Simcha Lev-Yadun
Biographic Data
| ID | 141582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simcha Lev-Yadun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simcha |
| FAMILY NAME | Lev-Yadun |
| SIGNATURE | LEV-YADUN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6782-9444 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 343 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Microhistory in Archaeology and Its Contribution to the Archaeological Research
The unique “Cave of the Warrior” burial, found in a Judean Desert cave and dated to the end of the Chalcolithic period, was accompanied by a large number of grave goods made of perishable materials. It opens up an unusual opportunity to recover aspects of the life of an individual person. Based on a reexamination of his personal belongings, we created a microhistory of this individual. We show how a careful analysis of a single-event site contrib…
In Memoriam, Dr. Nili Liphschitz (1944–2019)
The Geographical Enigma of Top Achievements in Weightlifting
We examined the geography of top achievements in weightlifting in the Olympic Games for men (1992-2016), and women (2000-2016). Geographic origins of men are restricted to countries with a salient center around the Balkan and the Caucasus areas. This is especially evident for weightlifters in the upper body weight categories. Top achievements of women are more widely spread geographically, yet with clustering in the south-eastern part of Asia. Da…
On Chalcolithic maceheads and spinning implements
We are grateful to Ben-Yosefet al. (above) for their thorough critical evaluation of our recent paper. We identified a group of modified wooden shafts originating in two large complex caves with Late Chalcolithic (Ghassulian) burials in the Negev Desert (Israel) as the earliest Levantine wooden spinning implements (Langgutet al. 2016). Their detailed assessment culminated in the alternative hypothesis that the wooden objects functioned as sticks …
The Probable Pagan Origin of an Ancient Jewish Custom
One of the most enigmatic of all ancient Jewish religious customs was the use of ashes of a red heifer to purify people and objects defiled by a corpse. The ashes were combined with spring water and other ingredients in a vessel to produce a mixture called “water of lustration”, which was sprinkled on the impure objects or people. We discuss four questions concerning the use of the ashes of the red heifer: (I) Why a cow? (II) Why red? (III) Why a…
The Probable Pagan Origin of an Ancient Jewish Custom
The earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements
The Historic Role of Crocodiles and Other African Aquatic Pests in Current Sport Championships
Top achievements in modern sports are not distributed evenly among humans of various origins. Athletes of African origin dominate several fields of athletics, especially short- and long-distance running, which differ in their physiological and muscle structure characters and requirements. This contrasts dramatically with their near absence from the group of leading swimmers at all distances. The conspicuous absence of world-class swimmers of Afri…
The Impact of Olive Orchard Abandonment and Rehabilitation on Pollen Signature
Dafna Langguta, Simcha Lev-Yadunb & Israel Finkelsteinca The Laboratory for Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israelb Department of Biology and EnvironmentFaculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa - Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israelc The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978…
The olive tree-ring problematic dating
We are glad to see that our paper has stimulated a lively debate, and we acknowledge the appreciation of our work by Bietak, Kuniholm and MacGillivray as well as that of those who oppose our hypothesis (Bruins & van der Plicht, Friedrich et al., all above). The enigma of the dating of the Santorini eruption is a long-lasting one, and because of its bearing on the dating of several eastern Mediterranean civilisations, has attracted significant att…
The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption
The date of the volcanic eruption of Santorini that caused extensive damage toMinoan Crete has been controversial since the 1980s. Some have placed the event in the late seventeenth century BC. Others have made the case for a younger date of around 1500 BC. A recent contribution to that controversy has been the dating of an olive tree branch preserved within the volcanic ash fall on Santorini. In this debate feature Paolo Cherubini and colleagues…
A Response to “Arguments Against the Core Area Hypothesis” for Plant Domestication
The paper relates to several issues concerning geographical and chronological aspects of the ‘core area’ model for plant domestication in the Levant (Lev- Yadun et al. 2000), as presented in Fuller et al. (2011). The paper stresses that the core area as depicted by Fuller et al. does not correspond to the original core area map and list of Neolithic sites published by the authors (Lev-Yadun et al. 2000). It also discusses the alternative model su…
