Archaeology
Subject: The Upper Galilee in the Bronze and Iron Ages: Patterns of Settlement , Economy and Society.
Supervisor: Prof. Ilan Sharon and Prof. Gideon Shelach
Abstract: The research reexamines the settlement history of the Upper Galilee during the Bronze and Iron ages (third to early first millennium B.C.E.) in light of archaeological surveys. The survey identifies early remnants and enables us to classify the changes in the settlement patterns over time and space. The research examines (per each historical epoch) where, in which form and to what extent people settled within the Upper Galilee, as well as what can be deduced from the location, character and interrelation of the various settlements with regards to early demography, society and economy. Besides the renewed discussion of the local history, I examine in my research a new method of archaeological survey, whose aim is to obtain a higher level of data precision in comparison with past methods, thereby resulting in a more accurate historical picture than that which exists today in scholarly research.
Publications:
1. Bloch, G., Francoy, T. M., Wachtel, I., Panitz-Cohen, N., Fuchs, S. and Mazar, A. (2010), "Industrial apiculture in the Jordan valley during Biblical times with Anatolian honeybees". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (25): 11240-11245.
2. Mazar A. and Wachtel I. (2015), The Persian /Early Hellenistic Fortress at Hurvat Eres, Israel Exploration Journal 65(2): 214-244.
3. Mingyu, T., Shelach, G., Marder, O. and Wachtel, I. (2014), "Archaeological Investigating Report on Fuxin District Liaoning (2012—2013)". Beifang Wenwu (3): 3-10 (Chinese with English abstract).
4. Shelach, G., Marder, O., Mingyu, T., Goldsmith, Y., Wachtel, I., Ovadia, A. and Wan Xiongfei (2016), "Human Adaptation and Socio-Economic Change in Northeast China: Results of The Fuxin Regional Survey". Journal of Field Archaeology 41(4): 467-485.
5. Wachtel, I. (2014), The Mystery of 'Gal Yithro': Monumental Structure in The Upper Galilee. Qadmoniot 147: 16-18 (In Hebrew).
6. Wachtel, I. (2016), La Galilea, non sempre una zona di confine, LIMES 10\15: 332-342.
7. Wachtel, I. (forthcoming), Monumentality in Early Urbanism: Early Bronze Age north Levantine monument in context. Journal of Asian Archaeology.
8. Wachtel I. (forthcoming), "The Architecture and Stratigraphy of Area S (Lower City)" in Zuckeman S., Wachtel, I. and Bechar, S. (eds), The Rise and Decline of a Canaanite Kingdom: A view from the Lower City of Hazor. Qedem Reports, Jerusalem.
9. Wachtel, I., Zidon, R. Garti, S. and Shelach, G. (forthcoming), Predicting modeling for archeological sites location: compering logistic regression and MaxEnt in north Israel and North-East China.
10. Wachtel, I. Sabar, R. and Davidovich, U. (forthcoming), Tel Gush Halav during the Bronze and Iron Ages, in Stern, E., Ben-Tor, A. and Magness J. (eds.), Eretz Israel, Volume33, (L. Stager Volume, in Hebrew).
11. Wachtel I. and Sugimoto D. T. (2016), "Tel En Gev, Area H: Architecture and Stratigraphy", in Sugimoto D. T. and Kansha H. (eds.), Tel ‘En Gev: An Interim Report on the 2009-2011 Seasons of Archaeological Excavations, Tokyo: Keio Archaeological Expeditions to the Western Asia, pp.53-96 (Japanese, English version forthcoming).
Presidential Stipend 2013/14
Rotenstreich Stipend 2014/15