A5009197931- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Marine and environmental studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Geological formations and processes
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Water management and technologies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
Bar-Ilan University
2021-2025
University of Haifa
2014-2023
Carmel (Israel)
2020-2022
Israel Antiquities Authority
2019-2021
Ashkelon Academic College
2018
Achva Academic College
2015-2017
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
2014
Watford General Hospital
2014
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2011-2014
During the Early Islamic period, several emerging agricultural innovations enabled cultivation of summer crops in unproductive Mediterranean lands. This necessitated development water harvesting methods. study delves into creation Plot-and-Berm (P&B) agroecosystem along sandy coast Caesarea, Israel. From early tenth century to mid-twelfth century, coeval later part period and beginning Crusader a 1.5 km2 P&B was constructed maintained. Remarkably, this system still dominates landscape. The...
Significance Historians have long debated the role of climate in rise and fall empires 1st millennium CE. Drastic territorial contraction Byzantine Empire, societal decline, beginning European Middle Ages generally been linked to Islamic conquests seventh century. This multidisciplinary archaeological investigation trash mounds Negev Desert establishes end date organized management Byzantine-period city Elusa demonstrates urban collapse a century before transition. Our findings, taken...
Abstract The site of Dimona South is a knapping locality in the Negev desert Israel, situated at raw material source. A test excavation followed by salvage conducted during 2020 revealed partly buried archaeological layer that was exposed over an area ~ 40 m 2 and yielded well-preserved lithic assemblage. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages sediments within above fall MIS 5. With assemblage dominated Nubian Levallois technology, this provides rare opportunity for analysis...
Abstract The late Middle Palaeolithic (MP) settlement patterns in the Levant included repeated use of caves and open landscape sites. fossil record shows that two types hominins occupied region during this period—Neandertals Homo sapiens . Until recently, diagnostic remains were found only at cave Because populations left similar material cultural remains, it was impossible to attribute any open-air site either species. In study, we present newly discovered from intact archaeological layers...
This article discusses the archaeological, geoarchaeogical and chronological finds of our 2020–2022 fieldwork south Caesarea, along with several archaeological geomorphological surveys altogether three innovative agroecosystems in coastal sand bodies southeastern Mediterranean coast Israel. The are hypothesised to be first its kind major attempt cultivate inert aeolian sand. These Early Islamic Plot-and-Berm perhaps heralded similar types later traditional groundwater harvesting...
Portable/pulsed-photon Optically Stimulated Luminescence (pOSL) readers measure luminescence signals from sediments, providing practical and preliminary chronostratigraphic insights for studying late Quaternary depositional systems. Vertical, horizontal, 2D-matrix port-OSL profiling has proven useful interpreting sedimentary sections during fieldwork. This method can also target field sampling to prioritize full OSL dating samples, particularly where sediments share similar mineralogy...
Several studies demonstrated that >~100 absolute ages of sand at certain spatial/vertical resolutions are required for constructing a reliable chronological framework palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic interpretations dunefield construction (Telfer Hesse, 2013). As acquiring abundant demands significant field lab resources, several methodological approaches, such as port-OSL-OSL age estimates, have attempted to partly overcome this necessity (Stone et al., 2019).Arid-zone encroaching...
Research Article| January 01, 2014 Particle-size fractionation of eolian sand along the Sinai–Negev erg Egypt and Israel Joel Roskin; Roskin † Department Geography Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, †E-mail: yoelr@bgu.ac.il Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Itzhak Katra; Katra Dan G. Blumberg Author Article Information Publisher: Geological Society America Received: 25 Oct 2012 Revision 14 Jul 2013 Accepted: 13...