The 1931 Spring Campaign in Gerasa - Photos

This collection is a selection of images from the Gerasa archive at Yale University Art Gallery, specifically those showing Camp Hill. They are published in the article:Raja, R. 2025. “The Organization Of Archaeological Fieldwork and Selective Publication of Findings as Appropriation of Knowledge: Observations on The 1931 Spring Campaign Gerasa,” <i>Journal of Urban Archaeology, </i>12.<br>The images’ figure number refer to how they appear in the publication, and the numbers in parentheses are the archival numbers.<br>The Gerasa archive has been digitised under the project "The Aarhus-Yale Digital Archive Platform for the Danish Inter-World War Archaeological Engagement in the Middle East", headed by Rubina Raja and funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.<br><br><b>Captions</b><br>Unless otherwise stated the images are courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery.<br>Fig. 1 (b8B_285_b): View from the Temple of Zeus, looking north. Workers and locals can be seen along the colonnade and beside the modern building (April 7, 1931)Fig. 3a (b8D_149_b): Bilingual inscription. Kraeling 1938, 371-373, pl. XCV.Fig. 3b (b8D_225_b): Vincent's drawing of bilingual inscription. Kraeling 1938, 372.Fig. 4 (b8B_291_b): North Forum, debris between doorjambs of early gate (April 8, 1931)Fig. 5 (b8B_292_b): North Forum, western jamb of the early gate, with curved foundations of enclosing wall of Forum colonnade, looking northwest (April 14, 1931)Fig. 6 (b8B_294_b): North Forum, early gate with water course fully exposed (April 13, 1931)Fig. 7 (b8B_294_b): Arabic pottery. Photo courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery.Fig. 8 (b8A_5_b): Temple of Zeus and Forum, looking north along the street. The modern buildings on Camp Hill can be seen beyond the Forum. (November 8, 1930)Fig. 9 (b8A_42_b): View from the Temple of Artemis looking south, with Camp Hill in the background (October 27, 1930)Fig. 10 (b8B_184_b): Southeast quadrant of the South Tetrapylon with a group of workers posing on the edge of the excavation and another individual, dressed in white, standing further down the road. The modern buildings on Camp Hill can be seen on the left. (November 24, 1933)Fig. 11 (b8B_199_b): South Tetrapylon from the northwest, with the Camp Hill buildings in the middle distance, on the right. (June 15, 1934)Fig. 12 (b8B_276_b): Via Antoniana and southern portion of South Tetrapylon, from Camp Hill, looking north with a worker posing on the colonnaded road (April 7, 1931)Fig. 13 (b8B_303_b): View of the Forum and Camp Hill from Great Theater (1931)Fig. 14 (b8D_334_b): View of the Forum and Camp Hill, looking east (October 10, 1933)Fig. 15 (b8B_305_b): East side of the Forum, with Camp Hill behind (October 10, 1933)Fig. 16: Arabic seal, Ali ibn Abu Taleb (1931). Photo reproduced from Fisher 1932, 10, fig. 6.Fig. 17 (b8D_246_b): Bronze jar with a handwritten ‘1827’ on photo (1931)Fig. 18 (b8E_189_b): Stone model of circular templeFig. 19 (b8D_334_b): Large circular Arabic lamp, appears to be marked ‘1950’ on the left side (1931)Fig. 20 (b8D_245_b): Bronze bowl (1931)Fig. 21 (b8D_244_b): Bronze mortar and pestle (1931)Fig. 22 (b8A_34_b): Mosaic floor below the new house on Camp Hill (1931) (Kraeling 1938, Plate LXXXIVb).Fig. 23 (b8A_7_b): Via Antoniniana and a portion south of the South Tetrapylon, from Camp Hill, looking north. (April 7, 1931).Fig. 24 (b8A_9_b): Southeast of Camp Hill, beginning of work on new area looking northwest, up the slope (April 13, 1931).Fig. 25 (b8A_10_b): Camp Hill, looking down southeast (April 13, 1931)Fig. 26 (b8A_11_b): Camp Hill, looking down northeast (April 13, 1931)Fig. 27 (b8A_12_b): Camp Hill, southeast walls appearing in new area looking southeast, with scattered groups of workers and team members around excavation (April 14, 1931)Fig. 28 (b8A_18_b): Southeast of Camp Hill, Room 1 looking southeast with workers posing behind wall (April 17, 1931)Fig. 29 (b8A_19_b): Camp Hill, Room 7, looking down southeast (April 22, 1931)Fig. 30 (b8A_20_b): Camp Hill, Room 7 with a pit at the foot of the stairs, one worker stands in a trench (April 22, 1931)Fig. 31 (b8A_30_b): Flag raising at Camp Hill (May 16, 1931)Fig. 32 (B8A_31_b): Flag raising at Camp Hill (May 16, 1931)Fig. 33 (b8A_32_b): Flag raising at Camp Hill, with visitors assembled (May 16, 1931)<br>