Tami Zilberman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3807916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tami Zilberman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tami |
| FAMILY NAME | Zilberman |
| SIGNATURE | ZILBERMAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Geological Survey of Israel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9815-4205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reevaluating Calcite‐Alabaster Production in the Southern Levant
Calcite‐Alabaster vessels found in the Southern Levant during the Bronze Age have traditionally been considered Egyptian imports. This assumption was recently challenged by the discovery of a Bronze Age quarry in the Te'omim Cave. This study investigated six Calcite‐Alabaster objects from Tel Azekah, including two drill cores, to determine raw material provenance and reassess regional production processes. Stable carbon (δ 13 C) and oxygen (δ 18 …
Geochemical investigation of Late Roman glass and available raw material at the industrial complex of Tel Yavne, Israel
A Late Roman primary-glass production site was discovered near Tel Yavne, Israel, within a large Late Roman-Byzantine industrial complex. Due to its location near several sandy quartz-rich deposits, the site offers a unique opportunity to simultaneously investigate natron glass production and raw material sourcing in the southern Levant. The glass and the nearby sand deposits were investigated using grain-size, mineralogy, detailed chemical compo…
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…
Human Response to Paleo-Hydrological Fluctuations at ‘En Ḥaẓeva, Israel
The present study investigates human behaviour in response to paleo-hydrological fluctuations at the archaeological site of ‘En Ḥaẓeva, located in the arid Arabah Valley, Israel. Such hydrological changes were determined through various indicators, including the taxonomic and isotopic composition of mollusk shells, as well as sedimentological and geological observations. A survey of the vicinity indicates that the site is located along a marginal…
Identifying buried byzantine-early Islamic agricultural soils in the Yavne Hinterlands, Israel
A new MIS 5 to MIS 2 speleothem record from Sandkraal Cave on the South African Cape south coast
We present new stable oxygen and carbon isotope composite records (δ 18 O, δ 13 C) of speleothems from Sandkraal Cave 1 (SK1) on the South African south coast for the time interval between 104 and 18 ka (with a hiatus between 48 and 41 ka). Statistical comparisons using kernel-based correlation analyses and semblance analyses based on continuous wavelet transforms inform the relationships of the new speleothem records to other proxies and their c…
Geoarchaeology at the marine waterfront of a coastal urban center
Provenance of Bronze Age stone anchors, a case study from the Carmel coast, Israel
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
Geochemical analyses of Jewish chalk vessel remains from Roman‐era production and settlement sites in the southern Levant
Vessels made of chalk are common at Jewish sites throughout the southern Levant during the Roman period, apparently because stone was perceived to be impervious to ritual impurity. The study analyses samples from settlement and production sites to determine whether distinctive geochemical compositions might relate to specific source locations, and thus to provide the basis for conducting future large‐scale provenance studies. Distinctions between…
Climatic and environmental conditions in the Western Galilee, during Late Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, based on speleothems from Manot Cave, Israel
Chalkstone Vessels from Sepphoris
Stone vessels were used in Judaea and the Galilee from the second half of the 1st century b.c.e. until the 2nd century c.e., when it is widely accepted that they were phased out. This study focuses on the major types of chalkstone vessels uncovered in Roman Sepphoris, identifies the unique forms in the assemblage, and discusses the technological issues pertaining to their production. The findings presented in this study suggest that the stone ves…
Late Pleistocene records of speleothem stable isotopic compositions from Pinnacle Point on the South African south coast
Highly resolved, well-dated paleoclimate records from the southern South African coast are needed to contextualize the evolution of the highly diverse extratropical plant communities of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) and to assess the environmental impacts on early human hunter-gatherers. We present new speleothem stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios (δ 18 O c and δ 13 C) from two caves at Pinnacle Point, South Africa, covering the t…
Geoarchaeological Investigation of Site Formation and Depositional Environments at the Middle Palaeolithic Open-Air Site of ‘Ein Qashish, Israel
Dust clouds, climate change and coins
The climate factor has become a focus of much historical and archaeological investigation, encouraged recently by improvements in palaeoclimatic techniques and interest in global climate change. This article examines correlations between climate and history in the Byzantine southern Levant (c. 4th–7th centuries AD). A proposed 5th century economic downturn attested to by numismatic trends is shown to coincide with palaeoclimatic evidence for drou…
Climatic and environmental conditions in the Western Galilee, during Late Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, based on speleothems from Manot Cave, Israel
Geoarchaeological Investigation of Site Formation and Depositional Environments at the Middle Palaeolithic Open-Air Site of ‘Ein Qashish, Israel
Geoarchaeology at the marine waterfront of a coastal urban center
