Uzi Avner Ph.D
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\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>Dr. Uzi Avner began his acquaintance with the desert in 1969 as a guide in the Eilat Field-School and began studying archaeology in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in 1973. His researches in the archaeology of the southern Negev and Sinai began in 1977. He served as a district archaeologist of the southern Negev for the Israel Department of Antiquities, later- the Israel Antiquity Authority from 1977 to1999. In 2002 his Ph.D. dissertation, titled: “Studies in the Material and Spiritual Culture of the Desert Population During the 6th to 3rd Millennia BC<\/a>,” was awarded\u00a0summa cum laude<\/em>\u00a0by the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Since 1999 he has lectured on desert archaeology and environment in the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies;\u00a0until 2010 also in the Eilat campus of BGU.\u00a0In 2007 he joined the Dead Sea-Arava Science Center through which he is running his researches. His current themes of studies are:<\/p>- Early Agricultural Settlement in Uvda Valley (6000 BC and later)<\/li>
- Paleoclimate of the Southern Negev (last 10,000 years)<\/li>
- Ancient Copper production in the Southern Araba (4500 BC and later)<\/li>
- “Desert Kites” and Ancient Carnivore Traps (5000 BC\u00a0\u00a0and later)<\/li>
- Ancient Farming in the Southern Araba (200 BC to 1100 AD)<\/li>
- The Nabataeans in the Negev and Sinai (200 BC to 600 Ad)<\/li>
- Ancient Desert Cult Sites (7000 BC to 1100 AD)<\/li>
- Ancient Roads in the Desert (7000 BC to near present)<\/li>
- Desert Rock-Art (7000 BC to near present).<\/li><\/ul>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Uzi Avner began his acquaintance with the desert in 1969 as a guide in the Eilat Field-School and began studying archaeology in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in 1973. His researches in the archaeology of the southern Negev and Sinai began in 1977. He served as a district archaeologist of the southern Negev for the Israel Department of Antiquities, later- the Israel Antiquity Authority from 1977 to1999. In 2002 his Ph.D. dissertation, titled: “Studies in the Material and Spiritual Culture of the Desert Population During the 6th to 3rd Millennia BC<\/a>,” was awarded\u00a0summa cum laude<\/em>\u00a0by the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Since 1999 he has lectured on desert archaeology and environment in the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies;\u00a0until 2010 also in the Eilat campus of BGU.\u00a0In 2007 he joined the Dead Sea-Arava Science Center through which he is running his researches. His current themes of studies are:<\/p>\u00a0uzi@adssc.org<\/a>\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>