Born: August 1st 1962, married, two children

Education:
PhD 2005 Archaeology, Tel Aviv University
• Doctoral thesis presented 2003 to the Senate of Tel Aviv University: “The Plain of Akko from the Early Bronze Age to the beginning of the Late Bronze Age - a historical geography of the Plain of Akko from 3500 -1400 BC: a spatial analysis.” Prepared under the supervision of Prof. Ram Gophna (Tel Aviv) and Prof. Volkmar Fritz (Liebig University Giessen, Germany),

MA 1991 Biblical Archaeology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
• Master`s Thesis: “The Excavations at Tell Kabri as an Example for the Middle Bronze Age Urban Culture in Northern Israel” (in German), prepared under the supervision of Prof. Diethelm Conrad, Marburg
• Areas of concentration: Old Testament studies, biblical Hebrew.

BA 1986 Intermediate examination in biblical archaeology and classical archaeology and prehistory at the Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
• Areas of concentration: Biblical History, Mesopotamian Archaeology and European Prehistory.


Academic and Professional Experience:
Director of the archaeological excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jaffa (Tel Yafo, Israel). Work includes conducting and supervising various excavations and conducting the work of find processing, research, and publication, 2000-Present. 

Guest lecturer at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) teaching Biblical Archaeology as part of the “Gallilean Studies” project of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Rochester, 1999.
Research Archaeologist of the Israel Antiquities Authority, at the central district office (Tel Aviv) of the IAA conducting archaeological excavations and research projects (cf. below), 1994-2000. 

Senior staff member of the Tel Megiddo expedition of the Tel Aviv University, headed by Prof. Finkelstein (Tel Aviv), Prof. Halpern (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Prof. Ussishkin (Tel Aviv). Supervised work in one of the excavation’s areas, taught basics of archaeological fieldwork, gave introduction lectures concerning the site and its history, 1996. 

Senior staff member of the Tel Kabri expedition of the universities of Tel Aviv (Israel) and Heidelberg (Germany) headed by Prof. Kempinski (Tel Aviv) and Prof. Niemeier (Heidelberg). Supervised field work of undergraduate students, taught field work basics and administered grades, 1987-1993.

Major Archaeological Excavations and Surveys:
Directed excavations at the Armenian Monastery of Jaffa (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 2002-present. 

Directed excavations at the Clock-Tower square of Jaffa (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 2005-present. 

Directed excavations at the “Fleamarket Compound” of Jaffa (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 2002-2004. 

Directed excavations at the Bronze Age cemetery of Shuni (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 2001. 

Directed excavations of an industrial area of the Byzantine period and a Middle Bronze Age graveyard at Lod (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 1998. 

Directed excavations in the Lower City of Jaffa (“Jafo Ganor”) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 1995-1996. 

Directed excavations of a fortress dating to the late Iron Age and Persian Period at Rishon LeZion (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 1995 and 1998. 

Directed excavations of a Middle Bronze Age rural settlement at Petah Tikva (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 1997. 

Directed excavations at Beit Dagan (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 1996. 

Directed excavation at Tel Afar (Israel) on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 1995. 

Co-directed an archaeological survey in the hinterland of Akko (Israel) in cooperation with G. Lehmann, on behalf of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1994-1995. 

Senior staff member of the excavations at Khirbet ez-Zeraqon (Jordan), conducted by Prof. Mittmann (University Tübingen, Germany), 1993. 

Field director of the excavation and reconstruction of the ancient water supply system at Sepphoris (Israel), a project of the National Parks Authority conducted by Tvika Tzuk (University Tel Aviv), 1992-1994. 

Senior staff member of the Tel Kabri (Israel) expedition, 1987-1993. 

Staff member of the excavations of the University of Mainz (Germany), directed by Prof. Fritz at Tell el-Oreme (Tel Kinrot) in Israel, 1984-1985. 

Field training at the excavations at Tel Akko (Israel) conducted by Prof. Dothan (University Haifa, Israel) and Prof. Conrad (Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany), 1983.

Presentations, Papers, and Invited Lectures (selected):
“The Holy Precincts of Megiddo (Israel) and Khirbet ez-Zeraqon (Jordan)”. Presented at a conference at the Yad Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem 14/12/2004. 

“The Ancient Jaffa Project “. Annual meeting of the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR), at San Antonio (TX) 2004 

“The Intermediate Bronze Age (IBA) in the Western Galilee (Israel) “. Fourth International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Berlin, Germany. 

