Lior Schwimer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1172283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lior Schwimer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lior |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwimer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWIMER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-0677-745X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Constructed Desert: A Sacred Cultural Landscape at Har Tzuriaz, Negev, Israel
Past and present cultures perceive their natural landscape as an integral and vital component of their complex worlds, while particular landscape features and associated monuments built in selected locales become sacred and revered through stories, legends and rituals embedded in mundane and ceremonial events. The hyper-arid Har Tzuriaz area in the southern Negev, Israel, offers a case study of culture-geographic continuities over a chronological…
The Avdat in Late Antiquity Project: Uncovering the Early Islamic phases of a Byzantine town in the Negev Highlands
Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork by the Avdat in Late Antiquity Project have yielded new evidence of intensive Early Islamic activity in the late antique town of Avdat in Israel's Negev Highlands. This evidence has important implications for understanding the fate of such towns in the region during the Byzantine–Islamic transition
Intermediate Bronze Age Crescent-Headed Figures in the Negev Highlands
This paper presents the discovery of a unique and widespread type of petroglyphs in the Western Negev Highlands, depicting human figures with crescent-shaped headgear, knee-high garments, and crescent pommel daggers. It proposes a methodology for dating this style and its historical context by: (1) analysis of presence or absence of specific animal species in the engraved scenes; (2) examination of the occurrence of particular attributes that app…
The Constructed Desert: A Sacred Cultural Landscape at Har Tzuriaz, Negev, Israel
Past and present cultures perceive their natural landscape as an integral and vital component of their complex worlds, while particular landscape features and associated monuments built in selected locales become sacred and revered through stories, legends and rituals embedded in mundane and ceremonial events. The hyper-arid Har Tzuriaz area in the southern Negev, Israel, offers a case study of culture-geographic continuities over a chronological…
The Avdat in Late Antiquity Project: Uncovering the Early Islamic phases of a Byzantine town in the Negev Highlands
Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork by the Avdat in Late Antiquity Project have yielded new evidence of intensive Early Islamic activity in the late antique town of Avdat in Israel's Negev Highlands. This evidence has important implications for understanding the fate of such towns in the region during the Byzantine–Islamic transition
Intermediate Bronze Age Crescent-Headed Figures in the Negev Highlands
This paper presents the discovery of a unique and widespread type of petroglyphs in the Western Negev Highlands, depicting human figures with crescent-shaped headgear, knee-high garments, and crescent pommel daggers. It proposes a methodology for dating this style and its historical context by: (1) analysis of presence or absence of specific animal species in the engraved scenes; (2) examination of the occurrence of particular attributes that app…
The Avdat in Late Antiquity Project: Uncovering the Early Islamic phases of a Byzantine town in the Negev Highlands
Three seasons of archaeological fieldwork by the Avdat in Late Antiquity Project have yielded new evidence of intensive Early Islamic activity in the late antique town of Avdat in Israel's Negev Highlands. This evidence has important implications for understanding the fate of such towns in the region during the Byzantine–Islamic transition
The Constructed Desert: A Sacred Cultural Landscape at Har Tzuriaz, Negev, Israel
Past and present cultures perceive their natural landscape as an integral and vital component of their complex worlds, while particular landscape features and associated monuments built in selected locales become sacred and revered through stories, legends and rituals embedded in mundane and ceremonial events. The hyper-arid Har Tzuriaz area in the southern Negev, Israel, offers a case study of culture-geographic continuities over a chronological…
Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (1 works) · Antique (1 works) · Archaeological evidence (1 works)