Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
ORCID No.: 0000-0002-4329-7655
Education
B.A. - Open University, History, 2006
M.A. - Tel Aviv University, Jewish History, 2009
Master Thesis: Rosette Stamped Jar Handles from the Kingdom of Judah (Supervisors: Prof. Nadav Na'aman and Prof. Oded Lipschits)
Ph.D. - Tel Aviv University, Archaeology, 2015
Name of doctoral dissertation: Southwest Canaan during the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age: Empire, Elite, and Colonial Encounters (Supervisors: Prof. Nadav Na'aman and Prof. Oded Lipschits)
Current Projects
- Tel Hadid Archaeological Project
- Final Publication of Salvage Excavations at Tel Hadid
- Al-Haditha: Archaeological–Historical Study of an Abandoned Arab Village” (co-directed by Prof. Yoav Alon), funded by the Israel Science Fund
- Stamp-seals from the Southern Levant (Co-directors: Prof. Christoph Uehlinger, Prof. Silvia Schroer, and Prof. Stefan Münger), funded by the Swiss National Sciences Fund
- The Fortress Mound at Tel Arad: Excavated by Yohanan Aharoni from 1962 to 1967 (Co-directors: Prof. Ze'ev Herzog and Ms. Lily Singer-Avitz), funded by The Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications
Academic and Professional Awards
Awards
2019 Yad Yitzhaq Ben-Zvi “Ish Shalom” Award for The Shadow of Egypt: Colonial Encounters in Southwest Canaan during the Late Bronze and the early Iron Age, Jerusalem 2018.
Grants
2019 Swiss National Sciences Fund (Sinergia Project CRSII5_186426): “Stamp seals from the Southern Levant: A Multi-faceted Prism for Studying entangled Histories in an Interdisciplinary Perspective” (co-PIs Prof. Christoph Uehlinger, Prof. Silvia Schroer, and Prof. Stefan Münger), 2020–2023
2022 The Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications: “The Fortress Mound at Tel Arad: Excavated by Yohanan Aharoni from 1962 to 1967” (co-PI Prof. Ze’ev Herzog), 2022–2024
2022 Israel Science Fund (no. 1316/22): “Al-Haditha: Archaeological–Historical Study of an Abandoned Arab Village” (co-PI Prof. Yoav Alon), 2022–2025
Fellowships
2019 Alon Fellowship for outstanding young researchers
2015 Swiss Government Excellence Program
PhD Students
Deborah Aybinderow: Economy and Society in the Shephelah in the Iron Age II in light of the Olive Oil Industry in the Sorek Valley (co-supervisor: Prof. Oded Lipschits); dissertation submitted October 2022
Yelena Elgart-Sharon: Production of Pigments and their Application on Clay Vessels from the Southern Coastal Plain during the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE: a Chaîne opératoire Approach (co-supervisors: Prof. Yuval Gadot and Dr. Alon Ron); since 2020
Noa Ranzer: Function of Stamp-seals in Iron Age Southern Levant (co-supervisors: Prof. Christoph Uehlinger, UZH); since 2021
Mor Goldenberg: The Pictorial Language of the Kingdom of Israel (co-supervisor: Prof. Yuval Gadot); since 2021
Reli Avissar: Archaeological Manifestations of Social Hierarchy in Iron Age Judah (co-supervisor: Prof. Yuval Gadot); since 2021
MA Students
Noa Rantzer: Biography of Scarabs: Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Scarabs in the Yarkon Basin during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages (co-Supervisor: Prof. Yuval Gadot); thesis approved August 2020
Lior Serban: The Shephelah between the Iron IIC and the Persian period – Continuity and Change in Settlement Pattern, Economic Activity and Administration (co-supervisor: Prof. Oded Lipschits); thesis submitted January 2023
Ruthy Lewis: The Glass Assemblage at Tel Hadid: An Exploration and Illumination of the Byzantine Settlement (co-supervisor: Dr Ruth Jackson-Tal, Israel Museum); thesis approved February 2021
Nicole Callaway: Body Language: Deciphering and Decoding the Gestures, Postures, and Sizes of Female Figurines from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron II (co-supervisor: Prof. Oded Lipschits); thesis approved December 2021
Marissa Tsiao: Fibulae of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age: Chronology, Inter-regional Connectivity, and Performance; thesis approved December 2021
Xiaoshuai Yuan: Contextual Analysis of Seals of Iron Age IIB Judah (co-supervisor: Prof. Oded Lipschits); thesis approved March 2022
Jingchao Chen: Tracing Household Ingredients in Iron Age IIC Tel Hadid and Tel Bet-Shemesh: A Pilot Study with Organic Residue Analysis on Pottery Assemblages (co-supervisor: Prof. Cynthianne Spiteri, University of Tübingen); thesis approved July 2022
Renate Barbara Fahrni: Egyptian Stamp-seals from the 25th and 26th Dynasties in Judah and Philistia: Typology, Context, and Historical Implications (co-supervisor: Dr Deborah Sweeney); thesis approved January 2023
Daria Leibin-Graiver: Mollusks in Iron Age Judah (co-supervisors: Dr. Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer and Prof. Oded Lipschits); since 2021
Yuval Amir: Zoomorphic Vessels and Libation Rituals in Iron-Age Southern Levant; since 2021
Amit Etya: The Fortifications of Tel Hadid during the Hasmonean Period and the Expansion of the Hasmonean State to the Lydda Valley; since 2021
Cohava Peterman–Lipschutz: Archeological Sites as Open-Air Museums in the Digital Age: A Comparative Study of the State in Israel and Selected Sites in Europe; since 2022