Name: Assaf Yasur-Landau Date: August , 2012
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Personal Details
Name: Assaf Yasur-Landau
Birth Year: 1973
Country of Birth: Israel
Electronic Address:
2. Higher Education
A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Date of Degree / Degree / Name of Institutionand Department / Period of Study
1992 / B.A., Summa Cum Laude / Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology and Department of Classics / 1989–1992
Direct Ph.D. program / Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology M.A. Classes / 1996–1997
2003 / Ph.D. / Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology / 1998–2003
B. Post-Doctoral Studies
Year of Completion / Degree / Name of Institution, Department and Host / Period of Study2007 / Post Doctoral Studies / Harvard University, NELC, Prof. Lawrence E. Stager / 2006-2007
3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
Rank/Position / Name of Institution and Department / DatesTeaching Assistant / Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology / 1996–1998
Instructor and Doctor Instructor / Tel Aviv University, Department of Archaeology / 2000–2005
Assistant Professor / History Department, University of California, Santa Cruz / 2007–2008
Senior Researcher / The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa / 2008–
Senior Lecturer (proposed rank) / Department of Maritime Civilization, University of Haifa / 2009-2010
Senior Lecturer, tenured / Department of Maritime Civilization, University of Haifa / 2010-
4. Offices in University Academic Administration
*2010-2011, Coordinator for the International MA Program of Maritime Civilizations University of Haifa
2007–2008, Member, task force on Classical studies University of California, Santa Cruz
2007–2008, Member, Jewish Studies Curriculum Committee University of California, Santa Cruz
5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University
1986–1989 Tel Miqne/Ekron excavations, Hebrew University and W. F.
Albright Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
1989 Assistant Area Supervisor and Area Supervisor at Tel Maresha
for the Israel Antiquities Authority.
1989–1992 Project Archaeologist and Excavation Director for the Israel
Antiquities Authority. Excavations at Newe-Yarak (Lod), Ramat Aviv Gimmel (Tel Aviv), Tel Malot (biblical Gibethon), and Ramla.
1990–1992 Member of the Gezer Area Survey Team for the Israel
Antiquities Authority.
1997 Excavation at Ashkelon, The Leon Levy Expedition
1997–1998 Co-Director, Netiv Ha’asara Excavation, MBII–Iron II tell site in the southern coast of Israel, for Ramot Archaeology and the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology
1997–1998 Director, Modi’in/Titora (West) Excavations, Sites G-96,
G-106, G-129, Byzantine and Islamic sites in central Israel, for Ramot Archaeology of Tel Aviv University
1998 Assistant Area Supervisor, Megiddo Expedition
1999 Halasmenos publication team, East Crete
1999 Miletus excavations, Heidelberg University
2000 Petras excavations, Greek Ministry of Culture
2000–2002 Area Supervisor, Halasmenos excavations, East Crete
2003 Co-director, Geophysical survey of the MBIIB palace in Kabri. Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology and Department of Geophysics
2003 Co-director, Qiriyat Shmona excavations, MBIIA fortress site in northern Israel, for the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology and the Israel Institute of Archaeology
2003 Co-director, Kh. Muhayzin excavations, MBIIA cemetery in southern Israel, for the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology and the Israel Institute of Archaeology
2004 Head of the Tel Aviv University contingent in the Leon Levy Expedition, Ashkelon Excavations, Transitional LB–Iron I phases
2006-2011 Ashkelon publication team (Iron I pottery)
2006–2007 Co-director, Kabri Regional Study project in collaboration with Prof. E. H. Cline, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, GPS/GIS survey of MB settlements in the western Galilee
2005-2012 Co-director, Kabri Excavation project in collaboration with Prof. E. H. Cline, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, MBII palace with Minoan-style fresco art. For further information, please see the initial results of the Tel Kabri Project online at: http://digkabri.wordpress.com/previous-results/
