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Tel Aviv University
Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
Friends of the Institute of Archaeology
New Studies on the Negev and Its Surroundings
Dedicated to the Memory of Prof. Moshe Kochavi (1928-2008)
The Annual Symposium of the Sonia and Marco Nadler
Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University
Thursday, February 26, 2009, Hall 223,
The Gilman Building, Tel Aviv University Campus
14.00 Welcome Reception
Chairperson: Ze’ev Herzog (Tel Aviv University)
14.30 Greetings and awarding of the Institute stipends
14.45 In Memory of Moshe Kochavi
Ram Gophna (Tel Aviv University)
15.00-16.00 First Session
Chairperson: Itzhaq Beit-Arieh (Tel Aviv University)
*Qubur el-Walaydah: Results of the 2007-2008 Seasons
Gunnar Lehmann (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
*A Philistine Cult Place in the Western Negev
Pirhiya Nahshoni (Israel Antiquities Authority)
*Reconstructing the Subsistence Economy of Iron Age Sites in the Negev Highlands: The
Microscopic Approach
Ruth Shahack-Gross (Bar Ilan University and the Weizmann Institute of Science)
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.30 Second Session
Chairperson: Yuval Gadot (Tel Aviv University)
*Inside and Outside: Politics, Power and Social Awareness in the Desert Frontier during the
Iron Age
Yifat Thareani (Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew Union College)
*Ancient Agriculture in the Negev Highlands – A Reexamination
Gideon Avni (Israel Antiquities Authority), Yoav Avni and Naomi Porat (Geological Survey of Israel)
*The Land Behind Aqaba: Ayla and the Negev in the Early Islamic Period
Donald Whitcomb (The University of Chicago)
17.30 Third Session
Chairperson: Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University)
*Historical Biblical Archaeology in Southern Jordan: A New Chronology for Iron Age Edom
Thomas E. Levy (The University of California, San Diego)
A special sale of Institute publications will be offered to symposium participants
HT: Joe Lauer