Six seasons of wild pea harvest in Israel
Yield stability
Use of space in a Neolithic village in Greece (Makri)
Large-Scale Species Introductions to Preserve Global Biodiversity
Wild lentil and chickpea harvest in Israel
Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel)
Ethnoarchaeological study of phytolith assemblages from an agro-pastoral village in Northern Greece (Sarakini)
Experimental harvesting of wild peas in Israel
The phytolith archaeological record
Chickpea domestication in the Neolithic Levant through the nutritional perspective
Modeling the Influence of Wood Use by The Natufians of El-Wad in The Forest of Mount Carmel
SIMCHA LEV-YADUN, MINA WEINSTEIN-EVRON, Modeling the Influence of Wood Use by the Natufians of El-Wad in the Forest of Mount Carmel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ה (תשס"ו / 2005), pp. 285-298
Ancient olive DNA in pits
The Role of Pinus Halepensis (Aleppo Pine) in the Landscape of Early Bronze Age Megiddo
Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel)
The phytolith archaeological record
Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period
Ethnoarchaeological study of phytolith assemblages from an agro-pastoral village in Northern Greece (Sarakini)
Use of space in a Neolithic village in Greece (Makri)
Ancient olive DNA in pits
Wood remains from Tel Nami, a middle bronze IIa and late bronze IIb port, local exploitation of trees and levantine cedar trade
Chickpea domestication in the Neolithic Levant through the nutritional perspective
Yield stability
The earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements
The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption
The date of the volcanic eruption of Santorini that caused extensive damage toMinoan Crete has been controversial since the 1980s. Some have placed the event in the late seventeenth century BC. Others have made the case for a younger date of around 1500 BC. A recent contribution to that controversy has been the dating of an olive tree branch preserved within the volcanic ash fall on Santorini. In this debate feature Paolo Cherubini and colleagues…
Experimental harvesting of wild peas in Israel
The Role of Pinus Halepensis (Aleppo Pine) in the Landscape of Early Bronze Age Megiddo
Prehistoric Wood Remains of Cupressus Sempervirens L. from the Natufian Layers of El-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Wood remains of Cupressus sempervirens L. were found in the Early Natufian (11th–9th millennia B.C.E.) layers of el-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel. This new find and other early remains indicate that Cupressus sempervirens is a natural member of the local flora
Man's Impact on the Natural Vegetation of the Central Coastal Plain of Israel during the Chalcolithic Period and the Bronze Age
A Response to “Arguments Against the Core Area Hypothesis” for Plant Domestication
The paper relates to several issues concerning geographical and chronological aspects of the ‘core area’ model for plant domestication in the Levant (Lev- Yadun et al. 2000), as presented in Fuller et al. (2011). The paper stresses that the core area as depicted by Fuller et al. does not correspond to the original core area map and list of Neolithic sites published by the authors (Lev-Yadun et al. 2000). It also discusses the alternative model su…
Wild lentil and chickpea harvest in Israel
Petrographic thin sections of archaeologial sediments
The use of petrographic thin sections to examine archaeological sediments has centered on the study of detrital and chemical components of the material. There has been relatively little effort made to study botanical remains—particularly charcoal—with this technique. This paper illustrates that millimeter‐size or even smaller fragments examined in undisturbed, artificially indurated samples, which normally would escape collection with standard fl…
Microhistory in Archaeology and Its Contribution to the Archaeological Research
The unique “Cave of the Warrior” burial, found in a Judean Desert cave and dated to the end of the Chalcolithic period, was accompanied by a large number of grave goods made of perishable materials. It opens up an unusual opportunity to recover aspects of the life of an individual person. Based on a reexamination of his personal belongings, we created a microhistory of this individual. We show how a careful analysis of a single-event site contrib…
Conifer Beams of Juniperus Phoenica Found in the Well of Tel Beer-sheba
Man's Impact on the Natural Vegetation of the Central Coastal Plain of Israel during the Chalcolithic Period and the Bronze Age
Man's Impact on the Natural Vegetation of the Central Coastal Plain of Israel during the Chalcolithic Period and the Bronze Age
