Sept. 2015
CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Steven A. Rosen
1. Personal Details
Work Address: Archaeological Division
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beersheva, Israel
Tel. 972 (0)8-6477945, 6477149
Fax. 972 (0)8-6472913, 6479434
E-mail: [email protected]
https://bgu.academia.edu/SteveRosen
2. Education
A.B. (with Honors), March 1975, University of California at Berkeley,
Anthropology and Mathematics.
Advisor: Glynn Isaac
Honors thesis: The Magnetometer Survey at Monte Leone, a Late Bronze Age Site
in Northern Italy.
A.M. Dec. 1978, University of Chicago, Anthropology.
Advisor: Karl W. Butzer
A.M. paper: A Study of Megafauna from the Levantine Paleolithic.
University of Chicago unendowed fellowship, 1977-1978.
Ph.D., June 1983, University of Chicago, Anthropology.
Advisor: Karl W. Butzer
Ph.D. thesis: Lithics in the Bronze and Iron Ages in Israel.
Fuerstenberg Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1978-1980.
Zion Research Fellowship (American Schools of Oriental Research), 1979-1980.
3. Employment History
1988 - present, Ben-Gurion University (Full professor 2000, tenure 1992)
2014 – present, Affiliated visiting professor, University of Texas at Austin
1999 - 2000 Cotsen Visiting Scholar, Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
1994 - 1995 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Calgary
1987 - 1988 External lecturer, Ben-Gurion University
1980 - 1988 Research archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of Israel
1987
Tutor, Empire State University
4. Professional Activities
a. Position in academic administration
2014-current, Vice President for External Affairs, BGU
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2012 – 2014, deputy rector, Ben-Gurion University
2012 – 2014, Academic director, Office of International Academic Affairs, BGU
2010 – 2012, assistant dean, Kreitman School of Advanced Studies, BGU
2010 – 2014, 2002-2006, member university faculty promotions committee
2010 – 2014, academic senate
2010 – 2011, advisor to the rector for the Humanities
2010 member search committees, Dean of Kreitman School, Dean of Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences
2008 – 2011 chair, Academic Staff Disciplinary Appeals court
2009 – 2010 member faculty doctoral committee
2007 – 2008 chair, faculty space allocations committee
2006 – 2008 member Humanities/Social Sciences faculty promotions committee
2006 – 2010 member research committee for Center for Bedouin Studies
2005 – 2008 director Humphrey Institute for Social Research
2004 – 2008 member Herzog Center Advisory council, Herzog Center Steering
committee, (2005-2008) Herzog Center scientific council
member board of directors Heksherim (Israel Cultural Studies Center)
2003 Interim Director BGU Overseas Students Program
2002 – 2004 member Ben-Gurion Univ. Press academic committee
2002 – 2004 chair ad hoc committee for space allocation in Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences
2001 – 2005 member Planning and Development Committee, Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences
2001 member search committee for dean, Faculty of Social Sciences/Humanities
2001 – 2012 member ad hoc committee for student reserve duty, representative for
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2000 – 2003 head Archaeological Division in the Dept. of Bible
1998 – 1999 vice-chair university student disciplinary court
1997 – 1999 chair, faculty doctoral committee (member university doctoral studies
committee)
1995 – 1999 chair, Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
1995 – 1997 chair, university student disciplinary appeals court
1993 – 1994 academic advisor college preparatory program, Humanities/Social
Sciences.
head, Archaeological Division of the Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near East,
member at large of the Advisory Committee for the Faculty of the Humanities and
Social Sciences.
1991 – 2012 lecturer BGU Overseas Students Program
b. Professional functions outside universities
2013 – current member Scientific Board, Paléorient
2010 – 2011 member Israel Science Foundation grant distribution committee (4
previous times)
2010 – 2013 member Committee on the State of Archaeology in Israel, Israel
Academy of Sciences (chair of subcommittee on Research)
2006 – current member Permanent Council of the International Union of the
Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
2006 – 2012 member of board of directors, Eshmor for archaeological preservation
2005 – 2007 member Bikura Managing committee, Israel Science Foundation
1997 – present member Archaeological Council of Israel
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2004-2010 member Preservation Committee,
2011 – present member Excavation license committee
1986 – present Board of Directors, Israel Prehistoric Society
1977 – 1979 lecturer, Israel Information Service Chicago.
1976 – Research assistant Calabria Survey Project, A. Ammerman, Stanford Univ.
Computerization of data.
1974 – 1975 lecturer, Archaeology of Israel, Lehrhaus Judaica, Hillel House,
Berkeley.
c. Professional consulting
1984 – 1987 Consultant – Israel Hydrological Company (TAHAL) - Prehistoric
Archaeological Survey for the Nuclear Reactor Project (conducted under auspices
of Israel Archaeological Survey)
d. Reviewing
Journals and Publishers
African Archaeological Review
American Antiquity
AmS-Skrifter
Antiquity
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy
Atiqot
Before Farming: the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Current Anthropology
The Holocene
Israel Exploration Journal
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
Jamaa
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Journal of Archaeological Research
Journal of Archaeological Science
Journal of Arid Environments
Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology
Journal of Public Archaeology
Journal of the Serbian Archaeological Society
Levant
Lithic Technology
Near Eastern Archaeology
Paléorient
PLOS ONE
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
Quaternary International
Radiocarbon
Science
Altamira Press
Ben-Gurion University Press
Left Coast Press
Council for British Research in the Levant
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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Yale University Press
Granting Agencies
Wenner-Gren
National Geographic
Israel Science Foundation
Israel Ministry of Science and Technology
German-Israel Binational fund
National Science Foundation (USA)
British Research Council
Royal Society, New Zealand
The Dutch Research Council (Council for the Humanities)
e. Courses taught
Introduction to the Prehistory of Israel - first year undergraduate - Ben-Gurion
University
Archaeology of Pastoral Nomadism - upper division undergraduate - Ben-Gurion
University, graduate seminar, UCLA and University of Calgary
Toward an Archaeology of Pastoral Nomadism - graduate seminar - University of
Calgary, Ben-Gurion University
Origins of Civilization in the Near East - upper division undergraduate - BenGurion University
Lithic Typology and Technology - first year undergraduate - Ben-Gurion
University, advanced undergrad, UCLA Extension
The End of the Stone Age in the Levant - upper division undergraduate - BenGurion University
Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers - upper division undergraduate - Ben-Gurion
University
Scientific Methods in Archaeology - upper division undergraduate - Ben-Gurion
University
Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations - graduate seminar - University of Calgary - team
taught with James Helmer
Problems in Prehistory Seminar: Prehistory of the Negev and Sinai - team taught
with Isaac Gilead - senior undergraduate - Ben-Gurion University
The Earliest Farming Societies of the Levant - upper division undergraduate - BenGurion University
The Archaeology of the American Southwest - upper division undergraduate Ben-Gurion University
Environmental Archaeology - upper division undergraduate - Ben-Gurion
University
Ancient Technology - upper division undergraduate - Ben-GurionUniversity
An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Near East - 3rd-4th year undergraduate University of Calgary.
Archaeology of the Negev - upper division undergraduate Ben-Gurion University
Overseas Program
Anthropological Approaches to Archaeology - graduate level, Ben-Gurion
University
Archaeology of North America - upper division undergraduate, Ben-Gurion
University
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A History of Archaeology and Archaeological Thought, upper division and
graduate, Ben-Gurion University
Theoretical Approaches to the Origins of Civilization – graduate level, Ben-Gurion
University
f. Memberships in professional organizations
1978 - present Society for American Archaeology
1978 - present Current Anthropology Associate
1980 - present Israel Prehistoric Society
1983 - present American Schools of Oriental Research
1988 - 1995 Association of Archaeologists in Israel (defunct)
1990 - 2003 American Anthropological Association
1992 - present Sigma Xi
1995 - present Chacmool Society, University of Calgary
1998 - 2010 International Council for Zooarchaeology
1998 - 2010 World Archaeological Congress
5. Awards, Honors, Research Fellowships
a. Honors and Awards
1985 Alexander Babbin Prize in Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1985-1986 Honorary research fellowship, Albright Institute, Jerusalem
1991 Fellow of the American Anthropological Association
1998 American Schools of Oriental Research G. Ernest Wright Award for
Archaeological Publication for Lithics After the Stone Age
2005-2013 Honorary professor, Institute of Archaeology, University College
London
2008 Visiting professor, University of California at San Diego, Anthropology
2010 – current Canada Chair in Near-Eastern Archaeology in Honor of Wolfe
Goodman, Ben-Gurion University
2013 – current Adjunct Full Professor, University of Texas at Austin
b. Research Fellowships
1986 - 1987 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow,
Albright Institute, Jerusalem - $12,000
Lithic Analysis in the Historic Periods in the Levant
1994 - 95 (beginning 8/94) Canada-Israel Academic Exchange Fellowship,
University of Calgary
1997 (summer), visiting scientist, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
The Lithic Assemblage from Tell Jemmeh
1999-2000 Cotsen Visiting Scholar, Institute of Archaeology, University of
California at Los Angeles
6. Scientific Publications
a. Books and monographs
1.
Rosen, Steven A. 1994. Archaeological Survey of Israel Map of Makhtesh Ramon
204. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem.
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2.
Rosen, Steven A. and Avni, G. 1997. The ‘Oded Sites: Investigations at Two Early
Islamic Pastoral Encampments in the South Central Negev. Beersheva XI - Monographs
of the Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern, Ben-Gurion University, Beersheva.
Review: Whitcomb, D. 1998. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental
Research.
3.
Rosen, Steven A. 1997. Lithics After the Stone Age: A Handbook of Stone Tools
from the Levant. AltaMira Press (Sage), Walnut Creek, CA.
Reviews: Betts, A.V.G. 1998. American Journal of Archaeology.
Coquegniot, E. 1998. Paleorient.
Zbenovich, V. 1998.Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society.
Clark, G.A. 1999. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Bergson, C. 1999. Palestine Exploration Quarterly.
Sinclair, A. 1997. Antiquity.
4. Rosen, Steven A. and Roux, Valentine (eds.) 2009. Techniques and People:
Anthropological Perspectives on Technology in the Archaeology of the Proto-Historic and
Early Historic Periods in the Southern Levant. Mémoires et travaux du centre de
recherché français de Jérusalem 9, de Boccard, Paris.
5. Rosen, Steven A. 2011. An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism: Excavations
at the Camel Site, Negev. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles.
Reviews: Rollefson, G. 2012. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental
Research
Coqueugnot, E. 2013. Paleorient.
b. Chapters in collective volumes, conference proceedings, etc.
