Ashkelon Staff 2013

Professor Lawrence E. Stager, Co-Director (publications)
Dorot Research Professor of the Archaeology of Israel
Director of the Semitic Museum, Harvard University
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-9385

 

Dr. Daniel M. Master, Co-Director (excavations)
Associate Professor of Archaeology, Wheaton College
Wheaton Archaeology Museum
501 E. College Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: (630) 752-5277

 
 

Dr. Adam Aja, Assistant Director 
Harvard Summer School Faculty
Assistant Curator of Collections, Semitic Museum
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3123

 

     Dr. Rona Avissar Lewis, Co-Director of the Ashkelon Laboratory
     Rafael (Rafi) Lewis, Co-Director of the Ashkelon Laboratory
     Jimmi Carmi, Major Domo, Liaison for Expedition, Ashkelon

Field Staff

Grid Supervisors
Dr. Kate Birney, Wesleyan University                                                       
Dr. Tracy Hoffman, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Joshua Walton, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University

Square Supervisors
Simeon Ehrlich, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
Sarah Hoffman, Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State
Laura Wright, Ph.D. Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan Wylie, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin
Mark Lester, M.A., Yale University
Benjamin Conner, B.A., Troy University
Joel Jackson, B.A., Troy University
Sarah Vander Vorst, B.A. Candidate, Wheaton College

Registrar
Jessica Long, B.A., Wheaton College

Architects and Surveyors - GIS Team
Benjamin Felker, Ph.D. Candidate, Boston University
Elise Jakoby, M.A., University of Arkansas

Specialists (on-site)

Ceramists
Professor Lawrence E. Stager
Dr. Tracy Hoffman
Dr. Daniel Master
Joshua Walton

Soil Analysis
Michael Toffolo, Ph.D. Candidate, Weizmann Institute of Science
additional specialists from Weizmann Institute as needed in coordination with Dr. Steve Weiner and Dr. Elizabeth Boaretto

Zooarchaeologists
Dr. Paula Wapnish, Bone Tool Analyst, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Dierdre Fulton, Bone Analyst, Baylor University

Photographer & Volunteer Coordinator
Melissa Aja

Specialists (off-site or as needed)

The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon is member of the Weizmann Institute- Tel Aviv University project using life sciences to investigate ancient Israel.
Sandra Schloen, Computer Programmer, University of Chicago http://ochre.lib.uchicago.edu
Orna Cohen, Conservation, Jerusalem, Israel
Professor P. Kyle McCarter, Semitic Epigraphy
Dr. Stephen Moshier, Geology, Wheaton College
Dr. Haim Gitler, Numismatics, Israel Museum
Professor Mordechai Kislev, with Ehud Weiss and Yael Mahler-Slasky, Palaeobotany, Bar‑Ilan University
Dr. Patricia Smith, Physical Anthropology, Hebrew University

All photos and content copyright Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon. Sponsored by the Leon Levy Foundation