Dendrochronology and Related Studies — A Review
A Stone Figurine from The Vicinity of Nahal Ruth in The Western Negev
S. LEV-YADUN, F. BURIAN, E. FRIEDMAN, A Stone Figurine from the Vicinity of Nahal Ruth in the Western Negev, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך כב (תש"ן / 1989), pp. 78*-81
The Botanical Remains from Masada
A total of 1,233 wood samples from Masada were analyzed. The samples included 25 plant species, many of which are the same as those growing today in the desert or in the more humid parts of Israel. Samples of other species were imported from other countries. The frequency with which specific objects were made from certain of the species seems to reflect a custom or tradition of long standing. The rich collection of species found on Masada was dis…
The Origin of the Cedar Beams from Al-Aqsa Mosque
The origin of cedar beams from the roof of al-Aqsa mosque was studied. Included are anatomical, ecological, historical, archaeological and radiological evidence. The conclusion is that these cedar beams originated in the remnants of Hadrian's imperial forests in Lebanon, which still existed in the Byzantine period. A new interpretation of the results of the dendrochronological study of these beams is suggested. The new interpretation suggests tha…
Exportation of Plant Products from Canaan to Egypt in the Early Bronze Age I
Prehistoric Wood Remains of Cupressus Sempervirens L. from the Natufian Layers of El-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Prehistoric Wood Remains of Cupressus Sempervirens L. from the Natufian Layers of El-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Wood remains of Cupressus sempervirens L. were found in the Early Natufian (11th–9th millennia B.C.E.) layers of el-Wad Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel. This new find and other early remains indicate that Cupressus sempervirens is a natural member of the local flora
Petrographic thin sections of archaeologial sediments
The use of petrographic thin sections to examine archaeological sediments has centered on the study of detrital and chemical components of the material. There has been relatively little effort made to study botanical remains—particularly charcoal—with this technique. This paper illustrates that millimeter‐size or even smaller fragments examined in undisturbed, artificially indurated samples, which normally would escape collection with standard fl…
Conifer Beams of Juniperus Phoenica Found in the Well of Tel Beer-sheba
Etude de plusieurs pieces de bois de charpente en genevrier phenicien (Juniperus phonicea), decouvertes dans un puits qui a pu etre construit au premier âge du Fer, et utilise jusqu'a la periode hellenistique, sur le site de Tel Beer-sheba, et qui atteste l'importation de ce bois en Palestine, et son commerce a travers le Proche-Orient
Conifer Beams of Juniperus Phoenica Found in the Well of Tel Beer-sheba
Wood remains from Tel Nami, a middle bronze IIa and late bronze IIb port, local exploitation of trees and levantine cedar trade
Notes on economic plants
Mode of Occupation of Tabun Cave, Mt Carmel, Israel During the Mousterian Period
The Cradle of Agriculture
It has long been debated exactly where and when crops were first domesticated and farming began--events that directly contributed to the emergence of Western civilization. In their Perspective, Lev-Yadun and colleagues discuss botanical, genetic and archeological evidence suggesting that the cradle of agriculture lay within a small region of the Fertile Crescent (in what is now southeastern Turkey/ northern Syria) and began in the 7th millennium …
The Role of Pinus Halepensis (Aleppo Pine) in the Landscape of Early Bronze Age Megiddo
The Role of Pinus Halepensis (Aleppo Pine) in the Landscape of Early Bronze Age Megiddo
Modeling the Influence of Wood Use by The Natufians of El-Wad in The Forest of Mount Carmel
SIMCHA LEV-YADUN, MINA WEINSTEIN-EVRON, Modeling the Influence of Wood Use by the Natufians of El-Wad in the Forest of Mount Carmel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך ל"ה (תשס"ו / 2005), pp. 285-298
Ancient olive DNA in pits
The phytolith archaeological record
Chickpea domestication in the Neolithic Levant through the nutritional perspective
Phytolith-rich layers from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Tel Dor (Israel)
Ethnoarchaeological study of phytolith assemblages from an agro-pastoral village in Northern Greece (Sarakini)
Experimental harvesting of wild peas in Israel
Archaeology (27 works) · Geography (27 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 works) · Biology (19 works) · History (15 works) · Ancient history (13 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (12 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Botany (9 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (8 works)