Provenance of Bronze Age stone anchors, a case study from the Carmel coast, Israel
Geochemical analyses of Jewish chalk vessel remains from Roman‐era production and settlement sites in the southern Levant
Vessels made of chalk are common at Jewish sites throughout the southern Levant during the Roman period, apparently because stone was perceived to be impervious to ritual impurity. The study analyses samples from settlement and production sites to determine whether distinctive geochemical compositions might relate to specific source locations, and thus to provide the basis for conducting future large‐scale provenance studies. Distinctions between…
Dust clouds, climate change and coins
The climate factor has become a focus of much historical and archaeological investigation, encouraged recently by improvements in palaeoclimatic techniques and interest in global climate change. This article examines correlations between climate and history in the Byzantine southern Levant (c. 4th–7th centuries AD). A proposed 5th century economic downturn attested to by numismatic trends is shown to coincide with palaeoclimatic evidence for drou…
Geoarchaeological Investigation of Site Formation and Depositional Environments at the Middle Palaeolithic Open-Air Site of ‘Ein Qashish, Israel
Late Pleistocene records of speleothem stable isotopic compositions from Pinnacle Point on the South African south coast
Highly resolved, well-dated paleoclimate records from the southern South African coast are needed to contextualize the evolution of the highly diverse extratropical plant communities of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) and to assess the environmental impacts on early human hunter-gatherers. We present new speleothem stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios (δ 18 O c and δ 13 C) from two caves at Pinnacle Point, South Africa, covering the t…
Chalkstone Vessels from Sepphoris
Stone vessels were used in Judaea and the Galilee from the second half of the 1st century b.c.e. until the 2nd century c.e., when it is widely accepted that they were phased out. This study focuses on the major types of chalkstone vessels uncovered in Roman Sepphoris, identifies the unique forms in the assemblage, and discusses the technological issues pertaining to their production. The findings presented in this study suggest that the stone ves…
Geochemical analyses of Jewish chalk vessel remains from Roman‐era production and settlement sites in the southern Levant
Vessels made of chalk are common at Jewish sites throughout the southern Levant during the Roman period, apparently because stone was perceived to be impervious to ritual impurity. The study analyses samples from settlement and production sites to determine whether distinctive geochemical compositions might relate to specific source locations, and thus to provide the basis for conducting future large‐scale provenance studies. Distinctions between…
Climatic and environmental conditions in the Western Galilee, during Late Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, based on speleothems from Manot Cave, Israel
Geoarchaeology at the marine waterfront of a coastal urban center
Provenance of Bronze Age stone anchors, a case study from the Carmel coast, Israel
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
A new MIS 5 to MIS 2 speleothem record from Sandkraal Cave on the South African Cape south coast
We present new stable oxygen and carbon isotope composite records (δ 18 O, δ 13 C) of speleothems from Sandkraal Cave 1 (SK1) on the South African south coast for the time interval between 104 and 18 ka (with a hiatus between 48 and 41 ka). Statistical comparisons using kernel-based correlation analyses and semblance analyses based on continuous wavelet transforms inform the relationships of the new speleothem records to other proxies and their c…
Reevaluating Calcite‐Alabaster Production in the Southern Levant
Calcite‐Alabaster vessels found in the Southern Levant during the Bronze Age have traditionally been considered Egyptian imports. This assumption was recently challenged by the discovery of a Bronze Age quarry in the Te'omim Cave. This study investigated six Calcite‐Alabaster objects from Tel Azekah, including two drill cores, to determine raw material provenance and reassess regional production processes. Stable carbon (δ 13 C) and oxygen (δ 18 …
Geochemical investigation of Late Roman glass and available raw material at the industrial complex of Tel Yavne, Israel
A Late Roman primary-glass production site was discovered near Tel Yavne, Israel, within a large Late Roman-Byzantine industrial complex. Due to its location near several sandy quartz-rich deposits, the site offers a unique opportunity to simultaneously investigate natron glass production and raw material sourcing in the southern Levant. The glass and the nearby sand deposits were investigated using grain-size, mineralogy, detailed chemical compo…
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…
Human Response to Paleo-Hydrological Fluctuations at ‘En Ḥaẓeva, Israel
The present study investigates human behaviour in response to paleo-hydrological fluctuations at the archaeological site of ‘En Ḥaẓeva, located in the arid Arabah Valley, Israel. Such hydrological changes were determined through various indicators, including the taxonomic and isotopic composition of mollusk shells, as well as sedimentological and geological observations. A survey of the vicinity indicates that the site is located along a marginal…
Identifying buried byzantine-early Islamic agricultural soils in the Yavne Hinterlands, Israel
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Cave (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (4 works)