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Senior Lecturer, Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar Ilan University.

Post-Doctorate, Harvard University, Department of Anthropology, Stone Age Lab. of Prof. Ofer Bar-Yosef (2001-2004).

Ph.D. in Archaeobotany (Bar-Ilan University, Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, 1996-2001)

M.Sc. in Bioarchaeology and Geoarchaeology (University College London, Institute of Archaeology, 1995-1996)

Research and teaching: (iArchaeobotany (Palaeoethnobotany): the study of past human activities via studies of the remains of plants in archaeological contexts - reconstructing of past humans' food and environments, past climate, agricultural practices, commerce and economic relationship, social stratification, habitat, food technology, etc. (iiPlant domestication and the origin and spread of agriculture: the "Founder crops" - the cereals, the pulses, oil and fiber plants - their wild progenitors, first domestication and spread from the core area outbound .   

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Bar-Ilan University

Jan 1996Jan 2002

Award Date: 1 Jan 2002

Master's Degree

Oct 1995Oct 1996

Award Date: 1 Oct 1996

Bachelor, Bar-Ilan University

Jan 1989Oct 1992

Award Date: 1 Oct 1992

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  • Ancient grains illuminate the mosaic origin of domesticated wheat

    Lev-Mirom, Y., Ashkenazy, N., Klymiuk, V., Ens, J., Wiebe, K., Schuenemann, V. J., Eilam, T., Kulikovsky, S., Lavi, B. A., Günther, T., Krugman, T., Sela, H., Klein, E., Ganor, A., Davidovich, U., Porat, R., Ben-Yosef, E., David, M., Frankin, S. & Ben-David, R. & 12 others, Cavalet-Giorsa, E., Krattinger, S. G., Korol, A., Mascher, M., Himmelbach, A., Stein, N., Krause, J., Distelfeld, A., Weiss, E., Fahima, T., Pozniak, C. J. & Hübner, S., May 2026, In: Nature Plants. 12, 5, p. 954-963 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    1 Scopus citations
  • A tale of two agricultural revolutions: crop introductions in the long 1st millennium ce southern Levant

    Hansen, A. M., Heinrich, F., Langgut, D., Weiss, E. & Fuks, D., Jan 2026, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 35, 1, p. 157-180 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

    Open Access
    4 Scopus citations
  • Fortresses and frontiers: ‘En Ḥaẓeva and Tell el-Kheleifeh in the early 8th-century BCE Arabah Valley

    Ben-Ami, D., Weiss, E., Erickson-Gini, T. & Boaretto, E., 2026, In: Levant. 58, 1, p. 25-42 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • A haplotype-based evolutionary history of barley domestication

    Guo, Y., Jayakodi, M., Himmelbach, A., Ben-Yosef, E., Davidovich, U., David, M., Hartmann-Shenkman, A., Kislev, M., Fahima, T., Schuenemann, V. J., Reiter, E., Krause, J., Steffenson, B. J., Stein, N., Weiss, E. & Mascher, M., 20 Nov 2025, In: Nature. 647, 8090, p. 680-688 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
    14 Scopus citations
  • On the origin of the late-flowering ppd-H1 allele in barley

    Sharma, R., Shaaf, S., Neumann, K., Civan, P., Guo, Y., Mascher, M., David, M., Al-Yassin, A., Özkan, H., Blake, T., Hübner, S., Castañeda-Álvarez, N. P., Grando, S., Ceccarelli, S., Baum, M., Graner, A., Coupland, G., Pillen, K., Weiss, E. & Mackay, I. J. & 2 others, Powell, W. & Kilian, B., 10 Sep 2025, In: Theoretical And Applied Genetics. 138, 10, 246.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
    2 Scopus citations