
Moshe Stekelis Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology
Room 502. Office Hours: Sunday 11:00-12:00
02-5882426
Research Interests: Plio-Pleistocene archaeology in East Africa, The Middle Paleolithic of the Levant, The evolution of symbolism and art, Lithic technology, Subsistence and mobility (land-use strategies) of early hominins, Taphonomy and site formation processes, Archaeological theory.
Recent Teaching:
- Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology
- Hunter-Gatherers Decision-making Processes
- The Quaternary of Israel – The Lower and Middle Paleolithic Periods
- Hunter-Gatherer Territoriality
- Gender in Prehistory
- Site Formation Processes
- Inventions and Innovations – The Appearance and Spread of Technological Ideas
- Prehistoric Migrations and Dispersals
- Scientific Writing
- The Prehistoric Colonization of Australia and America
- Center and Periphery – The Middle Paleolithic Period in Europe
Ongoing Projects:
- Hominins and their environment during the Upper Pleistocene in the Nahal Amud drainage - a micro-regional study
- Excavations in the Early Stone Age site of Melka Wakena, southeastern Ethiopia (with T. Gossa Aredo, A. Asrat, P. Renne, Elizabeth Niespolo, B. Martinez-Navarro)
- Goda Buticha, a late MSA and LSA site in southeast Ethiopia (with D. Pleurdeau, A. Leplongeon, C. Tribal, O. Pearson, Z. Assefa, A. Asrat)
- Amud Cave, Israel : excavations (1991-1994) and publication of interdisciplinary research results
- Late Pliocene archaeology in Hadar, Northern Ethiopia: excavations (1994, 2000-2002) and publication of interdisciplinary research results (with C. Feibel, B. Martinze-Navarro, T. Goldman, C. Campisano, W. Kimbel and others).
- Excavations in the Middle Paleolithic open-air site of 'Ein Qashish’ (with Ravid Ekshtain, Ariel Malinsky-Buller, and Omry Barzilai)
- Paleoclimate and cryptotephra at Hayonim Cave, western Galilee (with G. Hartman and D. White)
- Dating and paleoenvironment of Zuttieyh Cave, eastern Upper Galilee, Israel (with A. Ayalon, M. Bar-Matthews and Y. Rak)
Publication List:
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Graduate Students:
Ph.D. students
- Chen Zeigen - current (co-adivosr with Dr. Gideon Hartman, UConn)
- Maya Oron - current (co-adivosr with Dr. Yoav Avni, Geolgoical Survey of Israel)
- Laura Centi - current (co-adivsor with Dr. Yossi Zaidner, HUJ)
- Netta Mitki - current
- Tegenu Gossa (graduated 2020)
- Mae Goder-Goldberger (graduated 2015)
- Ravid Ekshtain (graduated 2015)
- Ariel Malinsky-Buller (graduated 2015)
MA students:
- Chen Zeigen (graduated 2020)
- Masha Krakovsky (graduated 2017)
- Nadav Nir (graduated 2016)
- Micka Ullman (graduated 2015)
- Ariel Malinsky-Buller (graduated 2008)
- Ravid Ekshtain (graduated 2006)
- Hila Ashkenazi (graduated 2005)
- Rachel Pear (graduated 2004)
- Talia Goldman (graduated 2004)
- Nira Alperson (graduated 2001)
- Mae Goder-Goldberger (gradudated 1997)
Post Doc
- Dr. Ravid Ekshtain (Adjunct researcher, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Dr. Alicia Hawkins (Laurentide University, Canada)
- Dr. Alice Leplongeon (KU, Leuven, Belgium)
- Prof. Ruth Shahack-Gross ( Associate Professor, Department of Maritime Civilisations, University Haifa).
- Dr. Yossi Zaidenr (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)