The Minerva Center
for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times
Dr. Yifat Thareani
Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
Yifat Thareani is currently a research archaeologist at the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, campus of the Hebrew Union College and the academic director of the Caesarea Maritima Project at NYU Tel Aviv.
Dr. Thareani was born in Tel-Aviv in 1974. She is a graduate post-doc at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Paris, at the Orient et Méditerranée, Laboratoire Mondes Sémitiques, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (research topic: Between Israel, Aram and Assyria: Tel Dan at the Iron Age II, supervisor Prof. Maria-GraziaMasetti-Rouault) and a graduate post-doc of the Leon-Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa (research topic: The Empire and the Sea: The Case of the Assyrians and the Mediterranean, supervisor Prof. Assaf Yasur-Landau). She completed her BA, MA and PhD in Archaeology at Tel-Aviv University (dissertation title: Towns in the Desert: Geographical, Economic and Sociopolitical Perspectives written under the direction of Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Nadav Na'aman). Thareani has supervised excavation fields at Beth-Shemesh and, co-directed the excavations at Achziv and currently co-directs the archaeological excavation at Tel Dan on behalf of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem.
Selected Publications:
Changing Allegiances in Disputed Borderlands: Dan's Political Status on the Eve of the Aramaean Invasion. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 151: 184-201
From Expelled Refugee to Imperial Envoy: Assyria’s Deportation Policy in Light of the Archaeological Evidence from Tel Dan. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 54: 218-234
Archaeology of an Imagined Community: Tel Dan in the Iron Age IIa. In: Berlejung, A. and Maeir, A. (eds.). Researches on Israel and Aram: Autonomy, Interdependence and Related Issues. Proceedings of the First Annual RIAB Center Conference, Leipzig, June 2016. Researches on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times 1, Tübingen: 263-276
The Archaeological Character of an Imperial Frontier:
Assyrian Control Policy in the Hula Valley. In: Masetti-Rouault, M.G. and Rouault, O. (eds.). Archaeology and History of Empires: Models, Projects and Works in Progress in Northern Mesopotamia. New programs in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Etudes Mésopotamiennes – Mesopotamian Studies). Paris: 304-329
Revenge of the Conquered: Paths of Resistance in the Assyrian City of Dan. Semitica 60: 473-492
Empires and Allies: A longue durée View from the Negev Desert Frontier. In: Lipschits, O., Gadot, Y. and Adams, M.J. (eds.). Rethinking Israel: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Ancient Israel in Honor of Israel Finkelstein. Winona Lake: 409-428
Imperializing the Province: A Residence of a Neo-Assyrian City Governor at Tel Dan. Levant 48: 254-283
The Empire and the ʽUpper Seaʼ: Assyrian Control Strategies along the Southern Levantine Coast. Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research 375: 77-102
Enemy at the Gates? The Archaeological Visibility of the Aramaeans at Dan. In: Sergi, O., Oeming, M. and de Hulster, I.J. (eds.). In Search for Aram and Israel. Politics, Culture and Identity. Oriental Religions in Antiquity 20. Tübingen: 169-198
“The Self-Destruction of Diversity”: A Tale of the Last Days in Judah’s Negev Towns. Antiguo Oriente 12: 185-224
Tel ‘Aroer: An Iron Age II Caravan Town and a Hellenistic and Early Roman Settlement in the Negev. Avraham Biran (1975-1982) and Rudolph Cohen (1975-1976) Excavations. (Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology No. VIII). Jerusalem
The Spirit of Clay: ʽEdomite Potteryʼ and Social Awareness in the Late Iron Age. Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research 359: 35-55
In the Service of the Empire: Local Elites and “Pax-Assyriaca” in the Negev. Eretz-Israel 29: 184-191 (Hebrew, English Summary)
Ancient Caravanserai: An Archaeological View from ‘Aroer. Levant 39: 123-141
(with N. Na’aman). Dating the Appearance of Imitations of Assyrian Ware in Southern Palestine. Tel Aviv 33: 61-82