Dr. Yifat Thareani
Senior Fellow
Hebrew Union College, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
Dr. Yifat Thareani is a Senior Fellow at Hebrew Union College, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology.
She completed her BA, MA and PhD in Archaeology at Tel-Aviv University (dissertation title: Towns in the Desert: Geographical, Economic and Sociopolitical Perspectives written under the direction of Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Nadav Na'aman). Her dissertation was followed by the final publication of the archaeological excavations from Tel 'Aroer. Both studies dealt with socio-political aspects of desert urbanism, imperial control strategies and local identity at the desert frontier. Dr. Thareani's postdoctoral research is entitled: Between Israel, Aram and Assyria: Tel Dan in the Iron II. This research is aimed at clarifying the cultural response to various control strategies (empires and local kingdoms) and their reflection in the archaeological record. Finally, Dr. Thareani has supervised excavation fields at Beth-Shemesh and she currently co-directs the archaeological excavation at Tel Dan on behalf of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology.
She completed her BA, MA and PhD in Archaeology at Tel-Aviv University (dissertation title: Towns in the Desert: Geographical, Economic and Sociopolitical Perspectives written under the direction of Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Nadav Na'aman). Her dissertation was followed by the final publication of the archaeological excavations from Tel 'Aroer. Both studies dealt with socio-political aspects of desert urbanism, imperial control strategies and local identity at the desert frontier. Dr. Thareani's postdoctoral research is entitled: Between Israel, Aram and Assyria: Tel Dan in the Iron II. This research is aimed at clarifying the cultural response to various control strategies (empires and local kingdoms) and their reflection in the archaeological record. Finally, Dr. Thareani has supervised excavation fields at Beth-Shemesh and she currently co-directs the archaeological excavation at Tel Dan on behalf of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology.