L K Horwitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 17079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L K Horwitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | L K |
| FAMILY NAME | Horwitz |
| SIGNATURE | HORWITZ L K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8776-8658 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 126 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 863 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 126 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 16 |
Archaeozoology and Archaeomalacology of Site 917 in the ‘Uvda Valley
Examining indicators of hunter-gatherer mobility in arid environments
Besor 37 is an open-air site in the northwestern Negev Desert (Israel). Excavations at the site in 2020 uncovered a rich, in situ Middle Paleolithic assemblage composed of flint and limestone artifacts, animal bones and charcoal. The good preservation of the site is due to its rapid burial by overbank deposition of fluvially reworked loess. Dating using both Optically Stimulated Luminescence and 14 C suggests an average age of 46.6 ± 2.4 ka. Usin…
The archaeological landscape of Wolwekraal Nature Reserve (South Africa)
Newly discovered open-air sites along the Dorps River in the arid Karoo (South Africa), a region with uneven archaeological coverage, demonstrate multiple visits to this favoured habitat in the late Holocene Later Stone Age ( c . 3000–2000 BP)
Abu Ghosh, Jasmine Street
The excavations at Abu Ghosh revealed two phases dated to the Pre-Ghassulian period, between the end of the sixth millennium and the mid-fifth millenium BCE. Three archaeological-sedimentary layers were identified at the site: Layer I—topsoil, Layer II—possibly EB I, and Layer III—Pre-Ghassulian. The architecture of Layer III consisted of rectilinear units, with apparent passages and entrances between them, whose walls were built on stone foundat…
Intermediate Bronze Age Fauna from a Suspected Cultic Area at Nahal Refaʼim
A small assemblage of faunal remains was recovered from four archaeological contexts excavated on the northern bank of Naḥal Refaʼim. These include Bronze Age rock-cut pits (Area 100), a structure (Area 300), a burial cave (Area 500) and an Ottoman-period shomera (Area 400). The remains represent almost exclusively domestic taxa—sheep, goat, cattle and donkey—some of which exhibit butchery marks, other modifications or burning. The faunal assembl…
A Note on the Fauna Recovered from the Tombs at Wadi el-Halaf (near Khirbat Ras Abu Ma‘aruf), Jerusalem
1981; and a few articles in Singer 1994).Recent excavations in the suburb of Pisgat Ze'ev (Wadi el-Halaf) revealed several such tomb complexes.In most cases, animal remains were found mixed in with the human and cultural remains.This report describes the fauna recovered from the tombs at the site of Wadi el-Halaf (Shurkin, this volume; Kahana, this volume)
Researching Chalcolithic Ivories from the Southern Levant
The Late Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant, mainly the Ghassulian culture (mid-fifth–mid-fourth millennia BCE), heralded a new and unique trajectory in craft specialization, with ivory objects, including figurines, tools and vessels, among the outstanding ones. Hippopotamus and elephant ivory, probably of varied geographic provenience, were the raw materials employed. This paper presents two recently excavated ivory caches from the Late …
Excavations at Tel Lod
The salvage excavations at the ancient tell of Lod revealed six strata (I–VI). Stratum I consisted of much-disturbed topsoil. The partial remains of three buildings were uncovered in Stratum II, dated to the Byzantine period. Stratum III consisted of sand deposits with a high concentration of MB I potsherds. Stratum IV represented the main phase of human occupation at the site, containing the remains of two superimposed settlements (Strata IVa, I…
Early Bronze Age IA Settlement Remains at Ḥorbat Ḥammim (South), near Modi‘in
The excavation at Ḥorbat Ḥammim (South) yielded a rock-cut basin and a small cave within a limestone bedrock outcrop. The basin is similar to other rock-cut installations previously exposed in the area and dated to the Chalcolithic period.The manmade rock-cut cave was entered through a shaft. The sediments from the shaft and the cave consisted of many potsherds, stone tools and animal bones, that may have been washed into the cave, or intentional…
In Memoriam
Mina Weinstein-Evron, מינה וינשטיין-עברון, Liora Kolska Horwitz, ליאורה קולסקה הורביץ, Aharon Horowitz – a geologist with a passion for pollen - אהרון הורוביץ – גיאולוג עם תשוקה לפולן, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ה (2025), pp. 255-258
Editors’ Foreword
Dina Shalem, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Uri Davidovich, Gonen Sharon, Editors’ Foreword - דבר העורכים, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ה (2025), pp. 5-6
An Ecological Comparison of Two Abandoned Heritage Orchards in Northern Israel
In this study, we documented two relict traditional Palestinian orchards; one was abandoned following the 1948 war when the farmers were exiled to Lebanon and the second was tended by farmers up until the early 1970s. The orchards examined are located in two different Mediterranean phytogeographic regions, one in the hilly Upper Galilee and the other on the slopes of Mount Carmel in the hinterland of the Mediterranean coast. We found differences …
New Insights on an Old Excavation
Revisiting collections from old excavations with new research objectives and analytical tools brings them to life and integrates them into evolving models of human-landscape interactions. This paper examines hominin behaviour and adaptations at the late Middle Palaeolithic open air camp site Far’ah II, dated to ~ 49 ka by analyzing the spatial patterning of assemblages from the 1976–1978 excavation seasons. This was facilitated by the large area …
Artifacts, Animals and Art
Sveta Matskevich, סווטה מצקביץ, سفيتا ماتسكيفيتش, Alexander Wiegmann, אלכסנדר ויגמן, ألكسندر ويجمان, Nimrod Marom, נמרוד מרום, نمرود ماروم, Liora Kolska Horwitz, ליאורה קולסקה־הורביץ, ليورا كولسكا هورويتس, Artifacts, Animals and Art - ממצאים, חיות ואמנות, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך נ"ד (2024), pp. 161-175
Diachronic changes in dental health of Bronze Age rural populations from Nahal Refaim, Israel
We present the results of a study of dental pathology (specifically dental wear, caries, dental calculus, and enamel hypoplasia) carried out on 1108 teeth and empty alveoli of Bronze Age human populations that inhabited the rural settlement of Nahal Refaim, on the outskirts of the city of Jerusalem. The remains derive from a tomb complex that spans three phases of the period; Intermediate Bronze Age and the Middle Bronze Age I and Middle Bronze A…
Individual isotopic niche variation of herbivores and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Mid-Pleistocene Site of Kathu Pan 1 (South Africa)
Individual niche variation occurs when individuals within a population adopt unique behavioural or ecological traits, giving the population a distinct niche structure. Although widespread amongst natural populations, most of niche theory and its applications in ecological and palaeoenvironmental contexts remains focused on species level patterns, treating variation within the population as noise. Using serial stable isotope profiles sampled along…
Wonderwerk Cave and the Kathu Complex, South Africa
Kathu Pan 6
This paper presents preliminary results from a newly excavated open-air Later Stone Age site attributed to the Wilton Industry at Kathu Pan 6 in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Basic data on the lithics, fauna (including a large ivory fragment), and ostrich eggshell (including beads) recovered during two seasons of excavation (2016–2017) are presented and this material is contextualized through comparison with neighboring sites. Spati…
Living in an ecotone
The north-western Negev is an under-researched ecotonal region. We excavated two late Middle Palaeolithic open-air sites and recovered rich lithic industries that could be refitted, as well as remains of fauna, and charcoal. Palaeoenvironmental information and dates indicate interesting inter-site differences
Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province
Localities in the interior of South Africa, such as Taung and Vaal River sites, were intensively researched after hominins were discovered (Péringuey, 1911; Dart, 1925a; Goodwin, 1928), but then neglected for the fossil-rich, dolomitic breccia sites in Gauteng Province (e.g., Cooke, 1963, 1967; Vrba, 1976; Brain, 1981, Brain and Sillen, 1988; Bamford, 1999; Pickering and Kramers, 2010; Herries and Shaw, 2011; Reynolds et al., 2011; Lee-Thorp and …
Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in the central semi-arid region of South Africa from pollen in cave, pan, spring, stream and dung deposits
Quaternary Environments and Archaeology of the Northern Cape (South Africa)
