Prof. Yossi Zaidner
Academic head of the Program
Yossi Zeidner Prof. Yossi Zaidner is a Palaeolithic archaeologist, head of the Laboratory for the Study of Human Cultural Evolution, and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research centres on human evolution, ecology, and behaviour during the Lower, Middle, and early Upper Palaeolithic. He directs projects at key sites in Israel – such as Tinshemet Cave, Nesher Ramla, Bizat Ruhama, Nahal Hesi, and Misliya Cave – and, more recently, in Central Asia at the Soii Havzak rockshelter in Tajikistan.
Dr. Tegenu Gossa Aredo
I am a prehistoric archaeologist specializing in the Early Stone Age (ESA) technologies, that is, the Oldowan and the Acheulian, of Africa and the behavioural evolution of the Early and Middle Pleistocene hominin species. I earned my MA in archaeology from Addis Ababa University and my PhD in African archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I am currently a co-director of the Melka Wakena paleoanthropological site-complex located in the south-eastern highlands of Ethiopia.
Prof. Anna Belfer-Cohen
Anna Belfer-Cohen is Emerita Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her main interest lies in exploring prehistoric beginnings: The Upper Palaeolithic period which portrays the spread and flourishing of modern humans Out-of-Africa, as well as the transition from extractive to productive economies during the later Epipalaeolithic/early Neolithic in Western Asia, focusing on what these changes imply vis a vis human cognition, behaviour and adaptation. She has been studying and teaching lithic bone technologies, human remains, and artistic manifestations.
Dr. Camille de Becdelièvre
Prof. Naama Goren-Inbar
Naama Goren-Inbar is a prehistorian (Emerita) whose primary interest is the evolution, subsistence, and culture of mankind. Her research’s prime goal is to reconstruct the paleoenvironment, technology, and cognitive abilities of hominins in the southern Levant. Her excavations and finds of different Paleolithic periods serve as a data source for diverse multidisciplinary studies.
Prof. Leore Grosman
Leore Grosman is a full professor at the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a prehistoric archaeologist, she explores the early history of our species focusing upon a critical period – the transition from nomadic to sedentary lifestyles. She founded in 2010, and continue to direct, the Computational Archaeology Laboratory, which focuses on developing mathematical and computational tools to address archaeological questions.
Prof. Erella Hovers
Professor of prehistoric archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology and an International affiliate at the Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University. Her research interests include Plio-Pleistocene archaeology in East Africa, the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant, the evolution of symbolism and art, lithic technology, subsistence and mobility (land-use strategies) of early hominins, taphonomy and site formation processes, and Archaeological theory.
Dr. Marion Prevost
I am a Paleolithic archaeologist specializing in lithic technologies, with a focus on the Levantine Middle Paleolithic chrono-cultural period. My research primarily explores the technological, cultural, and symbolic behaviors of past populations, as well as the modes of interaction between groups in southwestern Asia.
Dr. Heele Schechter
Dr. Heeli Schechter is a postdoctoral fellow and lab manager of the Computational Archeology Laboratory, at the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a prehistoric archaeologist focusing on the Levantine Neolithic, specializing in lithic studies and particularly obsidian, human use of shells with emphasis on adornment, and 3D and computational methods in archaeology.
Ms. Hadas Goldgeier
Hadas Goldgeier is a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at the Institute of Archaeology, Prehistory Section, under the supervision of Prof. Leore Grosman. Her dissertation focuses on Architectural Technology throughout the late Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic.
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