2009- Director, Tel Achziv underwater archaeological survey and publications project
2012- Co-director, Tel Achziv Excavation project in collaboration with Prof. Gwyn Davies, Florida International University. Middle Bronze Age to Roman Period remains
6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences
a. Active Participation
Role / Subject of Lecture/Discussion / Place of Conference / Name of Conference / DateThe Daughters of Philistia; Towards a Methodology of Gender and Migration in Archaeology / Bar Ilan University / Material Culture, Society and Ideology, / June 1999
Social Complexity and Maritime Migration: Towards a Methodology for the Study of Variability in 12th Century B.C.E Migrations / Cambridge (MA) / ASOR Annual Meeting / 16–20/11/1999
Weaving the Sacred and the Profane / The Swedish Institute in Athens / Trade and Production in Premonetary Greece IX Workshop / 27–28 November 1999
Before the Gates of Troia: Imbros and the North-Eastern Aegean in the 12th Century B.C. (in collaboration with M. Guzowska) / Lamia / The 2nd International Interdisciplinary Colloquium, “The Periphery of the Mycenaean World / 26–30 September 1999
Why Can’t We Find the Origin of the Philistines? In Search of the Source of a Peripheral Aegean Culture / Lamia / The 2nd International Interdisciplinary Colloquium,“The Periphery of the Mycenaean World / 26–30 September 1999
Two Centuries of Staying (Mainly) at Home? / Birmingham / Lighten Our Darkness: Cultural Transformations at the Beginning of the First Millennium BC—From The Alps to Anatolia / 6–9/1/2000
The Mother(s) of All Philistines: Aegean Enthroned Deities of the 12th–11th Century Philistia / Gothenburg / Potnia: Deities and Religion in the Aegean Bronze Age / 12–15 April 2000
The Absolute Chronology of the LHIIIC Period: A View from the Levant. / Vienna / The Beginnings of the Dark Ages of Greece: LHIII C Chronology and Synchronisms / April 2001
Halasmeno Fagito: Burnt Dishes and Scorched Pots. Some Preliminarily Observations on LMIIIC Cooking Ware / Elounda / 9th International Congress of Cretan Studies / 1–6 October 2001
The Many Faces of Colonization: 12th Century Aegean Settlements in Cyprus and the Levant / Rhodes / Settlers and Settlements in the Greek Peninsula during Prehistoric Times (9000 to 1000 BC) / 6–9 October 2002
The Use and Abuse of Mycenaean Pottery in the Chronology of LBA Palestine: A Methodological Approach / Vienna / International Late Bronze Age Conference / January 30 to February 1 2003
The Absolute Chronology of the Philistine Settlement / Vienna / 2nd Euroconference of “SCIEM 2000” / May 28 to June 1 2003
Imported LHIIIC from Israel. Style, Provenance and Chronology (in collaboration with A.-L. d’Agata, Y. Goren, and H. Mommsen) / Italian School of Archaeology in Athens / Emporia, Aegeans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean. The 10th International Aegean Conference / 14–18 April 2004
The Socio-Political Role of Feasting in Palatial Societies: Hatti, Emar and the Mycenaean World (in collaboration with Y. Cohen) / the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia / Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighbors in Ancient Anatolia / Sept. 17–19, 2004
The Balkans and the Orient? Handmade Burnished Ware in Cyprus and the Levant (in collaboration with M. Guzowska) / Zagreb / Between the Aegean and the Baltic Sea: Prehistory across Borders / April 11–14, 2005
Poetry in Motion: Canaanite Rulerships and Minoan Narrative Poetry at Tel Kabri (in collaboration with E. H. Cline) / Los Angeles / 11th International Aegean Conference EPOS Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology / 20–23 April 2006
Hard to Handle: Aspects of Organization in Aegean and Near Eastern Feasts / Melbourne / DAIS, The Aegean Feast / 25–29 March 2008
In Pursuit of the Philistine Bird: Feasts and Cultic Iconography of the Iron I Period / Boston / ASOR Annual Meeting / 19–22 November 2008
Results of the 2005–2008 Seasons at Tel Kabri, Israel (in collaboration with E. H. Cline) / Philadelphia / AIA Annual Meeting / 8–11 January 2009
Results of the 2005–2009 Seasons at Tel Kabri, Israel (in collaboration with E. H. Cline) / New Orleans / ASOR Annual Meeting / 18–21 November 2009
