Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, in the prehistoric archaeology department.
Research Interests: The transition from a hunting and gathering economic base to food production 12,000 years ago, Prehistoric burial customs: the appearance of cemeteries in prehistoric settlements, Aspects of Epi-Paleolithic flint technology, Rock Cup-Marks Function and Context, Study of the characteristic patterns of Post Depositional Damage, Development of mathematical and computational methods to assist in archaeological research: computer simulations, 3D technology (at Computational Archaeology lab), Excavation at the Late Natufian site of Nahal Ein Gev II.
Ongoing Projects:
- Excavation project at the Late Natufian site of Nahal Ein Gev II in the Upper Jordan Valley
- Excavations at Hilazon Tachtit cave, Western Galilee (1997-2008)
- The study and publication of the Natufian assemblages from Hayonim Cave, Galilee
- The study of the burials and graves from the Natufian layers at Hayonim Cave and Hilazon Tachtit Cave
- The study of cup-marks from Natufian and Neolithic sites
- Application of 3D scanning technology for archaeological research - Computational Archaeology lab
- AgSub computer simulation for understanding the dynamic turn from hunter-gatherers to food producers
Teaching Topics:
- Introduction to Levantine Archaeology
- The Origins of Agriculture: Levant, America and China
- Transitional Periods in Prehistory
- Archaeology of Greece
- Introduction to Prehistory
- Absolute Dating Methods
- Quaternary: Upper Paleolithic and Epi-Paleolithic
- Issues in Archaeological Science
Garduate Students (in the past and present)
PhD Students:
Francesco Valletta
Ortal Harush
Antoine Muller
Lena Dubinsky
M.A. Students:
Talia Yashuv
Timna Raz
Keren Nebenhaus
Hadas Goldgeier
Ahiad Ovadia (currently the curator of prehistoric cultures at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem)
Noa Kein