1. Rosen, Steven A. 1985. The En Shadud Lithics. Editor: Braun, E. En Shadud, Salvage
Excavations at a Farming Community in the Jezreel Valley, Israel. British Archaeological
Reports Inter. 249, Oxford. Pp. 153-67.
2. Rosen, Steven A. 1986. A Note on the Gezer Flint Caches. Editor: Dever, W.G. Gezer
IV. Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem. Pp. 259-64.
3. Rosen, Steven A. 1987. The Potentials of Lithic Analysis in the Chalcolithic of the
Northern Negev. Editor: Levy, T.E. Shiqmim I. British Archaeological Reports, Inter. 356,
Oxford. Pp. 295-312, 610-11.
4. Levy, Thomas E., and Rosen, Steven A. 1987. The Chipped Stone Industry at
Shiqmim: Typological Considerations. Editor: Levy, T.E. Shiqmim I. British
Archaeological Reports Inter. 356, Oxford. Pp. 281-294, 564-610.
5. Rosen, Steven A. 1987. The Lithic Assemblage of the Iron Age Strata. Authors: BenTor, A. and Portugali, Y. Tell Qiri, an Iron Age Village in the Jezreel Valley. Qedem 24:
Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Pp. 246-8.
6. Rosen, Steven A. 1988. Notes on the Flint Implements from Tell Yarmouth, 19801982. Editor: Miroschedji, P. de. Yarmouth I. Editions Recherches sur des Civilisations
76, Paris. Pp. 135-142, 242-249, 279.
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7. Rosen, Steven A. 1989. The Analysis of Early Bronze Age Chipped Stone Industries:
A Summary Statement. Editor: Miroschedji, P. de. L’urbanisation de la Palestine á l'âge
du Bronze ancien. British Archaeological Reports International 527, Oxford. Pp. 199-222.
8. Rosen, Steven A. 1989. The Origins of Craft Specialization: A Lithic Perspective.
Editors: Hershkovitz, I. People and Culture in Change. British Archaeological Reports
International 508, Oxford. Pp. 107-114.
9. Boutié, Paul and Rosen, Steven A. 1989. Des Gisements Mousteriennes dans le
Neguev Central: Resultats Preliminaires de Prospections Recentes. Editors:
Vandermeersch, B. and Bar-Yosef, O. Investigations in South Levantine Prehistory.
British Archaeological Reports Int. 497, Oxford. Pp. 147-167.
10. Rosen, Steven A. 1991. Paradigms and Politics in the Terminal Pleistocene
Archaeology of the Levant. Editor: Clark, G.A. Perspectives on the Past: Theoretical
Biases in Mediterranean Hunter-Gatherer Research. University of Pennsylvania Press,
Philadelphia. Pp. 307-321.
11. Rosen, Steven A. 1992. The Case for Seasonal Movement of Pastoral Nomads in the
Late Byzantine/Early Arabic Period in the South Central Negev. Editors: Bar-Yosef, O.
and Khazanov, A. Pastoralism in the Levant: Archaeological Materials in
Anthropological Perspective. Prehistory Press, Madison. Pp. 153-164.
12. Rosen, Steven A. 1992. Negeb (Bronze Age). Anchor Bible Dictionary (Freedman,
D.N., ed.) vol. IV, pp. 1061-1064.
13. Rosen, Steven A. 1993. Metals, Rocks, Specialization and the Beginning of
Urbanism in the Northern Negev. Editors: Biran, A. and Aviram, J. Biblical Archaeology
Today 1990: Pre-Congress Symposium Supplement - Population, Production, and Power.
Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem. Pp. 41-56.
14. Goring-Morris, A. N., Gopher, A., and Rosen, S.A. 1994. The Tuwailan Cortical
Knife Industry of the Negev, Israel. Editors: Gebel, H.G. and Kozlowski, S.K. Neolithic
Chipped Stone Industries of the Fertile Crescent: Studies in Early Near Eastern
Production, Subsistence, and Environment I. ex Oriente, Berlin. Pp. 511-524.
15. Rosen, Steven A. 1996. The Decline and Fall of Flint. Editor: Odell, George H. Stone
Tools, Theoretical Insights into Human Prehistory. Plenum, New York. Pp. 129-158.
16. Rosen, Steven A. 1996. Flint Implements. Editors: Ariel, D.T. and De Groot, A.
Excavations at the City of David 1978-1985 IV.Qedem35, Monographs of the Institute of
Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Pp. 257-267.
17. Rosen, Steven A. 1997. Lithics: Typology and Technology. Editor: E. Meyer. Oxford
Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Oxford University Press, New York. Vol.
3, pp. 369-374.
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18. Rosen, Steven A. 1997. Lithics: Artifacts of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Editor: E.
Meyer. Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Oxford University Press,
New York. Vol. 3, pp. 378-382.
19. Rosen, Steven A. 1997. Craft Specialization and the Rise of Secondary Urbanism: A
View from the Southern Levant. Editors: Aufrecht, W. and Mireau, N. Aspects of
Urbanism in Antiquity: From Mesopotamia to Crete. Journal of Old Testament Studies
Supplement 244, Sheffield Academic Press: Sheffield. Pp. 82-91.
20. Rosen, Steven A. 1997. Subsistence. Editor: Fagan, B. Oxford Handbook of
Archaeology. Oxford University Press: Oxford. Pp. 701-2.
21. Rosen, S.A. and Grinblat, M. 1997. The Chipped Stone Assemblages from Yiftah’el.
Author: Braun, Eliot. Yiftah’el: Salvage and Rescue Excavations at a Prehistoric Village
in Lower Galilee. Israel Antiquities Authority Reports 2: Jerusalem. Pp.132-154.
22. Rosen, Steven A. 1998. The Archaeology of Nomadism: Perspectives from Material
Culture (Hebrew). Editor: Ahituv, S. Researches in the Archaeology of Pastoral
Nomadism in the Negev and Sinai. (Hebrew). Ben-Gurion University Press: Beersheva.
Pp. 27-41.
23. Rosen, Steven A. 1998. The Chipped Stone Assemblage. Editors: Edelstein, G. and
Milevski, I. and Aurant, S. Villages, Terraces, and Stone Mounds: Excavations at
Manahat, Jerusalem. 1987-1989. Israel Antiquities Authority Reports 3: Jerusalem. Pp.
78-88.
24. Rosen, Steven A. 1998. The Development of Pastoral Nomadic Systems in the
Southern Levantine Periphery: An Economic Model Based on Archaeological Evidence.
Editors: Pearce, M. and Tosi, M. Papers from the EAA Third Annual Meeting: Pre- and
Protohistory. BAR International S. 717, Oxford. Pp. 92-97.
25. Rosen, Steven A. 1998. One Hundred Years After Petrie: Is Archaeological
Education in Israel Stagnating? Editor: Marantz, H. Judaism in Education: Essays in
Honor of Walter Ackerman. Ben-Gurion University Press: Beersheva. Pp. 219-230
26. Rosen, Steven A. 2000. The Decline of Desert Agriculture: A View from the
Classical Period Negev. Editors, Barker, G. and Gilbertson, D. The Archaeology of
Drylands. Routledge, One World Archaeology, London and New York. Pp. 45-62.
27. Rosen, Steven A. 2001. The Nabateans as Pastoral Nomads: A View from
Archaeology. Editors: Aren Maier and Eyal Baruch. Settlement, Civilization and
Culture. Institute of Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan. Pp. 151-166
(Hebrew). A more complete version was published in #43.
28. Rosen, A.M. and Rosen, S.A. 2001. Determinist or Not Determinist? Climate,
Environment, and Archaeological Explanation in the Levant. Editor: Wolff, S. Studies in
the Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands in Memory of Douglas L. Esse. The
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization No.
59, Chicago, and The American Schools of Oriental Research Books No. 5, Atlanta. Pp.
535-550.
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29. Gopher, A. and Rosen, S.A. 2001. Lithics of Strata XIII-III, The Pre-Pottery
Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Authors: Eisenberg, E., Gopher, A., and Greenberg, R. Tel
Te’o, A Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Early Bronze Age Site in the Hula Valley. Israel
Antiquities Authority Report 13, Jerusalem, Pp. 49-82.
30. Rosen, Steven A. 2002. The Evolution of Pastoral Nomadic Systems in the Southern
Levantine Periphery. Editors: van den brink, Edwin, and Yannai, E. In Quest of Ancient
Settlements and Landscapes. Archaeological Studies in Honour of Ram Gophna.
Ramot Publishing, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. Pp. 23-44.
31. Rosen, Steven A. 2002. An Economic Model for Early Bronze Age Pastoral
Nomadism. Editors, Ahituv, S. and Oren, E.D. Beer-Sheva XVIII Kempinsky Memorial
Volume. Monographs of the Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Ben-Gurion
University, Beersheva. Pp. 344-359.
32. Rosen, Steven A. 2002. Invention as the Mother of Necessity: An Archaeological
Examination of the Origins and Development of Pottery and Metallurgy in the Levant.
Editors: Harrison, R., Gillespie, M., and Peuramki-Brown, M. Eureka: The Archaeology
of Innovation and Science. Chacmool Society, University of Calgary Press, Calgary.
Pp.11-21.
33. Rosen, S.A. and Gopher, A. 2003. Flint Tools from the Survey. Author: Beit-Arieh,
I. Archaeology of Sinai, the Ophir Expedition. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. Pp. 184195.
34. Rosen, Steven A. 2003. Settlement and Survey Archaeology: A View from a
"Periphery". Editors, Papadopoulos, J.K. and Leventhal, R.M. Theory and Practice in
Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives. The Cotsen
Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Pp. 173-181.
35. Rosen, S.A. and Rose, J. 2003. Chapter 10: Chipped Stone Assemblage
By Leibowitz, H. Tel Yin’am I: The Late Bronze Age. Studies in Archeology 42, Texas
Archeological Research Laboratory, the University of Texas at Austin. Pp. 211-219.
36. Rosen, Steven A. 2003. The Chipped Stone Artifacts from Tel Qashish. Ben-Tor, A.,
Bonfil, R. and Zuckerman, S. Tel Qashish, A Village in the Jezreel Valley. Qedem Reports
5, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp. 395-412.
37. Rosen, Steven A. 2004. Chapter 31. The Chipped Stone Assemblages. Editor,
Ussishkin, David The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish V. Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv. Pp. 2197-2225.
38. Rosen, Steven A. 2004. The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Nessana Region.
Editor. Urman, D. Nessana Excavations and Studies I. Beersheva XVII, Monographs of
the Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern, Ben-Gurion University, Beersheva. Pp.