Mining on the frontier
Skeletal allometries in the leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Understanding the Impact of Trampling on Rodent Bones
Experiments based on the premise of uniformitarism are an effective tool to establish patterns of taphonomic processes acting either before, or after, burial. One process that has been extensively investigated experimentally is the impact of trampling to large mammal bones. Since trampling marks caused by sedimentary friction strongly mimic cut marks made by humans using stone tools during butchery, distinguishing the origin of such modifications…
New radiometric ages for the Fauresmith industry from Kathu Pan, southern Africa
Animal domestication in the Southern Levant
In this paper seven researchers working in the southern Levant present their views as well as new data on the origins of domestic animals in this region. The papers cover the chronological development of this phenomenon, from the first sedentary communities in the Natufian, to the advent of the first domestic caprines in the Mid/Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B. In addition, the domestication of cattle and pig in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic С is discus…
A study of Pleistocene and Holocene hyaena coprolites
The Oldowan horizon in Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)
Timing of the Lower to Middle Paleolithic boundary
Milestones in the development of symbolic behaviour
Wonderwerk Cave (Northern Cape Province, South Africa) is an example of a natural locality that, in the past as in the present, was imbued with meaning and symbolism. Today, local communities associate the cave with a snake spirit, while rock art adorning the cave walls attests to the special status of the cave during the Later Stone Age. In the terminal Acheulean (over 180,000 years ago), hominins introduced manuports with special sensory proper…
Archeology, Environment, and Chronology of the Early Middle Stone Age Component of Wonderwerk Cave
Funerals and feasts during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the Near East
Evidence for a Neolithic funeral feast has been excavated in northern Israel. A herd of eight wild cattle (aurochs) were slaughtered and joints of their meat placed in a pit which was covered over and the human burial laid on top. This was covered in turn with plaster, but the human skull was later removed through an accurately sited hole. It was the feast that began this funerary sequence, and the authors conservatively calculate that it provide…
Laser scanning for conservation and research of African cultural heritage sites
Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence in Excavation I at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa
Ancient DNA analysis of 101 cattle remains
Temporal and Spatial Variation in Neolithic Caprine Exploitation Strategies
Trois différentes stratégies d'exploitation animale ont coexisté durant la période du PPNB moyen dans le sud du Levant. La première caractérise les sites de la vallée du Jourdain et des régions adjacentes. Elle correspond à un proto-élevage de chèvres (morphologie identique à celle des formes sauvages) qui domine les assemblages fauniques. La seconde stratégie, qui correspond à une chasse à la gazelle ainsi qu 'une fréquence de chèvres sauvages m…
Past and Present at Wonderwerk Cave (Northern Cape Province, South Africa)
The use of OSL dating in unstructured sands
On the Constitution and Transformation of P hilistine Identity
Recent discussion of the formation and alteration of P hilistine identity in the L evantine I ron A ge continues to reference primarily pottery styles and dietary practices. Such traditional narratives propose that the P hilistines comprised one group of the ‘Sea Peoples’ and that the cultural boundary markers that distinguished their society in the I ron A ge I (twelfth–eleventh century BC ) diminished in importance and disappeared suddenly in t…
Atlit-Yam
Atlit- Yam, a settlement 400 m off the Israeli shore, is the largest (60,000 sq m) and most deeply submerged (8–12 m bsl) prehistoric settlement ever uncovered along the Mediterranean coast. The architecture of the dwellings, the lithic tool assemblages, and radiocarbon dating indicate habitation during the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) period) ca. 8100–7500 B.P. Floral and faunal remains suggest that the village economy was complex, based on …
The Emergence and Dispersion of the Eastern Mediterranean Fishing Village
