995
Administration
This subseries contains material relating to the administrative work surrounding the Black Sea Project. It includes background information, an introduction to the project, Chersonesos chronology, Edwards' excavation journals including the journal detailing his first trip to the Ukraine scouting an excavation site with two of his colleagues, a proposal for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, a manual for area supervisors, and Edwards' Ukrainian visa.
1993-1996
Box Folder
21 6
Black Sea Project background information
undated
21 7
Black Sea Project introduction
undated
21 8
Chersonesos chronology
1994
21 9
Doug Edwards' excavation journals
1993, 1995
21 10
Manual for area supervisors
1994
21 11
NEH proposal, Chersonesos
1994
21 12
NEH proposal, "The Rhetoric of Power"
undated
21 13
Ukranian excavation visa
1996
Correspondence
This subseries contains a variety of correspondence to and from Edwards relating to the Black Sea Project including letters about the use of GIS in archaeology. Material also includes translated and annotated emails from Ukrainian colleagues, notes and correspondence around the Chersonesos manuscript, as well as correspondence about loci contents and descriptions, and certain inscriptions.
1993-1996
Box Folder
21 14
Annotated email to Doug Edwards from Miron I. Zolotarev
circa 2000
21 15
Correspondence regarding loci contents
1997
21 16
Correspondence regarding inscriptions
1995
21 17
Chersonesos manuscript with notes and correspondence
undated
21 18
Information and correspondence regarding Bob Trimble
1996
21 19
Letter from Jack Olive regarding locus descriptions
1995
21 20
Letter to Andy Overman
1993
21 21
Letter to Doug Edwards with GPS survey points
1997
21 22
Reflections on the use of GIS
undated
21 23
Correspondence about locus descriptions
1996
Drawings and Topographical Plans
This subseries contains a variety of drawings related to the Black Sea Project excavations including baulk drawings, top (topographical) plans, locus descriptions, and site plans from the Russian-led excavations. It also contains maps related to the Black Sea Project, including top plans, baulk drawings, site plans, as well as large scale drawings of artifacts (bone fragments, jewelry and beads, figurines, glass fragments and pottery shards). This subseries includes two boxes of oversized material.
1994-1998
Box Folder
21 24
Basilica, locus descriptions and correspondence
1996-1997
22 1
Baulk drawings
1994-1996
22 2
Computer top plans, artifact forms
undated
22 3
Digitized top plans, site photos
undated
22 4
Locus description
1995
22 5
Locus descriptions
1996-1997
22 6
Locus descriptions, Field I, Square 2
1994
22 7
Locus descriptions, Square 2
1996
22 8
Locus IDs
1993-1998
22 9
Loci readings
undated
22 10
Russian site plans
undated
69
Oversized drawings and plans
1994-1996, and undated
70
Oversized drawings and plans
1996
71
Oversized drawings and plans
1949-1951, 1996
Photographs and Slides
This subseries contains photologs, photographs, and slides in color and in black and white relating to the Black Sea Project. Photologs correspond with photos taken of areas of the site, as well as artifacts.
1993-1998
Box
23
Slides, Chersonesos [6 boxes]
1993-1998
Folder
23 1-2
Chersonesos, color slides
1994-1995
23 3
Copies of Chersonesos excavation photographs
undated
23 4
General archeology color slides
undated
23 5
The Black Sea Project archive photographs
undated
23 6
The Black Sea Project artifact color slides
1994-1996
23 7
The Black Sea Project black and white photographs and slides
1998
24 1
The Black Sea Project black and white negatives, contact sheets, and photolog
1997
24 2-4
The Black Sea Project color slides
1994, 1996
24 5
The Black Sea Project color photographs
undated
24 6
The Black Sea Project color slides
undated
24 7-8
The Black Sea Project photolog
1995
24 9
The Black Sea Project photolog, black and white photographs and negatives
1994
25 1-4
The Black Sea Project photolog, black and white negatives and slides
1995
25 5-7
The Black Sea Project photolog, black and white photographs
1996
25 8
The Black Sea Project, maps and color photographs
1996
26 1
The Black Sea Project color photographs
1994
26 2
The Black Sea Project color photographs and photolog
undated
26 3
The Black Sea Project, Square 4 final photos
1997
Artifacts
This subseries contains artifacts from the Black Sea Project. Material includes Roman glass, tessera pieces, a variety of different pottery types including glazed pottery pieces, and a replica cylinder seal.
undated
Box
27
Artifacts
undated
28
Artifacts
undated
29
Artifacts
undated
30
Artifacts
undated
31
Artifacts
undated