119*-157*.
39. Rosen, Steven A. 2006. Desertification and Pastoralism: A Historical Review of
Pastoral Nomadism in The Negev Region. Land Use and Land Cover, from Encyclopedia
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of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss
Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net].
40. Rosen, Steven A. 2006. The Tyranny of Texts: A Rebellion against the Primacy of
Written Documents in Defining Archaeological Agendas. Editors, Maier, A. and
Miroschedji, P. de: I Will Speak the Riddles of Ancient Times: Archaeological and
Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday.
Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, IN. Pp. 879-893.
41. Rosen, S.A., Hermon, S., Vardi, J. and Abadi, Y. 2006. The Chipped Stone
Assemblage from Be’er Resisim in the Negev Highlands: A Preliminary Study. Editors,
Gitin, S., Wright, J.E. and Dessel, J.P. Confronting the Past: Archaeological and
Historical Essays in Honor of William G. Dever. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake. Pp. 133-144.
42. Rosen, Steven .A. 2006. The Chipped Stone Assemblage from Tel Batash. Editors,
Panitz-Cohen, N. and Mazar, A. Timnah (Tel Batash) III: The finds from the Second
Millennium BC. Qedem 45: Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew
University. Jerusalem. Pp. 281-290.
43. Rosen, Steven A. 2007. The Nabateans as Pastoral Nomads: An Archaeological
Perspective. Editor, Politis, K. The World of the Nabateans. Steiner -Verlag, Stuttgart. Pp.
345-374.
44. Vardi, J., Hermon, S. and Rosen, S.A. 2007. The Early Bronze IV (2200-2000 BCE)
Economy in the Negev Highlands- The Lithic Evidence. Editors: van der Steen, E. and
Saidel, B.A. On the Fringe of Society: Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological
Perspectives on Pastoral and Agricultural Societies. British Archaeological Reports
International Series 1657, Oxford. Pp. 93-110.
45. Abadi, Y. and Rosen, S.A. 2008. A Chip Off the Old Millstone. Editors, Rowan, Y.
and Ebeling, J.: New Approaches to Old Stones: Recent Studies of Groundstone Artifacts.
Equinox Publishing Ltd., London. Pp. 99-115.
46. Rosen, Steven A. 2008. Desert Pastoral Nomadism in the Longue Durée. A Case
Study from the Negev and the Southern Levantine Deserts. Editors, Barnard, H. and
Wendrich, W.: The Archaeology of Mobility: Old World and New world Nomadism.
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles. Pp. 115-140.
47. Rosen, Steven A. 2008. Desert Landscapes in Archaeology: A Case Study from the
Negev. Editors: David, B. and Thomas, J. Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. Left
Coast Press, Walnut Creek. Pp. 409-423.
48. Rosen, Steven A 2009. History Does Not Repeat Itself: Cyclicity and Particularism
in Nomad-Sedentary Relations in the Negev in the Long Term. Editor: Szuchman, J.
Nomads, Tribes and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Seminar 5, Chicago, Pp. 57-87.
49. Roux, V. and Rosen, S.A. 2009. An Introduction to Technological Studies in the
Archaeology of the Proto-Historic and Early Historic Periods in the Southern Levant.
Editors: Rosen, Steven A. and Roux, Valentine. Techniques and People: Anthropological
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Perspectives on Technology in the Archaeology of the Proto-Historic and Early Historic
Periods in the Southern Levant. Mémoires et travaux du Centre de recherché français de
Jérusalem 9, de Boccard, Paris. Pp. 11-22.
50. Rosen, Steven A. 2009. Production in the Protohistoric Desert: Comparative
Perspectives. Editors: Rosen, Steven A. and Roux, Valentine, Techniques and People:
Anthropological Perspectives on Technology in yhe Archaeology of the Proto-Historic
and Early Historic Periods in the Southern Levant. Mémoires et travaux du Centre de
recherché français de Jérusalem 9, de Boccard, Paris. Pp. 251-268.
51. Rosen, Steven A. 2009. Epilogue: How Far We Have Come? Editors: Rosen, S.A.
and Roux, V. Techniques and People: Anthropological Perspectives on Technology in the
Archaeology of the Proto-Historic and Early Historic Periods in the Southern Levant.
Mémoires et travaux du Centre de recherché français de Jérusalem 9, de Boccard, Paris.
Pp. 269-273.
52. Rosen, S. A., and A. N. Goring-Morris 2010. The Deir el-Balah Lithics. Editors:.
Dothan, T. and Brandl, B. Excavations at the Cemetery and the Settlement of Deir elBalah. The Finds, vol. II. Qedem 50, Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Jerusalem, pp. 273-277
53. Rosen, Steven A. 2010. The Tents of Jacob? Editor: Yona, S. Or Le-Mayer: Studies
in Bible, Semitic Languages, Rabbinic Literature, and Ancient Civilizations. Ben-Gurion
University Press, Beersheva. Pp. 145-156.
54. Rosen, Steven A. 2010. The Desert and the Sown: A Lithic Perspective. Editor:
Eriksen, Berit. Lithic technology in metal using societies. Jutland Archaeological Society
Publications 67, Jutland Archaeological Society, Hojberg. Pp. 203-221.
55. Rosen, S.A. 2011. Desert Chronologies and Periodization Systems. Editors: Lovell, J.
and Rowan, Y. Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic: theory and transition. Council
for British Research in the Levant, London. Pp. 71-83.
56. Vardi, J. and Rosen, S.A. 2011. Chipped Stone. Editors: Stager, L.G., Master, D. M.
and Schloen, J.D. Ashkelon 3. Eisenbraun's, Winona Lake, Indiana. Pp. 547-554.
57. Rosen, Steven A. 2011. Blood From Stone: Can We Really Do Ethnicity from Flint?
Editor: Chesson, M. Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities
of the Southern Levant Papers in Honor of Walter E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub.
Eisenbraun’s, Winona Lake. Pp. 247-264.
58. Rosen, S.A., Ben-Ari, C. and Gotesman, Z. 2012. Chapter 22 – The Chipped Stone
Assemblage from Tell es-Safi/Gath: Preliminary Observations. Editor: Maeir, A. M. Tell
es-Safi/Gath I: Report on the 1996–2005 Seasons. Ägypten und Altes Testament 69,
Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden. Pp. 501-508, Plates 22:1-22:5 (vol. 2).
59. Rosen, S.A. 2012. Lithic Industries during the Holocene Period. Editor: Potts, D.T. A
Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Blackwell Wiley, London. Pp.
236-260.
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Savinetsky, A.B., Babenko, A.N., Debella, H.J., Khassanov, B.F., Kiseleva,
N.K., Krylovich,O.K., Kuzmicheva, E.A., Rosen, S., and Yirga, S. 2012. Editor: Lefèvre,
C. Zoogenic deposits in rock shelters from the Old World (experience for palaeoecological
purposes). In Proceedings of the General Session of the 11th International Council for
Archaeozoology Conference (Paris, 23-28 August 2010).. BAR International Series 2354,
Oxford. Pp. 25-31.
61.
Rosen, S. A. and Vardi, J. 2014. The Chipped Stone Assemblage from Be’er
Resisim—A Final Report. In Dever, W.G., Excavations at the Early Bronze IV Sites of
Jebel Qa‘aqir and Be’er Resisim. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana. Pp. 327-339.
th
62.
Rosen, Steven A. 2014. Lithic systems of the 4 millennium BC: A brief
comparison between the industries of Egypt and the Southern Levant. Editor: Mączyńska,
A. The Nile Delta as a centre of cultural interactions between Upper Egypt and the
Southern Levant in the 4th millennium BC. (Studies in African Archaeology 13), Poznań
Archaeological Museum, Poznań. Pp. 253-267.
63.
Rosen, S.A. and Vardi, J. 2014. Chipped Stone Assemblage from Tell Jemmeh. In
Ben-Shlomo, D. and Van Beek, G.W. The Smithsonian Institution Excavation at Tell
Jemmeh, Israel, 1970–1990. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology 50, Smithsonian
Institution Scholarly Press, Washington DC. Pp. 987-1003.
64.
Shimelmitz, R. and Rosen, S.A. 2014. The Flint Assemblage (from Bet Yerah).
Editor: Greenberg, R. Bet Yerah : The Early Bronze Age Mound Volume II, Urban
Structure and Material Culture, 1933–1986 Excavations. Israel Antiquities Reports 54,
Jerusalem. Pp. 159-180.
65.
Rosen, S.A. and Gotesman, Z. 2014. The Chipped Stone Collection from the Gezer
Fields. In Gilmour, G. Gezer VI, the Objects from Phases I and II (1964-1974). Annual of
the Hebrew Union College/Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Vol. X,
Jerusalem and Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns. Pp. 290-302.
66.
Rosen, S.A., Shugar, A. and Vardi, J. 2015. Function and Value in Sickle Segment
Analysis: Odellian Perspectives. In Shott, M. (ed.) Works in Stone, Contemporary
Perspectives on Lithic Analysis. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. Pp. 116-30.
67.
Rosen, S.A. 2015. Cult and the rise of desert pastoralism: a case study from the
Negev. In Defining the Sacred: Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion in the Near
East. Ed. N. Laneri. Oxford, Oxbow. Pp. 38-47.
68.
Rosen, Steven A. and Rosen, Arlene M. In press. The Saharo-Arabian Early
Pastoral Complex: An East-West Hypothesis on the Development of Early Desert
Nomadism in the Near East and North Africa. In A River Runs Through it: Essays in
honour of Professor Fekri A. Hassan. Editors Aloisia de Trafford, G. J. Tassie, Joris van
Wetering and Okasha El Daly. Annales du Service des Antiquités de L’Egypte, The
Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), Cairo. (Pp. 10, 2 figs.).
69.
Rosen, Steven A., and Goring-Morris, A. Nigel - in press. Har Qeren XV. Author:
Goring-Morris, A.N. Prehistoric Investigations around the Haluza Dunes. In press. (10
pp. text, 2 tables, 5 figs.).
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70. Rosen, S.A. – in press. The Beginnings of Desert Pastoralism: Hypotheses from the
Negev. Editor, K. Wright. The Ancient Levant. Institute of Archaeology, UCL. London.
(34 pp. text).
c. Refereed articles in scientific journals
1. Rosen, Steven A. 1981. Observations on Bedouin Archaeological Sites near Ma'aleh
Ramon. Middle East Research Associates Forum 5:11-14.
