Ruth Amiran

Ruth Amiran, nee Brandstetter, ( born December 8, 1914 in Javne'el, † December 14, 2005 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli archaeologist.

Life

Ruth Amiran was born in the Moschawa Javne'el in Galilee. Her father Yehezkel Brandshteter emigrated in 1908 from the Polish Tarnow (Galicia ) to Galilee, where in 1913 he married her mother, Devora. She later attended school in Haifa. At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ruth Amiran 1933 was one of the first students of archeology. She graduated got there in 1939 with her ​​dissertation The Pottery of Grar of Tell Jemmeh. Later she worked at the Institute of Archaeology of the University as well as the Department of Antiquities in Palestine in the Archaeological Museum. Field experience gathered Ruth Amiran et al during excavations at Tell Gerisa under Eleazar Sukenik and in Jaffa under Philip Langstaffe Ord Guy. Later, she dug in Hazor under Jigael Jadin. However, their most important excavation site was Yohanan Aharoni Tel Arad along with. Particular attention was paid to the study of the Early Bronze Age settlement. Amirans book on Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land (1963 ) also includes more than 40 years after its publication, nor to the standard works in the field. In 1982, Ruth Amiran was awarded the Israel Prize. Her husband David Amiran, a geographer, had the Israel Prize in 1977 for his get geographical studies.

Ruth Amiran died on 14 December 2005 in Jerusalem at the age of 91 years.

Publications (selection)

  • The Ancient Pottery of Eretz Yisrael from its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the First Temple. Jerusalem, Bialik Institute / Israel Exploration Society in 1963.
  • Early Arad 1: The Settlement and Early Bronze City Chalcolitic. First - Fifth Seasons of Excavations 1962-1966. Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society in 1978.
  • Early Arad 2: The Settlement and Early Bronze IB Chalcolitic Settlements and the Early Bronze II City. Sixth to Eighteenth Seasons of Excavations 1971-1978, 1980-1984. Together with Ornit Ilan. Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society in 1996. ISBN 965-221-031-5
  • Arad. A 5000 year old city in the Negev desert, Israel. An exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in cooperation with the Hamburg Museum of Archaeology and the History of Harburg - Helms- Museum. With a contribution by Wolfgang Helck. [Ed by Ralf Busch ]. Neumünster, wax Holtz 1992.
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