Local Responses to the Aegean Migration to the Southern Levant in the late 2nd Millennium BCE / Heidelberg / Materiality and Practice: Transformative Capacities of Intercultural Encounters / 25-27 March 2010
Rethinking the Philistine Paradigm: Urbanization, Conquest, Maritime Migration / University of Haifa / The Ancient Near East in the 12th-10th Centuries BCE: Culture and History / 2-5 May 2010
Deep Change in Domestic Behavioural Patterns and Theoretical Aspects of Interregional Interactions in the 12th-Century Levant / Nicosia, the Leventis Foundations / On Cooking Pots, Drinking Cups Loom Weights and Ethnicity in Bronze Age Cyprus and Neighboring Regions. / *6-7 November 2010
Migration, Commerce and Variability in Middle Bronze Age Drinking Traditions (in collaboration with I. Samet) / Bar Ilan University / The 37th Archaeological Conference in Israel / *21 April 2011
New Aegean-style painted plaster from the Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri
(in collaboration with Eric H. Cline and Nurith Goshen) / Rethymnon, Crete / The 11th Cretological Congress / *21 October 2011
The Four-Dimensional Palace: The Middle Bronze Age Palace of Kabri through Time and Space
(in collaboration with E. H. Cline) / San Francisco / ASOR Annual Meeting / *18 November 2011
The Unorthodox Route to Complex Society: Innovative Aspects of Canaanites Culture / Kibbutz Tsubah / GISFOH (ISF-Von Humbotdt Foundation) Conference: Frontiers of Humanity / *28 November 2011
Palatial Architecture and Aegean Wall Paintings in the Middle Bronze Age: the Cases of Alalakh and Tel Kabri (in collaboration with Eric H. Cline and Nurith Goshen) / Koç University, Istanbul / The Recent Archaeological Investigations
in the Amuq Valley of Hatay / *22 March 2012
Respondent to Prof. Tim Harrison / Ben Gurion University / Irene Levi-Sala Seminar / *29 March 2012
b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions
Subject of Conference/Role at Conference/
Comments / Place of
Conference / Name of
Conference / Date
Initiator and Co-organizer (with Yoram Cohen) / Tel Aviv University / Between East and West: Eretz Israel and the Ancient Near East-Intercultural Ties and Innovations in the Second Millennium BCE. / April 29, 2004
Initiator and Co-organizer (with Jennie Ebeling and Laura Mazow) / Boston, MA / Round Table: Household Archaeology, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Boston MA / November 20, 2008
Initiator and Co-organizer (with Amihai Mazar and Aren Maeir / Institute of Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem / Interconnections and Regional Narratives in Mediterranean Archaeology (ca. 1700–700 BCE) / December 4, 2008
Chair of Session: The Archaeology of Israel / New Orleans, LA / ASOR Annual Meeting / November 19, 2009
Initiator and Co-organizer (with David Ilan, Aren Maeir, Ezra Marcus, Joe Uziel) / Haifa University / Patrician and Palatial:
The Middle Bronze Age Sites of Tel Ifshar and Tel Kabri: Workshop of the The Middle Bronze Age Study Group / December 23, 2010
Chair of Session: ASOR Sponsored Excavations / San Francisco, CA / ASOR Annual Meeting / *November 19, 2011
7. Invited Lectures
Presentation/Comments / Name of Forum / Place of Lecture / DateGreat Mothers: Philistine and Canaanite Goddesses in the Early Iron Age / Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology / Warsaw / 17 April 2000
Images of Migration: Understanding Philistine Society / INSATP Aegean Seminar, Institute of Fine Arts / New York / 10 November 2006
Divine Banquets and Infernal Feasts: The Origins of Philistine Iconography / The Semitic Museum of Harvard University, / Cambridge MA / 7 February 2007
Orpheus in Paradise and Drinks in Hell: The Uses of Iconography in Canaanite and Philistine Feasts / Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology / Berkley, CA / 8 May 2008
The Word and the Sherd: Itamar Singer and the Historical Contextualization of the Canaanites and the Philistines / Anatolia and the Levant, Symposium in Honor of Itamar Singer, Tel Aviv University / Tel Aviv / 29 December 2008
Kabri Rediscovered / Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University / Jerusalem / 17 December 2008