Khirbet Qana, 1918-2007Return to Top

This series contains the material relating to Edwards' excavations in Israel, particularly at the site called Khirbet Qana (or Cana) from 1998 - 2008. Material is divided into ten different subseries including: field notes, registrar, reports, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), papers and publications, administration, drawings and topographical plans, photographs and slides, artifacts, and media.

Container(s) Description Dates
Field Notes
Field notes include the square notebooks kept each dig season for every square excavated. Square 13 was where the cylinder seal (1999) and pilgrim flask (2000) were found. Fields (sometimes described as areas) are I, II, III, IV, and V. Fields I and II are on the top of the hill and contain the main living complex. Field I is to the east and field II is to the west. Field II contains the highest number of squares. Field III is to the north and contains a possible miqveh. Field IV is on the western slope of the hill. Field V is on the lower southern slope of the hill and contains the cave complex with Crusader-era veneration cave. A note about the order of the square notebooks: the archivist has attempted to maintain an order similar to the order of fields and squares of the actual site so researchers can compare findings from adjacent sites. This subseries follows the order of field number, square number, and date. It's important to note that some of the square notebooks list the incorrect field. The archivist worked off of a map created by Edwards and his team that specifically labeled the location of each field or area. Not all of the squares are listed on these maps (the latest of the maps is dated to 2003 and the dig continued until 2008). The archivist has done their best to put the correct squares in the correct fields. If a square does not have a field location listed, it has been kept separate and marked as such.
1998-2007
Box Folder
32 1
Assorted field notes (pottery readings, evaluations, final reports)
1998
32 2
Field II notes, assorted squares
undated
32 3
Fields I, II, & IV and Squares 2, 3, 4, & 8 field notes
1998
32 4
Field notebook [photocopy]
2000
32 5
Miscellaneous loci information
undated
32 6-10
Field I, Square 4 field notebooks
1998
32 11
Final report, Field I, Square 4
1999
33 1
Field I, Square 5 field notebook
1998
33 2
Field I, Square 9 field notebook
1998
33 3-4
Field I, Square 12 field notebooks
1999
33 5-6
Field I, Square 13 field notebooks
1999-2000
33 7
Field I, Square 13 final report
1999
33 8
Field I, Squares 21/4 field notebook
1999
34 1
Field I, Squares 21/4 field notebook
1999-2000
34 2-3
Field I, Square 21 field notebooks
1999
34 4-5
Field I, Square 25 field notebooks
2000
34 6-7
Field I, Square 26 field notebooks
2000
34 8-9
Field I, Square 29 field notebooks
2000
34 10-11
Field II, Square 1 field notebooks
1998
35 1-4
Field II, Square 1 field notebooks
1998-1999
35 5-6
Field II, Square 2 field notebooks
1998
35 7-9
Field II, Square 3 field notebooks
1998
35 10
Field II, Square 7 field notebook
1998
36 1-3
Field II, Square 11 field notebooks
1998-1999, 2001
36 4-5
Field II, Square 14 field notebooks
1999
36 6
Field II, Square 15 field notebook
1999
36 7-8
Field II, Square 16 field notebooks
1999, 2006
36 9-10
Field II, Square 17 field notebooks
1999
37 1
Field II, Square 17 field notebook
2000
37 2
Field II, Square 27/17 field notebook (photocopy)
2000
37 3
Field II, Square 27 field notebook
2000
37 4-5
Field II, Square 30 field notebooks
2006-2007
37 6-8
Field II, Square 31 field notebooks
2001
37 9-11
Field II, Square 32 field notebooks
2003, 2006
38 1
Field II, Squares 31 and 33 field notebook
2006
38 2
Field II, Squares 32 and 33 locus descriptions
2003
38 3
Field II, Square 33 field notebook
2003
38 4
Field II, Square 35 field notebook
2006
38 5
Field II, Square 36 field notebook
2006
38 6
Field II, Square 37 field notebook
2006
38 7
Field II, Square 39 field notebook
2007
38 8
Field II, Square 40 field notebook
2007
38 9
Field II, Square 44 field notebook
2007
38 10
Field III, Square 10 field notebook
1998
38 11-13
Field III, Square 22 field notebooks
1999
39 1
Field III, Square 22 final report
1999
39 2-4
Field III, Square 24 field notebooks
1999-2000
39 5
Field IV, Square 6 field notebook
1998
39 6
Field IV, Square 8 field notebook
1998
39 7
Field V, Square 1B cave drawings
2000
39 8-10
Field V, Square 18 field notebooks
1999
40 1
Field V, Square 18 field notebook
1999
40 2-4
Field V, Squares 18-20 field notebooks