2. Rosen, Steven A. 1982. Flint Sickles of the Late Protohistoric and Early Historic
Periods in Israel. Tel Aviv 9:139-46.
3.
Rosen, Steven A. 1982. Flints from Atarha Par. Eretz Israel 16:143-44. (Hebrew).
4. Rosen, Steven A. 1983. The Microlithic Lunate: An Old-New Tool Type from the
Negev, Israel. Paleorient 9/2:81-83.
5. Rosen, Steven A. 1983. The Tabular Scraper Trade: A Model for Material Culture
Dispersion. Bulletin of the American Schools for Oriental Research 249:79-86.
6. Rosen, Steven A. 1983. The Canaanean Blade and the Bronze Age in Israel. Israel
Exploration Journal 33:15-29.
7. Rosen, Steven A. 1984. Kvish Harif: Preliminary Investigations at a Late Neolithic
Site in the Central Negev. Paleorient 10/2:111-121.
8. Rosen, Steven A. 1984. The Adoption of Metallurgy in the Levant: A Lithic
Perspective. Current Anthropology 25 (4):504-5.
9. Rosen, Steven A. 1985. The Potentials of Lithic Analysis in the Historic Periods in the
Levant. Mitekufat Haeven (Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society) 18:37-43.
10. Rosen, Steven A. 1986. The Analysis of Trade and Craft Specialization in the
Chalcolithic Period: Comparisons from Different Realms of Material Culture. Michmanim
3:21-32.
11. Rosen, Steven A. 1986. A Note on Frequencies, Proportions and Diversity: A
Response to Cannon. American Antiquity 51:409-411.
12. Rosen, Steven A. 1987. Demographic Trends in the Negev Highlands: Preliminary
Results from the Emergency Survey. Bulletin of the American Schools for Oriental
Research 266:45-58.
13. Rosen, Steven A. 1987. Byzantine Nomadism in the Negev: Results from the
Emergency Survey. Journal of Field Archaeology 14:29-42.
14. Rosen, Steven A. 1988. Finding Evidence of Ancient Nomads. Biblical Archaeology
Review 14:46-53, 58-9.
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15. Rosen, Steven A. 1988. Notes on the Origins of Pastoral Nomadism: A Case Study
from the Negev and Sinai. Current Anthropology 29:498-506.
16. Rosen, Steven A. 1988. A Preliminary Note on the Egyptian Component of the
Chipped Stone Assemblage from Tel Erani. Israel Exploration Journal 38(3):105-116.
17. Rosen, Steven A. 1988-9. Pottery Neolithic Flint Artifacts from Tell Lachish.
Tel Aviv 15-16:193-196.
18. Goring-Morris, A. N., and Rosen, S.A. 1989. An Upper Paleolithic Assemblage
with Chamfered Pieces from the Central Negev, Israel. Mitekufat Haeven (Journal of the
Israel Prehistoric Society) 22:31-40.
19. Rosen, S.A. and Avni, G. 1989. Excavations around Har Oded. Israel Exploration
Journal 39:117-120.
20. Rosen, Steven A. 1990. Appendix A: The Lithic Assemblages of Sites 911 and 915
in Bi'qat 'Uvda. Atiqot10:4*-8*.
21. Rosen, Steven A. 1990. Givat Hayil 33, an Epipaleolithic Site in the Western Negev.
Mitekufat Haeven (Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society) 23:60-78.
22. Rosen, Steven A. 1991. The Lithic Assemblage from the Early Bronze Age Site at
Har Horsha. Atiqot 20:169-176.
23. Levy, T.E, Alon, D., Goldberg, P., Grigson, C., Smith, P., Buikstra, J. Holl, A.,
Rosen, S.A., Shalev, S., Ben Izhak, S., and Ben-Yosef, A. 1991. Protohistoric
Investigations at the Shiqmim Chalcolithic Village and Cemetery: Interim Report on the
1987 Season. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Supplement 27:2946.
24. Belfer-Cohen, A., Gilead, I., Goring-Morris, A.N. and Rosen, S.A. 1991. An
Epipaleolithic Rockshelter at Nahal Nekarot in the Central Negev. Journal of the Israel
Prehistoric Society – Mitekufat Haeven 24:164-168.
25. Gilead, I., Rosen, S.A. and Fabian, P. 1991. Excavations at Tell Abu Matar (Hazerim
Neighborhood), Beersheva. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society – Mitekufat Haeven
24:173-179.
26. Rosen, Steven A. 1992. Nomads in Archaeology: A Response to Finkelstein and
Perevoletsky. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 287:75-85.
27. Rosen, S.A. and Eldar, I. 1993. Horvat Beter Revisited: The 1982 Salvage
Excavations. Atiqot 22:13-27.
28. Rosen, Steven A. 1993. The Lithic Assemblages from Nahal Mitnan. Atiqot 22:6270.
29. Rosen, Steven A. 1993. A Roman Period Pastoral Tent Camp in the Negev, Israel.
Journal of Field Archaeology 20:441-451.
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30. Rosen, Steven A. and Goodfriend, G.A. 1993. An Early Date for Gaza Ware from
the Northern Negev. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 125:143-148.
31. Rosen, Steven A. 1993. A Note on the Flint Assemblage (Ashdod). Authors: Dothan,
M. and Porat, Y. Atiqot 23 (Ashdod V. Excavation of Area G): 117-121.
32. Rosen, S.A. and Avni, G. 1993. The Edge of Empire: The Archaeology of Pastoral
Nomads in the Southern Negev Highlands in Late Antiquity. Biblical Archaeologist
56(4):189-199. (Reprinted in the series Formation of the Classical Islamic World).
32a. Rosen, S.A. and Avni, G. 1995. The Edge of Empire: The Archaeology of Pastoral
Nomads in the Southern Negev Highlands in Late Antiquity. Archaeologiya 4:29-41.
(Hebrew version).
33. Rosen, Steven A. 1994. The Nomadic Periphery: Archaeology of Pastoralists in the
South Central Negev in Late Antiquity. Aram 6:295-309
34. Rosen, Steven A. 1994-5. Microlithic Drills from the Camel Site, Mizpe Ramon.
Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 26:148-158.
35. Gopher, A., Goring-Morris, A. N., and Rosen, S.A. 1995. ‘Ein Qadis I: A PrePottery Neolithic B Occupation in Eastern Sinai. Atiqot 27:15-33.
36. Rosen, S.A. and Clark, J.E. 1996. What Mean these Stones? Thoughts on Teaching
Lithic Analysis in the Core Curriculum. Lithic Technology 21:40-47.
37. Rosen, Steven A. 1996. The Chipped Stone Assemblage from Hartuv. Bulletin of the
American Schools of Oriental Research 302:41-50.
38. Rosen, Steven A. 1997. Beyond Milk and Meat: Lithic Evidence for Economic
Specialization in the Early Bronze Age Pastoral Periphery in the Levant. Lithic
Technology 22:105-115.
39. Goring-Morris, A.N., Baruch, U., Belfer-Cohen, A., and Rosen, S.A. 1998.
Epipaleolithic Occupations in Nahal Neqarot Rockshelter, Negev, Israel: Radiocarbon
Dating and Identification of Charred Wood Remains. Geoarchaeology 13:219-232.
40. Matney, T., Algaze, G., and Rosen, S.A. 1999. Early Urban Structure at Titris
Hoyuk, Southeastern Turkey: The 1998 Season. (especially see Rosen, S.A., Aricanli,
S. and Hartenberger, B. “Suburbs”). Anatolica 25:185-201.
41. Algaze, G., Matney, T., Rosen, S.A., and Erdal, D. 1999. Excavations at Titris
Hoyük, Sanliurfa Province: Preliminary Report for the 1998 Season. Kazi Sonu‫ח‬lari
Toplantisi 21: 145-156.
42. Rosen Steven A. 2000. Dissecting the Site: Assays in Decoding Artifact
Distribution in a Terminal Pleistocene Campsite in the Negev. Lithic Technology 25:27-49
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43. Hartenberger, B., Rosen, S.A., and Matney, T. 2000. The Early Bronze Age Blade
Workshop at Titris Hoyük: Lithic Specialization in an Urban Context. Near Eastern
Archaeology 63:51-58.
44. Rosen, Steven A. 2001. The Lithic Assemblage from Biq’at ‘Uvdah 917 and Its
Spatial Implications. Atiqot 62:109-119.
45. Rosen, S.A. and Schneider, J. 2001. Early Bronze Age Milling Stone Production and
Exchange in the Negev: Preliminary Conclusions. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society
31:201-212.
46.
Algaze, G., Dinckan, G., Hartenberger, B., Matney, T., Pournelle, J., Rainville, L.,
Rosen, S., Rupley, E., Schlee, D., and Vallet, R. 2001. Research at Titris Hoyuk in
Southeastern Turkey: the 1999 Season. Anatolica 22: 23-106.
47. Rosen, S.A. and Rosen, Y.J. 2003. The Shrines of the Setting Sun. Israel
Exploration Journal 53:1-19.
48. Rosen, Steven A. 2003. Early Multi-Resource Nomadism: Excavations at the Camel
Site in the Central Negev. Antiquity 77:750-761
49 Rosen, S.A., Savinetsky, A.B., Plakht, Y., Kisseleva, N.K., Khassanov, B.F.,
Pereladov, A.M. and Haiman, M. 2005. Dung in the Desert: Preliminary Results of
the Negev Holocene Ecology Project. Current Anthropology 46:317-327.
50. Rosen, S.A., Tykot, R.T., and Gottesman, M. 2005. Long Distance Trinket Trade:
Early Bronze Age Obsidian from the Negev. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:775784.
51. Rosen, Steven A. 2005. Coming of Age: The Decline of Archaeology in Israeli
Identity. BGU Review 1:43-58. (Hebrew version published in Pp. 171-186, Feige, M. and
Shilony, Z. 2008 (eds.) A Spade to Dig With: Archaeology and Nationalism in the Land of
Israel. Ben-Gurion Institute, Sede Boqer.
52. Rosen, S.A. and Horwitz, L.K. 2005. Givat Hayil 35: A stratified Epipaleolithic site
in the western Negev. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 35:201-228.
53. Segal, I., and Rosen, S.A. 2005. Copper Among the Nomads: Early Bronze Age
Copper Objects from the Camel Site, Central Negev, Israel. Bulletin of the Institute of
Archaeometallurgy 25:3-8.
54. Porat, N., Rosen, S.A., Boaretta, E., and Avni, Y. 2006. Dating the Ramat
Saharonim Late Neolithic Desert Cult Site. Journal of Archaeological Science 33: 134155. Saidel, B., Erickson-Gini, T., Vardi, J., Rosen, S.A., Maher, E. and Greenfield, H.