Canaanite Rulership and ANE Kingship: Insights from Tel Kabri / University of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia / 23 November 2009
Missing Rulers and Palaces without Palatial Economy in Canaan: New Evidence for the Role of Aegean Art in Near Eastern Palaces / Minoan Seminar. The Athenian Archaeological Society, Athens / Athens / 19 February 2010
Kabri and its connections with the Aegean World during the Middle Bronze Age / The Great Sea: A Bridge between Nations and Cultures. In Memory of Elisha Linder and Avner Raban / Haifa / *5 May 2011
Heroic Life? LHIIIC Iconography in the Aegean / A Symposium Celebrating the publication of the Homer Encyclopedia, Tel Aviv University / Tel Aviv / *30 May
2011
The Canaanites as a Mediterranean Society / Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem / Jerusalem / *14 December
2011
Magic and Loss: Mediterranean Landscapes Before the Theran Eruption / A Symposium Celebrating the publication of Irad Malkins book, A Small Greek World, Tel Aviv University / Tel Aviv / *8 January
2012
8. Colloquium Talks
Presentation/Comments / Name of Forum / Place of Lecture / DateThe Making of Philistine Society: Colonial Encounters in the 12th Century BC. / Boston University Department of Archaeology / Boston / 12 December 2006
Landscapes of Rulership: A Middle Bronze Age Palace at Kabri and a Fortress at Qiriat Shmona, Israel. / Archaeology Wing Seminar Series, Harvard University, Department of Anthropology / Cambridge MA / 25 October 2006
The Middle Bronze Age Fortress at Qiriat Shemona (South) and Urbanization in the Southern Levant. / The Cotsen Institute, UCLA / Los Angeles / 24 April 2006
The Mycenaean Feast according to Linear B Sources. / Department of Classics, The Hebrew University / Jerusalem / 21 December, 2008
Architecture and Social Stratification in the MB / Department of Archaeology, The Hebrew University / Jerusalem / *15 January, 2012
9. Research Grants
a. Grants Awarded
Year / Funded by / Topic / Co-Researchers / Role in Research2002 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / typological and provenance study of LHIIIC pottery from Israel, $5000 / Dr. Anna-Lucia D’Agata, CNR, Rome / co-PI
2005 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / Excavations in Kabri, $15,000 / Dr. Eric Cline, The George Washington University / co-PI
Institute of Aegean Prehistory
2006–2007 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / Regional Study of Kabri, $35,000 / Dr. Eric Cline, The George Washington University / co-PI
2008 / Institute of Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem / Grant to co-direct an International Research Group, titled “Interconnection and Regional Narratives in Mediterranean Archaeology” / Prof. Amihai Mazar, Hebrew University and Prof. Aren Maeir, Bar Ilan University / co-PI
2008 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / Excavations at Tel Kabri, $30,000 / Dr. Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University / co-PI
2009 / ISF / ISF publication assistance grant, $2,000 / PI
2009 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / Excavations at Tel Kabri, $20,000 / Dr. Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University / co-PI
2010-2012 / Israel Science Foundation / ISF Grant 848/10, MB Palatial Economy at Kabri, NIS 444,000 (ca.$ 115,000) / Prof. Andrew Koh, Tufts University, Dr. Ruth Shahack-Gross, Weizmann Institute, Prof. Guy Bar-Oz, University of Haifa, Dr. David Ben-Shlomo, The Hebrew University, Prof. Hans Mommsen, Bonn University / PI
2010 / Research Authority, University of Haifa / Underwater survey at Achziv NIS 5000 (ca. $1400) / *PI
2010 / Office of the President and office of the Rector, University of Haifa / Underwater survey at Achziv $4000 / *PI
2011 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / Excavations at Tel Kabri, $10,000 / Dr. Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University / *Co-PI
2011 / The White-Levy publication grant / Achziv, Publication of the 1963-1964 Prasunitz excavations, $52,000 / Dr. Michael Press / *Co-PI
2012 / Institute of Aegean Prehistory / Excavations at Tel Kabri, $10,000 / Dr. Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University / *Co-PI
b. Submission of Research Proposals – Pending