"Environment and horticulture in the Byzantine Negev"
This project aims to reconstruct the paleoenvironment of the Byzantine and Early Islamic western Negev Desert communities during the...
"Archaeoparasitology in Jerusalem"
A stone toilet seat was found at the site of Armon Hanatziv (southern Jerusalem) during a 2019-2020 salvage excavation directed by...
*new: Join us for a unique one-week international field course:
https://international.tau.ac.il/Excavations/?tab=4 Field Methods in Archaeobotany and Paleo-climate reconstruction Lecturer: Dr. Dafna...
New: Visit the pollen display at TAU art gallery "PLANeT"!!!
https://youtu.be/3Mr9PJpmpMM התערוכה מציעה התבוננות מחודשת בצמחים באמצעות שורה של פרויקטים המשלבים מחקר ועשייה אמנותית. רב הפרויקטים...
"The origin and spread of olive cultivation"
Fossil pollen dataset reveals the origin and spread of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of...
Back to the field: We are looking for voluntaries to join us to Ramot's excavation - 15/9-19/9/2
For more details please contact Nitsan nitsanbm@gmail.com
The Ramot Project: we will be back at the field from April 30 till May fifth, 2018
If you want to join us please contact Nitsan nitsanbm@gmail.com
MASADA 2018: Our pics album
Almost all lab members participated in the Masada 2018 excavation as is evident by the pictures...
January/February 2018: Join us at Ramot excavation - 28/1-2/2/18
After a short excavation on December, we will be back at the field from Jan 28th till February second , 2018. If you want to join us,...
"Tracing the invisible hand of ancient agriculture"
The ‘Alona Project is an interdisciplinary research attempt to evaluate the magnitude, frequency, and timespan of human interference in...
Boston 2017!!!
Three of our lab members participated at the ASOR and SBL 2017 conferences at Boston. Paper which were presented: Dafna Langgut: "The...
Join us at ASOR November 2017
Prof. Israel Finkelstein will be retiring soon from his teaching post at Tel Aviv University. In honour of his accomplishments a session...
"Young Scholars of Archaeology - Transcending Time" (November 2 2017)
In this conference, young scholars from all over Israel presented their work. The lectures encompassed archaeological work from every...
"King Herod’s prestigious gardens come alive"
Herod the Great (74/73-4 BCE), the Roman client king of Judea, is known as the most important builder in ancient Jewish history, and a...
"Reconstructing climate & environment at paleolake Hula (~22-11 ka)"
This study aims to reconstruct the paleoenvironment of Jordan River Dureijat (JRD), an Epipaleolithic (~20-10 ka) site located in the...
"Citrus route revealed: from South East Asia into the Med"
When Life Gives You Lemons! http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/01/citrus-mediterranean Several years ago I found the earliest...
"Lake Zihor - Paleoenvironment of the Negev during 1.6 MA"
Currently, limited evidence is available regarding the environmental settings during the earliest phase of the arrival of hominins from...
"Exploring the vegetation in Masada"
This project aims to reveal the botanical components in Masada, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau in the Judaean Desert. Herod...
"Under Every Luxuriant Tree"
At the Archaeology Department' fall conference , Dr. Langgut presented her lecture on the reconstruction of royal gardens from the...
"Researcher Night" at Tel Aviv University
Researchers from the Humanities meet general public at the bar... Dr. Dafna Langgut describes the origin of citrus fruits: "The voyage of...
Chinese food celebration!
To celebrate the recent submission of two M.A. theses from our Lab (Ben and Mordechay) we decided to go out for Chinese food. Kol hakavod...
A lab tour of the Rockefeller Museum and the City of David IAA excavations.
To celebrate Helena's successful completion of her M.A. thesis we went on tour of the Rockefeller Museum and the IAA excavations at the...