2006. Test Excavations at Rogem Be’erotayim in Western Negev. Journal of the Israel
Prehistoric Society 36:201-229.
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56. Rosen, S.A., Avni, Y., Bocquentin, F., and Porat, N. 2007. Investigations at Ramat
Saharonim: A Desert Neolithic Sacred Precinct in the Central Negev. Bulletin of the
American Schools of Oriental Research 346:31-57.
57. Babenki, A.N., Kiseleva, N.K., Plakht, I., Rosen, S., Savinetskii, A.B., and
Khasanov, B.F. 2007. Reconstruction of the Holocence Vegetation in the Central Negev
Desert, Israel, on the Basis of Palynological Date on the Atzmaut Zoogenic Deposit.
Russian Journal of Ecology 38(6):388-397. (Russian version Ekologiya 38(6):417-426).
58. Lehmann, G., Rosen, S.A. Berlejung, A., and Niemann, M. 2009. Ausgrabungen in
Qubur el-Waleyide, Israel, 2007-2008. ZPDV 125: 1-28.
59. Rosen, Steven A. 2010. Givat Ha’aralot: an Archaeological Parable. Dig-it-al Near
Eastern Archaeology http://www.bu.edu/asor/pubs/nea/dig-it-al-nea.html.
60.
Lehmann, G., Rosen, S.A., Berlejung, A., Neumeier, B.-A., and Niemann, H.M.
2010. Excavations at Qubur al-Walaydah, 2007–2009. Die Welt des Orients 40:1–23.
61. Rosen, S.A. and Lehmann, G. 2010. Hat das biblische Israel einen nomadischen
Ursprung? Kritische Beobachtungen aus der Perspektive der Archäologie und
Kulturanthropologie. Die Welt des Orients 40: 24–53
62.
Rosen, S. A. and Saidel, B.A. 2010. The Camel and the Tent: an Exploration of
Technological Change among Early Pastoralists. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 69:6377.
63.
Rosen, S.A. 2010. Activity Areas, Workshops, and Variations on the Theme from
a Near Eastern Lithic Perspective. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 40:167-182.
64.
Horwitz, L.K., Rosen, S.A. and Bocquentin, F. 2011. A Late Neolithic Equid
Offering from the Mortuary-Cult Site of Ramat Saharonim in the Central Negev. Journal
of the Israel Prehistoric Society 41: 71-82.
65.
Rosen, S.A. 2011. The Desert and the Pastoralist: An Archaeological Perspective
on Human-Landscape Interaction in the Negev over the Millennia. Annals of Arid Zone
50(3&4): 295-309.
66.
Rosen, S.A. 2012. The Chipped-Stone Assemblage [from Sha'ar Hagolan]
'Atiqot 69:53-59.
67.
Rosen, S.A. 2013. Evolution in the Desert: Scale and Discontinuity in the Central
Negev in the Fourth Millennium BCE. Paléorient 39:139-148.
68.
Rosen, S.A. 2013. Arrowheads, Axes, Ad hoc, and Sickles: An Introduction to
Aspects of Lithic Variability across the Near East in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Lithic
Technology 38(3)141-149.
69.
Eisenberg-Degen, D. and Rosen, S.A. 2013. Chronological Trends in Negev RockArt: The Har Michia Petroglyphs as a Test Case. Arts 2:225-252.
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70.
Asscher, Y., Lehmann, G., Rosen, S.A., Weiner, S., and Boaretto, E. 2015.
Absolute Dating of the Late Bronze to Iron Age Transition and the Appearance of
Philistine Culture in Qubur el-Walaydah, Southern Levant. Radiocarbon 57:1-21.
71.
Shamir, O. and Rosen, S.A. 2015. Early Bronze Age Textiles from the Ramon I
Rock Shelter in the Central Negev. Israel Exploration Journal 65: in press (7 pp. text, 8
figs. 1 table).
72.
Clarke, J., Brooks, N., Banning, E.B., BarMatthews, M., Campbell, S., Clare, L.,
Cremaschi, M., di Lerniah, S., Drake, N.,Gallinaroj, M., Manning, S., Nicolll, K., Philip,
G., Rosen, S., Schoopo,U.-D., Tafurip, M.A., Weninger, B., Zerboni, A. 2015. Climatic
changes and social transformations in the Near Eastand North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th
millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence.
Quaternary Science Reviews in press Available online 19 October 2015.
73.
Rosen, S.A. - in press. The Biqat Uvda 16 Lithic Assemblage. Atiqot (20 pp. text, 6
tables, 7 figs.).
d. Published scientific reports and technical papers
1.
Goring-Morris, A.N., and Rosen, S.A. 1987. Final Report to TAHAL on the
Results of the Prehistoric Conducted by the Archaeological Survey of Israel and Other
Projects Within 25 Km of the Site. Israel Electric Corporation, pp. 79, 23 figs.
e. Unrefereed professional articles and publications
2.
Boutie, P. and Rosen, S.A. 1985. Les Gisements mousteriens du Neguev Central
(Israel). Bulletin de la Societe Prehistorique Francaise 82 (7):197.
3.
Rosen, S.A. 1985. Commentary on V. Kabo's "Origins of the Food Producing
Economy." Current Anthropology 26:611-12.
4.
Rosen, S.A. 1987. Commentary on "Theory and Experiment in the Study of
Technological Change,"by M.B. Schiffer and J. Skibo. Current Anthropology 28:613.
5.
Rosen, S.A. 1987. South by Southwest: the Prehistory of the American Southwest
through Negev Eyes (Book review of The Prehistory of the Southwest by L. Cordell).
Mitekufat Haeven 20:191-94.
6.
Rosen, S.A. 1992. Review of Nomads in Archaeology by R. Cribb. Mitkeufat
Haeven 24:191-193.
7.
Rosen, S.A. 1992. Review of A History of Archaeological Thought by B. Trigger.
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 85:94-95.
8.
Gilead, I., Rosen, S.A., Fabian, P. and Rothenberg, B. 1992. New ArchaeoMetallurgical Evidence for the Beginnings of Metallurgy in the Southern Levant.
Excavations at Tell Abu Matar, Beersheva (Israel) 1990/1. Bulletin of the Institute for
Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies 18:11-14.
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9.
Rosen, S.A. 1993. Reponse to "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Biblical Archaeology.
Editors: Biran, A. and Aviram, J. Biblical Archaeology Today 1990. Israel Exploration
Society, Jerusalem. Pp. 489-490.
10.
Rosen, S.A. 1996. Review of Neolithic Chipped Stone Industries of the Fertile
Crescent, edited by H.G. Gebel and S.K. Kozlowski. Lithic Technology 21:79-80.
11.
Rosen, S.A. 1997. Review of Natufian Chipped Stone Assemblage from Sunakh,
Near Petra, Southern Jordan, by C.H. Pederson. Journal of Field Archaeology 24:123125.
12.
Rosen, S.A. 1998. Commentary on Michael Rosenberg’s ‘Cheating At Musical
Chairs’. Current Anthropology 39:672-3.
13.
Rosen, S.A. 1998. Review of Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape
Archaeology and Local History, by M. Aston. Geography Research Forum 18:106-7.
14.
Rosen, S.A. 2000. Review of Prehistory of Jordan II, edited by Gebel, H.G.,
Kafafi, Z., and Rollefson, G. Journal of the American Oriental Society 120:100-101.
15.
Rosen, S.A. 1999. Review of Tell SabiAbyad, The Late Neolithic Settlement:
Report on the Excavations of the University of Amsterdam (1988) and the National
Museum of Antiquities Leiden (1991-1992) in Syria, edited by Akkermans, P.M.M.G.
Levant 31:323-324.
16.
Rosen, S.A. 2000. Review of Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western
Asia, edited by Akazawa, T., Aoki, K., and Bar-Yosef, O. Israel Exploration
Journal 50:132-134.
17.
Rosen, S.A. 2000. Review of Canaan and Ancient Israel. University of
Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Permanent Installation. American
Anthropologist 102:598-599.
18.
Rosen, S.A. 2001. Review of Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Lithic Analysis,
by Andrefsky, W. European Journal of Archaeology 4:148-149.
19.
Rosen, S.A. 2001. To Dig or Not to Dig? A Critical Response to Kletter and DeGroot. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 14:95-98.
20.
Rosen, S.A. 2002. Review of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and
Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society, by Abu El-Haj, N. Hagar 3:157-160.
21.
Rosen, S.A. 2002. Review of The Wilderness of Zin, by Woolley, C.L. and
Lawrence, T.E. Near Eastern Archaeology 65:286-287.
22.
Rosen, S.A. 2004. Review of Let Shepherding Endure, by G. Kressel.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 10:724-5.
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23.
Rosen, S.A. 2007. Review of After Collapse: The Regeneration of Complex
Societies, eds. G. Schwartz and J. Nichols. Geography Research Forum 27:139-140.
24.
Rosen, S.A. 2007. Review of Millennial Landscape Change in Jordan:
Geoarchaeology and Cultural Ecology, by C. Cordova. Geography Research Forum
27:114-116.
25.
Rosen, S.A. 2008. Review of Human ecology in the Wadi al-Hasa: land use and
abandonment through the Holocene by J. Brett Hill. Journal of the Royal Anthropological
Institute 14:672-73.
26.
Rosen, S.A. 2011. Review of Metals, Nomads and Culture Contact by N. Anfinset.
Journal of Anthropological Research 67:114-115.
27.
Rosen, S.A. 2012. Review of Lithics in the Scandinavian Late Bronze Age by A.
Hogberg. Lithic Technology 37: 65-67.
28. Rosen, S.A. 2012. Review of The Dispersal of the Neolithic over the Arabian
Peninsula by P. Drechsler. Paléorient 37(2):201-204.
29.
Rosen, S.A. 2015. Review of Mobile Pastoralism and the Formation of Near
Eastern Civilizations Weaving Together Society by A. Porter. Journal of Near Eastern
Studies 74:153-155.
f. Unpublished articles and reports (selected)
Berlin, A., Miller, A., Rosen, S.A., and Verhaaran, B.
1980 Survey Critique. In Results of the Archaeological Survey of the Boiler Area, Sawmill
Creek, Argonne, Report on file at Argonne National Labs, Il.
Rosen, Steven A.
1980 The Ramat Matred VI Lithics. Report submitted to E. Braun, Israel Dept. of
Antiquities.