“Salvage Archaeology. Benefit or Burden for the Archeaology in Israel.” Western Washington University, Bellingham (WA) 2003. 

“The Akko Plain (Israel) During the Middle Bronze Age: Urbanism in a Mediterranean Coastal Plain.” Annual meeting of the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR), at Atlanta (GO) 2003. 

“Archaeological Excavations at the Bronze Age Cemetery of Shuni (Israel).” Third International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Paris, France 2002. 

“A Group of Vessels from the Syrian Coast Found in the Coastal Plain of Israel.” Presented in cooperation with E. Yannai and A. Gorzalczany at the Third International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Paris, France 2002. 

“Pottery from a Survey in the Akko Hinterland.” Third annual study meeting of the Middle Bronze Age Study Group (MBSG) at Haifa (Israel), 2002. 

“Finds from the excavations at the Bronze Age Cemetery of Shuni.” Workshop and lecture organized in cooperation with the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Middle Bronze Age Study Group (MBSG) at the Beck-Center in Jerusalem (Israel) 2001. 

“ Early Settlement in a Mediterranean Landscape: The Plain of Akko (Israel) During the Intermediate Bronze Age (IBA).” Annual meeting of the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR), at Denver (CO) 2001. 

“Preliminary Results of the Excavations at the Bronze Age Cemetery of Shuni, Israel.” Annual meeting of the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR), at Denver (CO) 2001. 

“Salvage Archaeology in Israel.” Second International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Copenhagen, Danmark 2000. 

“What Happened to the Early Bronze Age III in the Hinterland of Akko? Some Considerations about Terminology, Chronology and Urbanism in Northern Palestine.” First International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Rome, Italy 1998. 

“Tel Yafo (Jaffa) A Key Site of the Central Coastal Plain Re-Discovered. Preliminary Results from New Excavations in the 1990's.” First International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Rome, Italy 1998. 

“Preliminary Results of an Archaeological Survey in the Hinterland of Akko.” Colloquium of the Deutsche Palästina Verein (DPV) in Rauischholzhausen, Germany, 1998.

Related Experience:
Translating and editing work for the publication department of the National Parks Authority, Israel, 1990-1995

Awards:
Travel grant of the Palestine Exploration Fund for research in the archives of the fund in London (England) 2005. 

Annual excellency award of the Israel Antiquities Authority for the Shuni – Excavations, 2002. 

Research grant of the Deutsche Akkademische Austausch-Dienst (German Accademical Exchange Service) for Ph.D. research at the Tel Aviv University, 1993-1994. 

Research grant of the State of Israel for post-master studies at the Tel Aviv University, 1992-1993.

Languages:
Speaking, reading and writing competence in German, English and Modern Hebrew.
Reading and translation competence in French, classical Greek, Latin, and biblical Hebrew.

Professional Memberships:
Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palaestinas (DPV), Germany 

American School of Oriental Research (ASOR), USA 

Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF), England

Publications:

Monographs: 
The Water Supply System of Shepphoris (with T. Tsuk and A. Rosenberger). Tel Aviv 1996 (Hebrew). 

Die mittelbronzezeitliche Stadtkultur im Norden Israels am Beispiel der Ausgrabungen am Tel Kabri. MA thesis, Philipps-University, Marburg (Germany) 1991.


‘Atiqot: 
Khirbet Sha`ira: Excavations of a Rural Settlement from the Middle Bronze Age II in the Vicinity of Tel Afeq (Aphek). Atiqot 48 (2004). Jerusalem. Pp. 63-82. 

A Hebrew Seal from Jaffa and the Hebrew Script in the Post- First Temple Period. (with B. Sass). in Atiqot 42 (2002). Jerusalem. Pp. 199-210.


Hadashot-ESI: 
Excavations at the Ben Shemen Junction. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 115 (2003). Jerusalem. Pp 42*-43*. 

Excavations at Haifa, Wadi Salib. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 115 (2003). Jerusalem. P21*. 

Excavations at Zikhron Ya`akov, Neve Remez. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. P.30*. 

Excavations at Yafo: Marzuq and `Azar Street. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. P. 39*-40*. 

Excavations at Yafo: Bet Ha-Eshel Street. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. P. 41* 

Excavations at Yafo: Razif Ha-`Aliya Ha-Shenia (with M. Priel). Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. Pp. 40*-41* 

Excavations at Khirbet Sha`ira. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. P. 99*. 

Excavations at Mazor (East). Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. P.100*. 