1999-2000
40 5-7
Field V, Square 19 field notebooks
1999
40 8-10
Field V, Square 20 field notebooks
1999
40 11
Field V, Square 23 field notebook
2000
41 1
Field V, Square 23 field notebook
2000
41 2-3
Field V, Square 28 field notebooks
2000
41 4
Field V, Square 41 field notebook
2007
41 5
Field V, Square 43 field notebook
2007
41 6
Field [unknown], Square 42 field notebook
2007
Registrar
This subseries contains various lists for artifacts, pottery, and buckets, as well as roof tile studies, pottery logs, artifact catalogues, artifact and pottery analyses, coin catalogs, metals database, information about carbon dating and lists of samples (basalt and Inductively-coupled plasma or ICP spectroscopy). There is also some correspondence that relates specifically to the registrar activities including flints found at the site and the cylinder seal.
1997-2007
Box Folder
42 1
Artifact lists, radiocarbon master spreadsheets, list of metal objects
2006
42 2
Correspondence regarding flints
1997
42 3
Artifacts analyses and journal article
2006-2008
42 4
Artifact catalogue
1998-1999
42 5
Artifact description catalog
1999
42 6
Artifact inventories
1998-1999
42 7-11
Artifact lists
1998-1999, 2002
42 12-13
Artifact lists, correspondence (all squares)
1998-2005
42 14
Artifact and pottery logs
1999
42 15-16
Artifact registry
2000, 2006
43 1
Basalt and roof tile chemical analysis results
2007
43 2
Botanical journal
2000
43 3
Botany reports
circa 2000
43 4
Bucket list
1998
43 5
Carbon dating
2000
43 6
Ceramics analysis
1998
43 7-8
Coin catalog
1999, 2003
43 9
Coin database
undated
43 10
Inscription report
2000
43 11
Loci (all squares) and coin catalog
1998-1999
43 12
Loci chart with elevations
undated
43 13-14
Metals database
1998-1999, 2004
43 15
C14 plaster location plans
1998-2000
43 16
Pottery bucket lists, artifact list, ICP samples, basalt samples
2007
43 17-18
Pottery bucket reading sheets
2000
44 1-3
Pottery readings
1999, 2001
44 4
Roof tile study
2002-2003
44 5
Square plans, pottery log, student evaluations (all squares)
2000
44 6
Research & correspondence about cylinder seal
2003
Reports
This subseries includes a variety of reports from about Qana, including ones concerning glass, lithic, critical loci, architecture, final square reports, and various excavation reports.
1997-2003
Box Folder
45 1
Architecture report by Peter Richardson
1999-2000
45 2
Chipped stone report
1998
45 3
Critical loci reports
1998, 1999
45 4
Excavation reports
2003
45 5
Glass report
1998
45 6
Lithic report
1998
45 7
McCullough field report
2001
45 8
Israel excavation reports
2000, 2003
45 9
Preliminary coin report
1998-1999
45 10
Preliminary excavation report
2000
45 11
Preliminary pottery report, first season
1998
45 12
Preliminary report
1997-1999
45 13-14
Reports for all squares
1998-2000
45 15
Reports, square 4 log
1999
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)
This subseries includes many of the reports, correspondence, applications, and licenses for excavation issued by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) from 1918-2007. Most of the documents are written in Hebrew.
1918-2007
Box Folder
46 1
Department of Antiquities report
1918-1948
46 2
Index of sites (Hebrew)
1964
46 3
Israel Antiquities Authority correspondence, applications and reports
2000-2006
46 4
Israel Antiquities Authority licenses and forms and applications
1998-2006
46 5-9
Israel Antiquities Authority report (Hebrew)
1965-1997
47 1-8
Israel Antiquities Authority report (Hebrew)
1997-1999
48 1-7
Israel Antiquities Authority report (Hebrew)
1999-2000
49 1-5
Israel Antiquities Authority report (Hebrew)
2000-2007
49 6
Israel Antiquities Authority reports, Qana
2000-2003
Papers and Publications
This subseries includes several articles about Qana authored by Edwards and others, as well as a 1989 Arches article (the alumni magazine at the University of Puget Sound) about Edwards' work in Sepphoris and a paper about the Roman Imperial site at Omrit. The subseries also includes a lecture outline.
1989-2004
Box Folder
50 1
Articles about Qana
undated
50 2
Articles about GPS/GIS in Qana
2000
50 3
Articles about Qana in Hebrew and French
undated
50 4
"Cana de Galilea" book in Spanish
1999
50 5
Cana de Galilee lecture outline
2001
50 6
Copy of Arches' article about 1989 Sepphoris dig
1999
50 7
"Excavations at Cana de Galilee" SBL paper
1999
50 8
"Khirbet Qana" by Lili Eylon
undated
50 9
"Khirbet Qana, Transformations of a small town in Lower Galilee" (interim report)
2001
