- Bernard Bachrach
- Andrea M. Berlin
- Bruno Chaouat
- Michael Cherlin
- Gary B. Cohen
- Maria Damon
- Michelle Hamilton
- Benjamin M. Jacobs
- Alex Jassen
- Amy Kaminsky
- Ruth Mazo Karras
- Judith Katz
- Ronald R. Krebs
- Bernard M. Levinson
- Michael Lower
- Alex Lubet
- Leslie Morris
- Rick McCormick
- Karen Painter
- Riv-Ellen Prell
- Calvin Roetzel
- Andrew Scheil
- Renana Schneller
- Philip Sellew
- Eric D. Weitz
Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Archaeology
Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Research Interests
- Archaeology of Israel
- Hellenistic and Roman Near East
- Second-Temple period Judaism
- Archaeology and History of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
- Ancient Ceramics
Selected Publications
Books
Excavations at Tel Anafa, vol. II, i. The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Plain Wares. Journal of Roman Archaeology supplementary series vol. 10.2. Portsmouth RI. 1997.
The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History, and Ideology. Andrea Berlin and J. Andrew Overman, eds. London: Routledge, 2002.
Excavations at Coptos (Qift) (1988-1992). Co-authored with Sharon C. Herbert. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 53. Portsmouth RI. 2003.
Gamla. Final Reports, vol. I. The Pottery of the Second Temple Period. Forthcoming from the Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, 2006.
Articles
“Between Large Forces: Palestine in the Hellenistic Period,” BiblicalArchaeologist 60.1 (1997). Pp. 2-57.
“The Archaeology of Ritual: The Sanctuary of Pan at Banias/Caesarea Philippi,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 315 (1999). Pp. 27-46.
“Studies in Hellenistic Ilion: The Lower City. Stratified Assemblages and Chronology,” Studia Troica 9 (1999). Pp. 73-157.
“Ptolemaic Agriculture, ‘Syrian Wheat,’ and Triticum aestivum.” Co-authored with Terry Ball, Robert Thompson, and Sharon C. Herbert. Journal of Archaeological Science 30.1 (2002). Pp. 115-21.
“Romanization and Anti-Romanization in pre-Revolt Galilee,” in The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History, and Ideology, Andrea Berlin and J. Andrew Overman, eds. London: Routledge, 2002. Pp. 57-73
“A New Administrative Center for Persian and Hellenistic Galilee: Preliminary Report of the University of Michigan/University of Minnesota Excavations at Tel Kedesh.” Co-authored with Sharon C. Herbert, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 329 (2003). Pp. 13-59.
“ Ilion Before Alexander: A Ritual Deposit of the Fourth Century B.C.,” Studia Troica 12 (2003). Pp. 131-65.
“Going Greek: Atticizing Pottery in an Achaemenid World.” Co-authored with Kathleen Lynch. Studia Troica 12 (2003). Pp. 167-78.
“Power and Its Afterlife: Tombs in Hellenistic Palestine.” Near Eastern Archaeology 65.2 (2002) [2003]. Pp. 138-48.
“Life and Death on the Israeli-Lebanese Border (in 140 B.C.E.): Excavating Tel Kedesh.” Co-authored with Sharon C. Herbert. Biblical Archaeology Review 31.5 (2005). Pp. 35-43.
“Jewish Life Before the Revolt: The Archaeological Evidence,” forthcoming in Journal for the Study of Judaism (2005).
*“Pottery and Pottery Production in the Second Temple Period,” Excavations on the Site of the Jerusalem International Convention Center (Binyanei Ha’Uma). The Pottery and Other Small Finds. B. Arubas and H. Goldfus, eds. Journal of Roman Archaeology supplementary series 60 (2005). Pp. 29-60.
*“Life and Death on the Israeli-Lebanese Border (in 140 B.C.E.): Excavating Tel Kedesh.” Co-authored with Sharon C. Herbert. Biblical Archaeology Review 31.5 (2005). Pp. 35-43.
Courses
- Introduction to Greek and Roman Archaeology
- Archaeology of Greece
- Archaeology of Israel
- Archaeology in Biblical Lands I and II: Old and New Testament Periods
- Archaeology of the Period of Herod the Great
- Household Archaeology
- Artifact Analysis