Excavations at Rishon Le-Ziyyon Sand Dunes. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 111 (2000). Jerusalem. P.102*. 

Excavations at Horbat Ivtan. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 112 (2000). Jerusalem. Pp. 27*-28*. 

Excavations at Zikhron Ya`aqov, Neve Remez. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 110 (1999) Jerusalem. P. 30*. 

Excavations at Or `Aqiva (North). Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 110 (1999). Jerusalem P.35* 

Excavations at Yafo, R. Hanina and R. Y. MeRaguza Sts. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 110 (1999). Jerusalem. Pp. 46*-47*. 

Excavations at Rishon Le-Ziyyon Sand Dunes. Hadashot Arkheologiyot/ESI 110 (1999). Jerusalem. P. 94*. 

Excavations at Tel Abu Hawam. Hadashot Arkheologiyot 108 (1998, Hebr.). Jerusalem. P. 30. 

Excavations at Yafo. Hadashot Arkheologiyot 108 (1998, Hebr.). Jerusalem. Pp. 69-70 

Excavations at Yafo: R. MeRaguza St.. Hadashot Arkheologiyot 108 (1998, Hebr.) Jerusalem. P. 70. 

Excavations at Tel Afar. Excavations and Surveys in Israel 16 (1997) Jerusalem. pp. 77-79


Chapter(s) in Scientific Publications:
Die Urbanisierung der Ebene von Akko in der Frühen und Mittleren Bronzezeit. In Witte, M., Diehl, J.F. and Heitzenroeder, R. (eds.) “Einen Altar von Erde mache mir…” Festschrift fuer Diethelm Conrad zum 70. Geburtstag. Waltrop (2003). Pp. 215-232. 

The Architecture and Stratigraphy of Area D (With A. Rosenberger). Excavations at Kabri 7/8: Preliminary Report of the 1992 and 1993 Seasons. A. Kempinski and W.-D. Niemeier (eds.). Tel Aviv (1994). Pp. 13-15 (Hebrew with English summary). 

Area F: Stratigraphy and Architecture (with S. Garfinkle). Excavations at Kabri 7/8: Preliminary Report of the 1992 and 1993 Seasons. A. Kempinski and W.-D. Niemeier (eds.). Tel Aviv (1994). Pp. 16-19 (Hebrew with English summary). 

Area F: The Architecture, Stratigraphy and Pottery (with S. Garfinkle). Excavations at Kabri 6: Preliminary Report of the 1991 Season. A. Kempinski and W.-D. Niemeier (eds.). Tel Aviv (1992). 

Area B: The Stratigraphy and the Pottery (with N. Sheftelowitz). Excavations at Kabri 5: Preliminary Report of the 1990 Season. A. Kempinski and W.-D. Niemeier (eds.), Tel Aviv (1991). Pp. 1-4 (Hebrew with English summary) 

Area B: The Stratigraphy and the Pottery (with N. Sheftelowitz). Excavations at Kabri 4: Preliminary Report of the 1989 Season, A. Kempinski and W.-D. Niemeier (eds.), Tel Aviv (1990). Pp. 21-27 (Hebrew with English summary)

Articles in Scientific Journals: 
A Group of Vessels from the Syrian Coast Found in the Coastal Plain of Israel. (E. Yannai, A. Gorzalczany and M. Peilstocker). Levant 35 (2003) London. Pp. 101-116. 

Vorbericht über eine Oberflächenuntersuchung im Hinterland von Akko (with G. Lehmann). Jahrbuch des Deutschen Evangelischen Instituts. (1994) Jerusalem. Pp. 31-40


Articles in Popular Journals: 
Auge in Auge mit der Planierraupe. Israel: Zum Stand der Rettungsarchäologie im Jahr 2004. Welt und Umwelt der Bibel 32 (2004) Pp. 68-69.

Refereed Conference Proceedings: 
2000i: Tel Yafo (Jaffa) A Key Site of the Central Coastal Plain Re-Discovered. Preliminary Results from New Excavations in the 1990's. in: Matthiae P., Enea A., Peyronel L. and Pinnock F. (eds) Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Rome. Pp. 1345-1352. 

2000j: What Happened to the Early Bronze Age III in the Hinterland of Akko? Some Considerations about Terminology, Chronology and Urbanism in Northern Palestine. In Matthiae, P., Enea, A., Peyronel, L. and Pinnock, F. (eds.) Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Rome 2000, Pp. 1328-1344.