In this paper, we propose a model which predicts the timing, location and form of early eastern Mediterranean fishing villages. A submerged late 9th-7th millennium BP settlement off the Carmel coast of Israel is described and presented as a case study to consider the initial development of Mediterranean fishing villages which would have been based upon a combined agro-pastoral-marine economy. The unique development of water-well technology enable…
The Oldowan and Early Acheulean Mammalian Fauna of Wonderwerk Cave (Northern Cape Province, South Africa)
The effects of striped hyaena activity on human remains
Fauna from the Early Natufian Site of Upper Besor 6 in the Central Negev, Israel
Les recherches menées en bordure des hauteurs du Neguev central sur le site Upper Besor 6 ont révélé la première attestation, dans cette région, d'un camp de base de prédateurs présentant des vestiges d'architecture durable associés à des installations domestiques. Le site fut fondé lors du Ramonien final aux alentours de 12 500 BP (non calibré), équivalent local du Natoufien ancien mais il continua à être en usage pendant le Natoufien final ; il…
The owl that never left! Taphonomy of Earlier Stone Age small mammal assemblages from Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)
Wonderwerk Cave, in South Africa, is an exceptional site that has yielded a large collection of small mammal fossils in a stratigraphic sequence reaching back ca. 2 million years. Taphonomic studies undertaken to date, show that Tytonidae (likely Tyto alba) was the dominant predator during the Earlier Stone Age. They produced masses of pellets that formed a dense carpet-like surface that covered the cave floor at intervals throughout the sequence…
Magnetostratigraphy of the Evron Member-implications for the age of the Middle Acheulian site of Evron Quarry
A radiographic study of the extent of variation in cortical bone thickness in soay sheep
An ivory bowl from Early Iron Age Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel)
In 2013, an ivory bowl was discovered in a chalky matrix in the Early Iron Age (Philistine) levels in Area A at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Conservation revealed it to be a shallow vessel with a single lug handle, decorated in the interior and on the base with an incised twelve-petal lotus-rosette surrounded by five concentric circles. Applying an object biography approach, we investigate the history and far-flung socio-cultural connections of the Tell es…
Faunal Remains from the Early Iron Age Site on Mount Ebal
(1987). Faunal Remains from the Early Iron Age Site on Mount Ebal. Tel Aviv: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 173-189
Radiographic evidence for changing patterns of animal exploitation in the Southern levant
Faunal Remains from the Early Iron Age Site on Mount Ebal
Animal Remains from The Pottery Neolithic Levels at Tel Dan
Faunal Remains from the Early Iron Age Site on Mount Ebal
(1987). Faunal Remains from the Early Iron Age Site on Mount Ebal. Tel Aviv: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 173-189
The Site of Urkan-E-Rub IIa
ERELLA HOVERS, LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, DANIELLA E. BAR-YOSEF, CAROLE COPE-MIYASHIRO, The Site of Urkan-E-Rub IIa: A Case Study of Subsistence and Mobility Patterns in the Kebaran Period in the Lower Jordan Valley, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כא (תשמ"ט / 1988), pp. 20*-48
Faunal Remains from Two Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Sites in the Vicinity of Mount Carmel
LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, Faunal Remains from Two Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Sites in the Vicinity of Mount Carmel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כא (תשמ"ט / 1988), pp. 176*-177
Bone Remains from Neve Yam A Pottery Neolithic Site off The Carmel Coast
LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, Bone Remains from Neve Yam A Pottery Neolithic Site Off the Carmel Coast, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כא (תשמ"ט / 1988), pp. 99*-108
Abstracts — Second Symposium on Upper Paleolithic
The effects of striped hyaena activity on human remains
Hyaena Activity and Its Relevance to Prehistoric and Archaeological Sites in Israel
LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, Hyaena Activity and Its Relevance to Prehistoric and Archaeological Sites in Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כב (תש"ן / 1989), pp. 139*-140
