Prof. Langgut's Lab
The Laboratory of Archaeobotany &
Ancient Environments
Tel Aviv University
Lab Members
Prof. Dafna Langgut - Head
The Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
Head of the Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, Institute of Archaeology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
Tel Aviv University
Dr. Shira Penner Rosenvasser - Lab Manager
Specializes in palynology (pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs)
Dr. Eitan Kremer - Research Assistant
Specializes in paleo-parasitology and field geoarchaeology
Mark Cavanagh - Ph.D Student
Topic: The paleoenvironment of the southern Arava during historical periods (Advisors: Erez Ben-Yosef and D. Langgut)
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Nitsan Ben Melech - Ph.D. Student
Topic: Chronology and Landscape Archaeology - The use of OSL dating in the Judean Mountains (Advisors: Y. Gadot and D. Langgut)
Yael Hockema - Ph.D. Student
Topic: The use of wood beams at monumental buildings in ancient Jerusalem (Advisors: Y. Gadot and D. Langgut)
Minji Jin - Ph.D Student
Topic: Early Pleistocene Palynological
reconstruction at 'Ubeidiya (Advisor: D.
Langgut)
Roni Sapir - M.A. Student
Topic: The wooden beads from Neolithic Heimar Cave (Advisor: D. Langgut and D. Bar Yosef)
Inbar Fridman - Lab Assistant
Specializes in palynology
Alon and Gali - Lab Affiliates!
Alumni
Mark Cavanagh – M.A. 2013 - 2016
Thesis topic: Sustainability of an Industry on the Fringe: An Anthracologic Investigation into Fuel Sources at the Iron Age Copper Smelting Sites at Timna (Advisors: D. Langgut and E. Ben Yosef).
Mordechay Benzaquen - M.A. 2014 - 2017
Thesis topic: The Arboreal Remains of Tel Megiddo: Interpreting Environmental Conditions and Cultural Preferences through the Analysis of Botanical Remains (Advisors: D. Langgut and I. Finkelstein).
Helena Roth - M.A. 2014 - 2017
Thesis topic: Wood economy and botanical reconstruction of Early Roman Jerusalem (Advisors: D. Langgut and Y. Gadot).
Ben Laugomer - M.A. 2015 - 2018
Thesis topic: Paleoclimate in the southern Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages based on isotope composition in Soreq Cave speleothems (Advisors: D. Langgut, M. Bar-Matthews and I. Finkelstein)
Yaniv Korman - M.A. 2019-2021
(Cornell University)
Topic: Reconstruction of Herod the Great Mausoleum Garden (Advisors: K. Gleason and D. Langgut)
Shira Penner Rosenvasser- Post Doc 2020-2021
Topic: Taxonomy of Legumes, Fabaceae (Advisors: D. Langgut and Jotham Ziffer Berger)
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Eshel Mor - M.A. 2019-2022
Topic: Reconstructing Tel Bet Yerah's natural and anthropogenic environment during the Early Bronze Age through wood remains (Advisors: D. Langgut and R. Greenberg)
Minji Jin - M.A. 2021-2023
Topic: The reconstruction of Tel Azekah environs - ca. 1550-250 BCE (Advisors: D. Langgut and O. Lipschits)
Inbar Fridman - 2019-2023
Topic: Environmental reconstruction of the Negev Desert during the Early Pleistocene based on palynological analysis (Advisors: D. Langgut)
Elisabeth Ahola - 2021-2023
Topic: The cultural landscape of Megiddo (Advisor: D. Langgut and Volker Heyd, The University of Helsinki)
