A5035911848- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Phytochemistry and biological activities of Ficus species
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Date Palm Research Studies
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Ancient Near East History
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Marine and environmental studies
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Bar-Ilan University
2010-2025
University of Zurich
2008
Hadassah Medical Center
2008
Arava Institute
2008
Agricultural Research Organization
2008
Harvard University
2006
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
2006
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2002-2004
University of Haifa
2004
The presence of burned seeds, wood, and flint at the Acheulian site Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in Israel is suggestive control fire by humans nearly 790,000 years ago. distribution site's small fragments suggests that burning occurred specific spots, possibly indicating hearth locations. Wood six taxa was site, least three which are edible--live, wild barley, grape.
It is generally accepted that the fig tree was domesticated in Near East some 6500 years ago. Here we report discovery of nine carbonized fruits and hundreds drupelets stored Gilgal I, an early Neolithic village, located Lower Jordan Valley, which dates to 11,400 11,200 We suggest these edible were gathered from parthenocarpic trees grown intentionally planted branches. Hence, could have been first plant Revolution, preceded cereal domestication by about a thousand years.
The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in the Dead Sea Rift Israel documents hominin movements and technological development on a corridor between Africa Eurasia. New age data place at 780,000 years ago (oxygen isotope stage 19), considerably older than previous estimates. archaeological from portray strong affinities with African stone tool traditions. findings also reflect adroit technical skills in-depth planning abilities, more advanced complex those earlier occurrences Levant.
The Archeological Landscape of the Chanchán Basin and Its Agroecological Legacies for Conservation Montane Forests in Western Foothills Ecuadorian Andes,
The Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov (Israel) has revealed a unique association edible nuts with pitted hammers and anvils. Located in the Dead Sea rift, on boundary between Arabian African plates, dates to Early-Middle Pleistocene, oxygen isotope stage 19. In series strata, seven species nuts, most which can be cracked open only by hard hammer, were uncovered. Five are extant terrestrial two aquatic now extinct Levant. addition, yielded an assemblage anvils similar pit morphology...
An ancient date seed (Phoenix dactylifera L.) excavated from Masada and radiocarbon-dated to the first century Common Era was germinated. Climatic conditions at Dead Sea may have contributed longevity of this oldest, directly dated, viable seed. Growth development seedling over 26 months compatible with normal seedlings propagated modern seeds. Preliminary molecular characterization demonstrated high levels genetic variation in comparison modern, elite cultivars currently growing Israel. As...
The spatial designation of discrete areas for different activities reflects formalized conceptualization a living space. results analyses Middle Pleistocene Acheulian archaeological horizon (about 750,000 years ago) at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, indicate that hominins differentiated their (stone knapping, tool use, floral and faunal processing consumption) across These were organized in two main areas, including multiple around hearth. diversity human the distinctive patterning with which...
Significance Our knowledge of the diet early hominins derives mainly from animal skeletal remains found in archaeological sites, leading to a bias toward protein-based diet. We report on earliest known archive food plants superimposed Acheulian sites excavated at Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel. These remains, some 780,000 y old, comprise 55 taxa, including nuts, fruits, seeds, vegetables, and producing underground storage organs. They reflect varied plant diet, staple foods, seasonality,...
We describe here the initial steps of cultivation wild emmer in Levant, i.e., western part Fertile Crescent, as well genetic changes caused by spontaneous mutations, leading to its domestication and development free-threshing tetraploid wheat, Triticum turgidum. Review archaeological findings from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) (10,300-9,500 BP; uncalibrated) indicates that was first cultivated southern Levant. Domesticated (with a nonbrittle spike) appeared several hundred years later early...
The Agricultural Revolution in Western Asia, which took place some 11,000 years ago, was a turning point human history [Childe, V. G. (1952) New Light on the Most Ancient East (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London)]. In investigating cultural processes that could have led from gathering to intentional cultivation, various authors discussed and tested wild cereal harvesting techniques. Some argue Near Eastern foragers gathered grains by means of sickle harvesting, uprooting, plucking (hand...
AbstractAtlit- Yam, a settlement 400 m off the Israeli shore, is largest (60,000 sq m) and most deeply submerged (8–12 bsl) prehistoric ever uncovered along Mediterranean coast. The architecture of dwellings, lithic tool assemblages, radiocarbon dating indicate habitation during late Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) period) ca. 8100–7500 B.P. Floral faunal remains suggest that village economy was complex, based on several different food resources acquired through hunting, incipient herding,...
The earliest archaeological remains of dwelling huts built by Homo sapiens were found in various European Upper Paleolithic open-air camps. Although floors a small number cases, modern organization the home space that includes defined resting areas and bedding was not discovered. We report here situ exposed on brush hut floor. It has recently been at previously submerged, excellently preserved 23,000-year-old fisher-hunter-gatherers' camp Ohalo II, situated Israel shore Sea Galilee. grass...
AbstractAbstractAtlit- Yam, a settlement 400 m off the Israeli shore, is largest (60,000 sq m) and most deeply submerged (8–12 bsl) prehistoric ever uncovered along Mediterranean coast. The architecture of dwellings, lithic tool assemblages, radiocarbon dating indicate habitation during late Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) period) ca. 8100–7500 B.P. Floral faunal remains suggest that village economy was complex, based on several different food resources acquired through hunting, incipient...
Abstract The spread of thalassemia among prehistoric populations the Mediterranean Basin has been linked to increased risk early agriculturalists posed by Plasmodium falciparum parasite. diagnosis disease in human skeletal remains, however, usually based on a single pathological criterion, porotic hyperostosis. This paper reports what we believe be earliest case yet identified record. Our an individual from submerged Prepottery Neolithic B village Atlit‐Yam off Israeli coast is humerus...
A fungus parasite observed on two ancient lemma fragments of wheat was identified as Puccinia graminis . The were found in a storage jar from the Late Bronze Age excavated at Tel Batash, Israel, Uredia, hyphae, and germinating uredospores, though charred, well preserved.
A new wheat species, Triticum parvicoccum, hitherto found only in archaeological excavations, is described. Rachis fragments and grains have been sites the Near East Balkans. parvicoccum differs from tetraploid wheats by its dense ear short (<5 mm) grain, hexaploid species Mediterranean Eastern distribution early origins. An attempt to reconstruct morphology of plants has made, phylogenetic relationships with main are discussed.