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Dr. Sharon Zuckerman

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Education

1987-1990 Hebrew University, B.A. in Archaeology and General Studies (magna cum laude)
1991-1996 Hebrew University, M.A. in Archaeology (magna cum laude)
1997-2003 Hebrew University, Ph.D. in Archaeology (summa cum laude); advisor: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor
Doctoral dissertation:
The Kingdom of Hazor in the Late Bronze Age: Chronological and Regional Aspects of the Material Culture of Hazor and its Settlements (advisor: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor)
Courses taught at the Hebrew University:
1992-1994 General course for non-archaeologists: "Introduction to the Archaeology of Eretz-Israel and the Ancient Near East"
1995-2003 Teaching assistant of course for archaeology students: "Introduction to the Archaeology of Eretz-Israel and the Ancient Near East"
1995-1998 Advanced course: "Trade and Cultural Connections in the Eastern"
2001-2003 "Mediterranean in the Bronze Age"
1999 Advanced course: "Introduction to the Archaeology of Cyprus in the Bronze Age"
2005-06 Introductory Course "Introduction to the Archaeology of Eretz-Israel and the Ancient Near East";
Graduate Seminar "Egypt-Canaan Relations until the End of the Bronze Age";
Advanced Courses: "Temple in Society", "Palace, City and Village in the Bronze Age" "Abandonment and Destruction processes in the Archaeological Record".
2006-07 Undergraduate Seminar: "Temples and Cult in the southern Levant"; Advanced Courses: "Introduction to the Archaeology of Cyprus";
Co-taught courses: "From Collapse to Recovery (A): The Late Bronze Age"
"From Collapse to Recovery (B): The Iron Age I" (with Dr. Ilan Sharon),
"From China to Crete: The Bronze Age in a Comparative Perspective" (with Dr. Gidi Shelach).
2007-08 Undergraduate Seminar: "Mortuary evidence in Southern Levant" (with Prof. Yossi Garfinkel);
Graduate Seminar "Household Archaeology";
Advanced Courses: "Trade and Cultural Connections in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age", "The Early Bronze Age: New developments"; "Material Culture and Ideology in the Canaanite Period".

B.A. Courses

2008-09 "Introduction to the Archaeology of Crete" (with Dr. Ilan Sharon)
"Introduction to the Archaeology of Cyprus"
"Cult and Ritual in Bronze Age Canaan"
2009-2010 "Introduction to the Archaeology of Eretz-Israel and the Ancient Near East"
"Ancient Pottery"
"City and Village in the Bronze Age" (Seminar)
2010-2011 "Introduction to the Archaeology of Eretz-Israel and the Ancient Near East"
"Hazor: A Window to the Archaeology of the Southern Levant" (with Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor)

M.A. Courses

2008-9 "Abandonment and Destruction processes in the Archaeological Record"
2009-2010 "Household Archaeology: Theory and Case-Studies" (Seminar)

Research Grants

2009-2010: Ring Foundation (Hebrew University): Levantine Geomagnetic Spike at 3ky BP: How High and How Fast?
(30,000$) (With Amotz Agnon, Hagai Ron and Amnon Ben-Tor).