1980 Fields 1 and 2, Tell Dor: Field Report. Submitted to the Israel Dept. of Antiquities.
1983 Mitzpeh Ramon Archaeological Survey: Interim Report. Submitted to Israel
Academy of Sciences.
1983 The Tell Hesi Lithics, 1979-1983. Report submitted to V. Fargo, University of
Chicago.
Rosen, S.A. and Haiman, M. 1983 Nahal Mitnan II Excavations: Preliminary Report.
Submitted with M. Haiman to Israel Dept. of Antiquities.
Rosen, Steven A.
1986 Prehistoric Survey in Mishor Haruchot. Report submitted to the Israel Ministry
of Science.
1988 The Lithic Assemblage from Site A-403, North Sinai. Report submitted to Eliezer
Oren, Ben Gurion Univ.
1988 Notes on the Lithic Assemblage from Tell Wawiyat. Report submitted to Bonnie
Wisthoff, Univ. of Arizona.
1988 A Brief Note on the Lithic Assemblage from Horvat Hor. Report submitted to
Archaeological Survey of Israel.
Rosen, S.A, Abadi, Y. and Rose, J.
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2000 The Lithic Assemblage from Ein Zippori. Report submitted to J.P. Dessel,
University of Kentucky.
Rosen, S. A. and Gotesman, Z.
2003 The Lithic Assemblage from Handakuk South. Report submitted to M. Chesson,
Notre Dame University.
7. Lectures and presentations at meetings and invited seminars
a. Plenary lectures at and lectures at invited conferences
1986 The Analysis of Early Bronze Age Chipped Stone Industries: A Summary Statement.
Colloque d'Emmaus: L'urbanisation en Palestine a l'age du Bronze ancien: Bilan et
perspectives des recherches actuelles. 20-24 Octobre, Emmaus (Latrun).
1990 Metals, Rocks, Specialization, and the Beginning of Urbanism in the Northern
Negev.
Pre-Congress Symposium: The Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology.
June 24-July 4, Jerusalem.
1993 Archaeology of Pastoral Nomads in the Negev Highlands. Annual Meeting of the
Association of Archaeologists in Israel. Nizzana, May 14-15, 1993.
- The Decline and Fall of Flint. Second Tulsa Conference on Theory in Lithic Analysis.
University of Tulsa, June 12-16, 1993.
1996 Invention as the Mother of Necessity: An Archaeological Examination of the
Origins and Development of Pottery and Metallurgy in the Levant. Chacmool Conference,
University of Calgary, Nov. 14-17, 1996.
- Fifteen Years After: What We Have Learned from the Negev Emergency Survey.
“Before the Picks: The Archaeology of Survey,” conference at the University of Haifa,
May 1, 1997.
2003 Early Cultures and Quarries in the Makhtesh Ramon. Geological Survey of Israel
Amateur Geology Conference. April 13, Mitzpe Ramon
2004 Climatic Determinism and Social Collapse: A Critique from Archaeology.
Annual Earth Sciences Day of the Israel Geological Society. Weizmann Institute,
Dec. 12.
- The Rise of Desert Cult: The Sacred Precinct at Ramat Saharonim. Yad Ben Zvi:
Religion and Ritual in the Land of Israel. Dec. 16, Jerusalem.
2005 The Sun Cult at Ramat Saharonim. MidreshetSedeBokercoference on Early
Cult in the Desert. 14-15/4. MidreshetSedeBoker.
- Early Shepherds and Rockshelters in the Negev Highlands. Conference on Excavations
and Investigations in Southern Israel. Ben-Gurion University and the Israel Antiquities
Authority, Beersheva, May 5.
- The Development of the Periphery: The Negev as a Case Study. Yad Ben-Zvi “Center
and Periphery in Light of Archaeological Research” Dec. 8.
2006 Production in the Protohistoric Desert. Conference on Techniques and People at the
French Research Center, Jerusalem, Nov. 14-16.
2008 Nomadism in the Longue Durée: An archaeological overview from the Negev
and the southern Levantine deserts. Nomadism in Archaeology, a Symposium, Leiden
University, June 6.
- History Does Not Repeat Itself: Cyclicity and Particularism in Nomad-Sedentary
Relations in the Negev in the Long Term. The Oriental Institute of the University of
Chicago Seminar 5: Nomads, Tribes and the State in the Ancient Near East: CrossDisciplinary Perspectives, April.
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2011 The Time-Space Discontinuum: Scale in the Geography and Chronology of Negev
Archaeology. CNRS Seminar at Nanterre, Discontinuities and Continuties: Theories,
Methods and Proxies for an Historical and Sociological approach to the Evolution of Past
Societies. Jan. 26-28.
- It Ain’t Simple: Patterns of Settlement Dynamics in the 4th Millennium BC in the Negev.
Environmental Network Workshop, Norwich, U.K. Feb. 25-26.
-Pastoralism in the Desert: Rock Shelters and Campsites in the Negev. Symposium on
Mediterranean Archaeology XV, March 3-5, Catania, Sicily
-Archaeology in Israel: A personal perspective. Lecture series delivered to Limmud,
University of Warwick, Dec. 25-29.
2012 Revolutions in the Desert: Perspectives on the Prehistory of the Negev. 32nd Annual
conference of the Land of Israel Studies, Bar-Ilan University, 31/5.
-Egyptian and Levantine Lithic Systems in the 5th through 3rd millennia BC: a brief
summary. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research Symposium “Imports During the
Naqada Period: A workshop Investing Two Sides of Egyptian and Southern Levantine
Phenomenon. Nov. 29.
-The Camel Site: Nomadism in the Desert 5000 Years Ago. Midreshet Sede Boqer
"Conceptions of the Desert in Different Religions" Dec. 7.
- Archaeology: A Personal Perspective. Tel Aviv University Conference “What is
Archaeology? Trends and Current sin Contemporary Archaeological Discourse in Israel.
Dec. 27.
- Respondent, Ethical Perspectives on Archaeology in Israel, 10th Annual Joint
Conference, Ben-Gurion University and the Israel Antiquities Authority, Beersheva Jan.
10.
-Human Cognitive Diversity and Nature Versus Culture: A View from Chipped Stone
Tools. The Dan David Prize Symposium, June 10, 2013, Tel Aviv University.
2013 The Shrines at Ramat Saharonim: Desert Cult in Social Perspective. Workshop
“From the Red Sea to the Gulf”, University of Warsaw, Oct. 18-19.
2015 The Herding Revolution in the Desert: adoption, adaptation and social evolution in
the Negev and Levantine deserts. Workshop: Revolutions, the Neolithicisation of the
Mediterranean Basin, the transition to food producing economies in North Africa and
Southern Europe. Topoi House, Dahlem, Berlin. Oct. 29-31.
b. Presentation of papers at conferences
Rosen, Steven A.
1981 Historic Lithic Assemblages in Israel. The 46th annual meetings of the Society for
American Archaeology, April 30 - May 2, San Diego.
1982 The Transition from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age: A Lithic Perspective.
The 9th annual Israel Archaeological Congress, April 21-22, Jerusalem.
1983 Lithic Implements in the Negev during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
The 10th Annual Israel Archaeological Congress, May 26-27, Jerusalem.
- The Cultural Periphery: Intensive Survey in the Negev Desert. The 48th annual meeting
of the Society for American Archaeology, April 27-30, Pittsburgh.
1985 The Origins of Pastoral Nomadism in the Negev Desert, Israel. The 50th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, May 1-5, 1985, Denver.
1986 Archaeological Evidence for Pastoral Nomadism during Byzantine Times in the
Negev Desert, Israel. The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, April 13-27, 1986, New Orleans.
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- The Analysis of Trade and Craft Specialization in the Chalcolithic Period:
Comparisons from Different Realms of Material Culture. "New Perspectives in Research
on the Chalcolithic Period." March 18, Haifa.
- Boutie, Paul, and Rosen, Steven A. Les Gisements du Paleolithique moyen decouverts
lors de prospections recentes dans le Neguev central. Colloque Franco-Israelien:
Contribution a l'etude de l'evolution de
l'homme au sud Levant: Anthropologie,
Prehistoire, Paleo-environment. Emmaus (Latrun), 7-9 Octobre.
1987 The Edge of the Sown: Byzantine Pastoral Nomadism in the Negev Highlands.
The 13th Archaeological Congress in Israel. Beersheva, Feb. 16-18, 1987.
- The Origins of Craft Specialization: A Lithic Perspective. Second Symposium on Upper
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Populations of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.
Tel Aviv, Sept. 6-10.
1991 Investigations of Classical Period Pastoral Sites in the Negev. 12th Congress of the
International Union of Protohistoric and Prehistoric Sciences, Bratislava, Sept. 1-7.
1993 The Nomadic Periphery: Archaeology of Pastoralists in Late Antiquity in the South
Central Negev. ARAM 2nd International Conference On Cultural Exchange during the
Umayyad Period. Oxford University, Sept 27. - Oct. 1, 1993.
- Learning from the Longue Duree: The Negev Periphery over the Past Six Millennia.
International Conference on Regional Development: The Challenge of the Frontier. The
Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University. EinBokek, Dec. 27-30.
1994 From Byzantium to Islam: Mechanisms of Transition in the Central Negev. Annual
Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, Nov. 1994.
1995 Microlithic Drills from the Camel Site, Mitzpe Ramon. Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995.
1997 The Camel Site and Pastoral Nomadism in the Negev in the Early Bronze Age. The
23rd Archaeological Congress in Israel, Jerusalem, April, 1997/
- The Development of Pastoral Nomadic Systems in the Southern Levantine Periphery: An
Economic Model Based on Archaeological Evidence. Third Annual Meeting of the
European Association of Archaeologists, Ravenna, Sept. 1997.
- The Tyranny of Texts: An Archaeological Rebellion Against the Primacy of Texts in
Defining Archaeological Agendas. Presented at the UCLA-BGU Symposium “Text and
Artifact: Alternative Approaches to Historical Interpretation,” Ben-Gurion University,
Dec. 10-11, 1997.
1998 The Origins of Pastoral Nomadism in the Southern Levant: Anthropological
Perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israel Anthropological Society,
March 18-19, 1998, Beersheva.
- Dissecting the Site: Spatial Analysis of an Epipaleolithic Site in the Central
Negev.
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle,
March 25-29, 1998.
1999 The Rise and Fall of the Desert. Paper presented at the World Archaeology
Congress, Capetown, Jan. 1999.
- The Lithic Workshop at TitrisHoyuk, Eastern Turkey. With Britt Hartenberger. Annual
Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Cambridge, Nov.
2000 The Decline of the Periphery. Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia.
April.