50 10
Paper about Roman Imperial site at Omrit, Israel
2004
50 11
Qana: Ancient sources (Latin)
undated
50 12
Use of GPS/GIS at Qana presentation outline
1997
Administration
This subseries contains correspondence concerning Qana (particularly the pilgrim cave/veneration cave found in Field V), Dr. Edwards' field journals (several of these also include sections on Chersonesos, Pylos, and Stymphalos), a National Endowment for the Humanities proposal, conference invitations, research packets, and a visa submission for Greece.
1986-2007
Box Folder
51 1
Cana Education Program & Room List
2000
51 2
Correspondence about places of worship and veneration cave at Qana
2000
51 3
Correspondence and notes about pilgrim cave
2006
51 4
Correspondence with Pete Richardson re: Qana book
2000
51 5
Doug Edwards' field notebook (Qana & Chersonesos)
1997-1999
51 6
Doug Edwards' field notebook
2000
51 7
Doug Edwards' field notebook (Qana, Pylos, Stymphalos, Chersonesos)
2002-2004
51 8
Doug Edwards' field notebook
2005
51 9
Douglas Edwards field notebook
2001-2007
51 10
Email correspondence about "Christian Crosses" in Syria, Arabia, Palestine
2000
51 11
Email correspondence
2005-2006
51 12-13
Grant and email correspondence
2003
51 14
Introduction to Excavations at Khirbet Qana
1998-1999
51 15
Invitation letter from ASOR
2006
51 16
Khirbet Qana manual for area supervisors
1998
52 1
National Science Foundation grant proposal
1998
52 2
NEH Grant Proposal
2002
52 3
Project Staff
undated
52 4
Qana maps and historical material
1998-2002
52 5
Qana/Nelof research material
2006
52 6
Qana of Galilee study packet Table of Contents
undated
52 7
Sepphoris, summer
1986
52 8
Sociocultural anthropological Qana project
undated
52 9
"The Virtual Dig" k12-undergraduate curriculum proposal
2000
52 10
Visa submission for Greece
2001
Drawings and Topographical Plans
This subseries includes architectural drawings of the site, as well as field maps, topographical plans for various squares (most top plans are with the square notebooks in the Field Notes subseries), and pottery and artifact drawings. This subseries includes several oversized items such as maps and artifact drawings.
1998-2003
Box Folder
53 1
Architect drawings
1999
53 2-3
Architect drawing (copies)
1999
53 4
Architect drawings (all squares)
1999
53 5
Cistern field map
1999
53 6
Final top plans, various squares
1998-2000
53 7
Khirbet Qana assorted top plans/baulk drawings (photocopies)
undated
53 8
Overheard transparencies
1998-2000
53 9-10
Pottery and artifact drawings
1999-2000
53 11
Qana, Field II: pottery and artifact drawing
1999
53 12
Square and site drawings
1999-2000
53 13
Top plans and baulk drawings
1998-2003
53 14
Top plans, all squares
1998-2003
69
Oversized drawings and plans
70
Oversized drawings and plans
71
Oversized drawings and plans
Photographs and Slides
This subseries contains photographs, photologs, and slides of the excavations at Qana, including the squares, artifacts, tombs, and several of other areas in Israel or slides relating more generally to archaeology.
1920-2007
Box Folder
54 1
Black and white photos
1999
54 2
Color slides, Binder #1
1998
54 3
Field and square photographs, baulk drawings, reference points
2000
54 4
Garstand and upper Galilee photolog
1920-1933
54 5
Israel aerial photos, non-Qana
undated
54 6
Photograph master list & black and white negatives
1998
54 7
Photograph master list, color
1999
54 8
Photographs of Israel, Bet Netofa Valley and Qana
undated
54 9-14
Photologs
1998-2007
54 15
Photo negatives, black & white
2000
54 16
Photo negatives
undated
54 17
Tomb photos (photocopies)
1999
55
Color slides (from Binder #1)
1998
56
Color slides (from Binder #1)
1998
57
Color slides (from Binder #1)
1998
58
Color slides (from Binder #1)
1998
59
Color slides (slide box)
1999
60
Color slides (slide box)
1998-1999
61
Color slides, Road to Yodefat/Jotapata
2000, undated
62
Color slides: maps, site photos, paintings, artifacts, Sisters of Nazareth Jewish Tomb and mosaics
1999, undated
63
Black and white photographs of coins and Qana
undated
64
Color photographs of Qana
1998-2000
Artifacts
This subseries includes a small box of artifacts from the Khirbet Qana archaeological site brought back by Edwards for the specific purposes of having the items be tested for age and composition of materials. Permission was granted from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
undated
Box
65
Artifacts
Media
Two videotapes related to Khirbet Qana excavations.
undated
Box
66
Media
72
Media