Sedentism in the Early Bronze IV
Faunal assemblages from the Refaim Valley, Israel, dating to the Early Bronze IV (also termed Middle Bronze I/Intermediate Bronze Age) were analyzed. The complex at which remains were found comprised two houses and a cemetery. Its economy was based primarily on caprovine husbandry, but other domestic stock was also kept. It is possible that some level of secondary product utilization, beyond meat exploitation, also occurred. The faunal analysis s…
Diachronic Changes in Rural Husbandry Practices in Bronze Age Settlements from the Refaim Valley, Israel
Etude comparative de l'elevage a l'Age du Bronze Ancien 4 et a l'Age du Bronze Moyen 2 par l'examen des ossements mis au jour dans la vallee du Refaim
The Late Acheulian Fauna from Oumm Zinat
A study of Pleistocene and Holocene hyaena coprolites
Animal Bones from The Site of Horvat Hor
LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, Animal Bones from the Site of Horvat Hor: A Chalcolithic Cave-Dwelling, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כג (תש"ן / 1990), pp. 153*-161
Cultural and Environmental Implications of Hippopotamus Bone Remains in Archaeological Contexts in the Levant
The origin of hippopotamus ivory used in artifact manufacture in the Levant is discussed, especially as it relates to the archaeozoological evidence of local hippopotamus herds. On the basis of the spatial distribution of southern Levantine sites where hippopotamus bones have been recovered, it is proposed that at least since the Middle Pleistocene hippopotami were present along the littoral and that they probably were a source of ivory for trade…
A radiographic study of the extent of variation in cortical bone thickness in soay sheep
Animal Remains from The Site of Gesher, Central Jordan Valley
LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, YOSEF GARFINKEL, ליאורה קולסקה הורביץ, יוסי גרפינקל, שרידי בעלי-חיים מאתר גשר, עמק הירדן התיכון / Animal Remains from the Site of Gesher, Central Jordan Valley, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כ"ד (תשנ"א / 1991), pp. 64-76
Body size diminution under domestication
Skeletal Evidence for Population Change in the Late Holocene of the South-Western Cape
Patricia Smith, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Evan Kaplan, Skeletal Evidence for Population Change in the Late Holocene of the South-Western Cape: A Radiological Study, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 156 (Dec., 1992), pp. 82-88
Atlit-Yam
Atlit- Yam, a settlement 400 m off the Israeli shore, is the largest (60,000 sq m) and most deeply submerged (8–12 m bsl) prehistoric settlement ever uncovered along the Mediterranean coast. The architecture of the dwellings, the lithic tool assemblages, and radiocarbon dating indicate habitation during the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) period) ca. 8100–7500 B.P. Floral and faunal remains suggest that the village economy was complex, based on …
The Faunal Remains from Evron Quarry in Relation to Other Lower Paleolithic Hominid Sites in the Southern Levant
The mammalian assemblage and archaeological finds from the Lower Palaeolithic hominid site of Evron Quarry, situated on the northern coastal plain of Israel, are described and discussed. In their lithic and faunal composition, the sites of Latamne (QfIII) (Latamne Formation, Orontes, Syria) and Sitt Markho (Nahr elKebir, Syria) resemble Evron and are probably contemporaneous. It is suggested here, based on their lithic and faunal composition, tha…
The 1992 Season of Excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement of Kfar Hahoresh
A. Nigel Goring-Morris, Yuval Goren, Liora K. Horwitz, Israel Hershkovitz, Roni Lieberman, Jojet Sarel, Daniela Bar-Yosef, נייגל גורינג—מוריס, יובל גורן, ליאורה הורוביץ, ישראל הרשקוביץ, רוני ליברמן, ז'וזט שראל, דניאלה בר-יוסף, כפר החורש 1992 / The 1992 Season of Excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement of Kfar Hahoresh, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כ"ו (תשנ"ה / 1994-5), pp. 74-121
A Note on New Finds From The Natufian Graveyard at Nahal Oren
DANI NADEL, TAMAR NOY, LIORA KOLSKA-HORWITZ, IRIT ZOHAR, דני נדל, תמר נוי, ליאורה קולסקה-הורוביץ, עירית זוהר, ממצאים חדשים מבית הקברות הנאטופי בנחל אורן - הערה / A Note on New Finds From the Natufian Graveyard at Nahal Oren, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כ"ז (תשנ"ז, 1997), pp. 63-74
The Siloam Tunnel Revisited
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