- The Canaanean Blade Workshop at TitrisHoyuk, Eastern Turkey (With Britt
Hartenberger). Annual Meetings of the Israel Prehistoric Society, Jerusalem, Dec.
2001 The Nabateans as Pastoral Nomads: An Archaeological Perspective. British
Museum Conference on the World of the Herods and the Nabateans. April 16-18,
London.
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- The Origins of Pastoral Nomadism in the Negev. Bar-Ilan University Negev
Conference, May 3-5, Tel Aviv.
- The Nabateans as Pastoral Nomads: A View from Archaeology. Settlement,
Civilization and Culture, Conference in Memory of David Alon, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat Gan, May 17.
- Politics, Nationalism, and Prehistoric Archaeological Research in Israel.
Conference on Archaeology, Nationalism, and Religion in Israel and its Neighbors.
Ben-Gurion Heritage Center, MidreshetSedeBoqer, June 17-19.
- The Shrine of the Setting Sun, with Y. Rosen, Annual meetings of the Israel
Prehistoric Society, Dec. 14, Haifa
2002 Activity Areas, Workshops, and Variations on the Theme from a Near
Eastern Lithic Perspective. Paper presented at the 2002 Meetings of the Society
for American Archaeology, Denver.
- A Sacred Landscape. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental
Research. Toronto, Nov. 19-23.
- Preliminary Results of Excavations of the Sun Shrines at Ramat Saharonim,
Annual Meetings of the Israel Prehistoric Society, Beersheva, Dec. 5.
2003 Dung in the Desert. Israel Prehistoric Society Meetings Dec., Tel Aviv U niv.
- Vardi, Y., Hermon, S. and Rosen, S. Microdrill Industries In Negev Sites in the
Chalcolithic, Early Bronze and Middle Bronze I Periods. Paper presented at the
Israel Prehistoric Society Meetings, Dec., Tel Aviv Univ.
2004 The Rise of Desert Cult. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the
British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Reading, March
24-27.
- The Sacred Precinct at Ramat Saharonim. Poster presented at the annual meetings
of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, March 31-April 4.
- Desert Pastoral Nomadism in the Longue Durée: A Case Study from the Negev
and the Southern Levantine Deserts. Paper presented at the Cotsen Institute
Advanced Symposium of Pastoralism, June 21-24, UCLA.
- Segal, I. And Rosen, S.A. Copper Among the Nomads. Annual meetings of the
American Schools of Oriental Research, Nov. 17-20, San Antonio.
- Shugar, A. and Rosen, S.A. Assays in Understanding Sickle Gloss. Annual
Meetings of the Israel Prehistoric Society, Dec. 9, Jerusalem.
- Vardi. Y., Rosen, S.A. and Hermon, S. The Lithic Assemblages of the Early
Bronze Age IV in the Negev Highlands. Annual Meetings of the Israel Prehistoric
Society, Dec. 9, Jerusalem.
2005 Rosen, S.A. Savenitsky, A., Plakht, Y., Kisseleva, N., Khassanov, B.,
Pereladov, A., Haiman, M. and Babenka, A. Dung in the Desert: Preliminary
Results of the Negev Holocene Project. Poster presented at Conference Material
and Bio-Culture in Connection with Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. May 22-23,
Hebrew University, Jersualem.
- Rosen, S.A. Savenitsky, A., Plakht, Y., Kisseleva, N., Khassanov, B., Pereladov,
A., Haiman, M. and Babenka, A. Dung in the Desert: Preliminary Results of the
Negev Holocene Project. Annual Negev Archaeology Conference, May, BenGurion University.
- A Sacred Landscape: The Shrines and Tumulus System at Ramat Saharonim,
Central Negev. Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research,
Philadelphia, Nov. 16-19.
2006 Desert Chronologies and Periodization Systems. ICAANE 5, Madrid, April
4-8, 2006
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- Blood from Stone. Can We really do Ethnicity from Lithics? Annual Meetings of
the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, April 25-30.
-.Nomadic Exploitation in the Negev in the Longue Duree: The Myth of Overgrazing.
Conference on Eurasian Nomads as Agents of Cultural Change. Institute of Advanced
Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 5-8 June.
2007 Assays in Understanding Sickle Gloss. Poster presented at the Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas. April 27-May 1.
- From Hunting to Herding. American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meetings,
San Diego, Nov. 14-17.
2008 Rockshelters in the Negev. Israel Prehistoric Society, Dec. 25. (Poster)
- Rockshelters in the Negev. British Association of Near Eastern Archaeologist, Feb.
(Poster).
2009 The Development of Pastoral Tribes in the Desert: A Case Study from the Negev.
Society for American Archaeology April 22-26, Atlanta Ga.
2010 Lithic Variability Across the Near East: Speculations and Hypotheses. 7ICAANE,
London April 12-16.
- Evolution in the Desert. The Transition from Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze in the
Southern Levant: Continuity and/or Discontinuity. Work of the French Research center in
Jerusalem. Oct. 18-20.
2011 Rosen, S.A., Shugar, A. and Vardi, J. Wear, Attributes, and Types in Sickle Segment
Analysis: Odellian Perspectives. Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, March
30-April 3.
- The Shrines at Ramat Saharonim: the link between Economy an d Cult in the Pottery
Neolithic. Symposium on Economy and Cult in the Prehistory of the Negev. May 5-6, The
Israel Prehistoric Society and Midreshet Sede Boker.
- Lehmann, G. and Rosen, S.A. Iron Age Settlement in the Negev in Light of New
Excavations at Qubur el Walaydeh. Annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental
Research, Nov. 16-19, San Francisco.
2012 Cult and the Rise of Desert Pastoralism. 8ICAANE meetings, Warsaw, April 30May 4.
-The Goody Trade: Layers of Meaning in Desert Exchange. Annual Meeting of the
American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, Nov. 14-18.
- Yegorov, D., Khalaily, H., and Rosen, S.A. The Flint Industry at Beisamun and the
Question of Yarmukian Settlement in the Huleh Valley. Annual Meeting of the Israel
Prehistoric Society, Dec. 13.
2013 Paleoecology of Early Pastoralism in the Negev: Phytolith Tales from the Dung
(A.M.Rosen, E. Reiczyk, and S.A. Rosen). Society for American Archaeology, annual
meeting, Honolulu, April 3-7.
- The Pastoral Nomadic Edge. Society for American Archaeology, annual meeting,
Honolulu, April 3-7.
- Nahal Tsafit: A Middle Timnian Site on the Road between Feinan and Beersheva. Timna
Park International Conference ”Mining for Copper: Environment, Culture and Copper in
Antiquity” April 22-25, Timna, Israel.
- Use-Life, Retouch, and Value: the Economics of Sickle Production (Rosen, S.A., Vardi,
J., and Shugar, A.). Annual Meeting of the Israel Prehistoric Society, Jerusalem, Nov. 28.
2014 Basic Instabilities? Climate and Culture in the Negev over the Long Term. Society
for American Archaeology, annual meeting, April 24-28, Austin.
2015 The Importance of Being Ad Hoc: Patterns and Implications of Expedient Lithic
Production in the Bronze Age in Israel (Manclossi, F, and Rosen, S.A.). 80th annual
meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 15-19, San Francisco.
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c. Seminars at universities and institutions (selected)
1989 The Archaeology of Pastoral Nomadism. Weizmann Institute, Dept. of Geoisotopes
1990 The Neolithic Period in Israel. Tel Aviv University, Institute of Archaeology.
- Lithic Analysis in the Historic Periods in Israel. University of Haifa, Dept. of
Archaeology.
1991 Recent Research in the Archaeology of Pastoralism. Hebrew Union College.
1993 Seminar: Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology and Flint Knapping, Bible Lands
Museum, Jerusalem.
- Origins and Development of Pastoral Nomadism. Seminar given at the Institute of
Archaeology, University of London.
1994 Ancient Bedouin: Toward an Archaeology of Pastoral Nomadism. Seminar and
public lecture given at UCLA under the auspices of the UCLA-BGU academic exchange
program.
- Invited seminars on lithics and archaeology of pastoralism given at Univ. of Calif. at
San Diego, Stanford Univ., Univ. of Durham, Univ. of London, Univ. of Edinburgh,
Univ. of Manchester, and Oxford Univ.
1995 Invited seminars on lithics and the archaeology of pastoralism given at University of
Manitoba, Univ. of Winnipeg, University of Lethbridge, and Harvard University.
- Archaeology and Politics in the Larger Perspective. Seminar sponsored by Yad Ben Zvi
and Ben-Gurion University, on Archaeology and Chauvinism. Dec. 26, 1995.
1996 Invited seminars at Tel Aviv University, University of Lethbridge.
1997 Seminar at the Smithsonian Instituton, Dept. of Anthropology.
1998 American Institute of Archaeology at Berkeley, The Development of Pastoral
Nomadic Systems in the Southern Levantine Periphery; Bible Lands Museum.
1999 Tel Aviv University - Archaeology and the Public, various at UCLA.
2000 Invited seminars at UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Riverside, Los Angeles Museum of
Natural History, University of Arizona, Weizmann Institute and others.
2004 The Rise of Desert Cult: The Sacred Precinct at Ramat Saharonim. Dept. of
Anthropology, University of California at San Diego, Dec. 22.
2005 Invited seminars on nomadism at the Oriental Institute, Free University, Berlin; the
University of Halle; Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
- Three seminars at East Carolina University on Desert Shrines and the History of
Archaeology in Israel.
2006 Invited seminar on the Social Sciences in archaeology, Bar-Ilan University.
2007 The Rise of Desert Cult, Museum of Man, San Diego, Ca., Sept. 23.
2008 Invited seminars at Durham University, UC San Diego, University College London
on pastoralism, lithics, and rockshelters
2009 Invited seminars at University of Oregon, Leipzig University and University of East
Anglia, Norwich, Institute for Advanced Study Hebrew University, Weizmann Institute on
rockshelter research and ancient pastoralism
2010 Invited seminars at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London on
Bronze Age lithic analysis
2011 Invited seminars at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, BarIlan University, on lithic analysis, field methods, pastoralism
2012 Invited seminar at the University of Texas at Austin, on pastoralism, rock shelters
2103 Invited seminars at the University of Texas at Austin, University of California at
Davis, on lithic analysis, pastoralism, Israeli academia
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2014 Invited seminars at the University of Sydney, University of Texas, on lithics,
archaeology of pastoralism
2015 Invited seminars at the University of Texas at Austin on desert environment and
culture. Workshop at the University of California at San Diego
d. conferences and symposia organized
1997 Text and Artifact: Alternative Approaches to Historical Interpretation. A Joint
UCLA-BGU Symposium, Ben-Gurion University, Dec. 10-11.
