Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, in the Biblical department. 

Research Interests: The Neolithic period of the Near East, The history of dance, The Chalcolithic period, The Biblical Kingdom of Judah.

Teaching:

Proto-history of Israel and the Near East, Bronze and Iron Age in Israel and the Near East, Ceramics, Art and Ritual, Archaeology and history of Dance

Ongoing Projects:

• Publication of excavations at Tel Tsaf
• Publication of excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa - http://qeiyafa.huji.ac.il/
• Excavations at Tel Lachish - http://www1.southern.edu/lachish
• Excavations at Khirbet Arai'

Graduate Students:

m.a. students

Valdimir Abrutis

Anna Eirich

Marina Beker

Doron Dag

Alexander Weigman

Shifra Weiss

Peter Zilber

Zinovi Maskevitz

Alla Rabinovich 

PhD students:

Shlomit Bechar

Dr. Yehudit Ben-Michael

Itamar Weissbein

Igor Kreimerman