Scholarly Activities, 1980-2008Return to Top

This series has been divided into two subseries: Edwards' publications and papers and his portfolio. The former contains various papers given by Edwards at conferences as well as his publications. The latter contains Edwards' 2008 portfolio of academic work at the University of Puget Sound.

Container(s) Description Dates
Papers and Publications
This subseries contains papers and publications by Edwards from the 1980s through the mid-2000s, including from his sabbatical in Oxford, England as a visiting scholar at Somerville College.
1980-2003
Box Folder
67 1
Aphrodisias research, 1 of 2
undated
67 2
Aphrodisias research, 2 of 2
undated
67 3
American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting
1982
67 4
American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature programming
1985-1999
67 5
"Constructing Kings" lecture
2003
67 6
Edwards' Publications
1980s
67 7
Edwards' Publications, 1 of 2
1990s
68 1
Edwards' Publications, 2 or 2
1990s
68 2
Edwards' publications and papers
2000s
68 3
Edwards' Publications
undated
68 4
Oral tradition notes
undated
68 5
"The Bible: A Journey to the Past in the Present for the Future," article
1980
Portfolio
This subseries contains material related to Edwards' academic portfolio including courses he taught, his curriculum vitae, grants and honors, lectures, advising, scholarly activity, and service to the university.
1992-2008
Box Folder
68 6
Advising
2007
68 7-9
Classes
1992-2008
68 10
Community Service
2006
68 11
Curriculum Vitae
2008
68 12
Grants and Honors
undated
68 13
Lectures
undated
68 14
Religion & Archaeology student work
2007
68 15
Scholarly Activity
2008
68 16
University Service
2006-2008

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Archaeology--Lebanon--Qana
  • Archaeology--Ukraine--Chersonese (Extinct city)
  • Archeology
  • Fieldwork

Geographical Names

  • Chersonese (Extinct city)
  • Qana (Lebanon)