1999 Annual Meeting of the Israel Prehistoric Society, Ben-Gurion University, Dec. 25.
2002 Annual Meeting of the Israel Prehistoric Society, Ben-Gurion University, Dec. 5.
2004 First Annual Meeting, Archaeology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University, May.
2006 Techniques and People: anthropological perspectives on technology in the
archaeology of the proto-historic and early historic periods in the Southern Levant
(organized with V. Roux), Centre recherché français de Jérusalem, Nov. 14-16.
- Annual Meeting of the Israel Prehistoric Society, BGU, Dec. 21.
2008 ARCANE Workshop on Early Bronze Age Lithic Industries, April 13-16,
Blaubeuren
2010 7ICAANE workshop on Lithic Industries of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Near
East, April 12-16, London.
8. Editorship of scientific journals
a. Mitekufat Haeven - Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society
Associate editor 1985 - 1990
b. The Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society (formerly Mitekufat Haeven)
Editor 2005-2012 (volumes 36-42).
9. Research Grants
1984 - Israel Ministry of Science and Development - Rosen, Steven A.
Archaeological Survey around Makhtesh Ramon
One year
ca. $6000
1988 - Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research - Rosen, Steven A.
Archaeology of Byzantine Pastoral Nomadism
$3000
1988 Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation - Gopher, A. and Rosen, Steven A.
Publication of Mitekufat Haeven
750 pounds sterling
1990 Israel Antiquities Authority - Gilead, I. and Rosen, S.
Salvage Excavations at Abu Matar, Beersheva
300,000 New Shekels
1991 Irene Sala CARE Foundation - Steven A. Rosen
Prehistoric Investigations at Givat Hayil, Negev
$4000
1991 Jo Alon Center for Bedouin Studies - Steven A. Rosen
The Archaeology of Ancient Bedouin
5000 N.S.
1998 American Research Institute in Turkey - Steven A. Rosen
Excavations at the Lithic Workshop at Titris Hoyuk.
$1500
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1998 BGU seed money - Steven A. Rosen
Research at the Camel Site, Mizpe Ramon
15,000 N.S.
1999 Jo Alon Center for Bedouin Studies - Steven A. Rosen
The Sacred Precinct at Ramat Saharonim, Makhtesh Ramon
3000 N.S.
1999 American Research Institute in Turkey - Steven A. Rosen
Continued Excavations at the Lithic Workshop at TitrisHoyuk.
$2500
2002 National Geographic Society – Steven A. Rosen
Excavations at the Sacred Precinct at Ramat Saharonim, Makhtesh Ramon
$17,000
2002-2004 Israel Science Foundation – Steven A. Rosen
Social and Economic Perspectives on the Third Millennium BCE Cultures of the
Negev Highlands: New Research Directions from Lithic Analysis
$75,000
2002-3 Israel Ministry of Science and Development (with Joseph Plahkt)
Paleoecology of the Negev Highlands in the Holocene
$13,000 x 2 years
2005 CARE Foundation for Prehistoric Research
Rock shelter Sediment Analysis and Early Pastoralism
$7000
2007 CARE Foundation for Prehistoric Research
Rock shelter Sediment Analysis and Early Pastoralism (cont.)
$3000
2007-2008 Israel Ministry of Science and Development (with Josef Plahkt)
Rock Shelter analyses
100,000 shekels (over two years)
2007-2008 National Geographic, (with Avinoam Meir),
Geographic Anchors and Sedentarization of the Bedouin around the Ancient City
of Avdat.
$20,000
2010 Green Campus (With Noa Avni)
Summer Camp for Reconstruction of the Camel Site, Mitzpe Ramon
NIS 5000
2010-2012 Israel Science Foundation
Pastoralism, Climate, and Society in the Negev over the Long Term: Investigations
of Dung Layers in Rock Shelters in the Central Negev
$35000 x three years
10. Research Students (includes thesis)
Benjamin Saidel, Ph.D. Harvard University external advisor (completed 1998)
Azriel Gorski, Ph.D. Hebrew University (co-advisor with C. Greenblatt)
(completed 2004)
Yael Abadi, MA BGU (completed 2003)
Hananya Vanda, MA BGU (completed 2005)
Nitzan Amitai-Preiss, Ph.D. BGU (co-advisor with N. Hurvitz, completed 2008)
Yigal Yisrael, MA BGU (completed 2004), Ph.D. BGU (completed 2007),
Tatiana Birovna, MA BGU (completed 2005)
Jacob Vardi, MA BGU (primary advisor with I. Gilead, completed 2005)
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Hans Barnard, Ph.D. Leiden (co-advisor with J. Bintliff) (completed 2008)
Caroline Skelton, MA (University College London) (completed 2004)
Jeffrey Szuchman, Ph.D. (UCLA, on committee, completed 2007)
Yoram Haimi, M.A. BGU (completed 2006)
Davida Degen, Ph.D. BGU (completed 2012)
Ariel Meriot, Ph.D. BGU (co-advisor with A. Meir, completed 2011)
Yuval Ardon, M.A. BGU (completed 2010)
Virpi Holmquist, Ph.D. University College London (external advisor completed
2010)
DmitryYegorov, M.A. BGU (completed 2011) Ph.D. in progress (co-advisor with
O. Marder)
Noé Michael, M.A. BGU (co-advisor with S. Pardo, Political Science, completed
2012)
Nissim Golding, Ph.D. BGU (co-advisor with G. Lehmann, in progress)
Francesca Manclossi, Ph.D. Nanterre and BGU (advisor with Eric Boeda, in
progress)
Amit Melman, MA BGU (co-advisor with Daniella Talmon, Middle Eastern
Studies, in progress)
Tamar Gresser, MA BGU (co-advisor with Gunnar Lehmann, in progress)
Gregory Seriy, MA BGU (in progress)
Elizabeth Hart, Ph.D. University of Virginia (external advisor, in progress).
David Luria, MA Tel Aviv University (co-advisor with A. Fantalkin, in progress)
Roy Galili, MA BGU (co-advisor with Y. Yekutieli, in progress)
Ifat Shapira, MA BGU (co-advisor with Joshua Schmidt, in progress)
Kyle Knabb, Fulbright post-doc (2015-2016, in progress)
11. Present Activities
a. Research in Progress
Excavations at Qubur Walaydeh (with G. Lehmann), a Bronze-Iron Age site in the
western Negev
Analysis
Excavations at the Titris Hoyuk Lithic Workshop, Turkey
Analysis and write-up
Excavations at Nahal Tsafit, an Early Bronze Age Camp near Dimona
Analysis
Central Negev Rockshelters.
Ongoing analyses and write-up
Lithic Analyses of Metal Age assemblages,
Ongoing work
12. Field Experience
2007-2011 Co-director, Excavations at Qubur Walaydeh (with G. Lehmann)
2003-current Director: Negev Rockshelters, Paleoecology and Archaeology
‫‏‬2001
Director: Excavations at Nahal Tsafit.
2000
Director: Excavations at Ramat Saharonim North lithic quarry.
1999-03 Director: Fieldwork at Ramat Saharonim Sacred Precinct, Makhtesh
Ramon.
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1998-9
Co-director: Excavations at the lithic workshop at Titris Hoyuk, general
project directed by G. Algaze and T. Matney.
1992-6
Director: Excavations at the Camel Site, Mitzpe Ramon.
1990-91 Winter: Co-director: Excavations at Abu Matar, with Isaac Gilead.
1990
Summer: Co-director: Survey around Tel Haror, with Eliezer Oren.
1989
Summer: Director: Excavations at G'vaotReved, Central Negev.
1980-1988 Survey archaeologist for Archaeological Survey of Israel, Negev
Emergency Survey.
1988
Winter, Summer: co-Director, with G. Avni: Excavations at N. Oded, Har
Oded, Central Negev.
1987
Winter: Director: Excavations and Surveys, GivatHayil, Western Negev.
1984-1986 Summer-Winter: Co-director with A.N. Goring-Morris: TAHAL Negev
Prehistory Survey.
1983-1985 Summers. Co-director with Dr. Paul Boutie: Negev Mousterian Project.
Collection and analysis of six Mousterian quarry sites.
1983
Winter. Co-director with Mordecai Haiman: Excavations at NahalMitnan
II, a Chalcolithic site in the Negev Highlands.
1982
Fall. Co-director with Iris Eldar: Excavations at HorvatBeter, a
Chalcolithic site in the Beersheva Basin.
Spring. Director: Excavations at KvishHarif, a Late Neolithic site in the
Negev Highlands.
Winter. Co-director with A. Gopher and A.N Goring-Morris: Excavations
at En Qadis, a PPNB site in Sinai.
Winter. Co-director with A.N. Goring-Morris: Ma'aleh Ramon East and
West, two Harifian sites in the Makhtesh Ramon.
1981
Winter. Staff member: Excavations at NahalIssaron, a PPNB site in the
Southern Negev. Project directed by A.N. Goring-Morris.
Winter. Staff member: Excavations at NativhaG'dud, a PPNA site in the
Jordan Valley. Project directed by O. Bar Yosef, and A. Gopher.
1980
Spring. Field supervisor: Excavations at Tell Dor, an historical period tell
on the coastal plain. Project directed by S. Gitin and E Stern.
Summer. Archaeological consultant: Argonne National Labs, Argonne, Il.
Project directed by Andrea Berlin.
Summer. Staff member: Excavations at Rugger's Bottom, Elberton
Georgia. Project directed by D.G. Anderson and J. Schuldenrein, Gilbert
Commonwealth.
1979
Summer. Staff member: Southern Sinai Neolithic Excavations. Project
directed by O. Bar-Yosef.
Summer. Staff member: HaYonim Cave excavations. Project directed by O.
Bar-Yosef.
Summer. Counselor: Tell Michal excavations. Project directed by Z.
Herzog.
1978
Summer. Counselor: Tell Lachish excavations. Project directed by D.
Ussishkin.
1977
Summer. Volunteer: Excavations at La Riera, paleolithic and mesolithic cave
site in northern Spain.Project directed by G.A. Clark Straus.
1975
Fall. Staff member: Calabria Survey in southern Italy. Project directed by
A. Ammerman. Also served as lithic analyst.
1974
Summer. Volunteer: Monte Leone Excavations, northern Italy. Project
directed by A. Ammerman.
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1973
Summer. Volunteer: Tell Sheva Excavations. Project directed by Y.
Aharoni.