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Amir Gorzalczany Curriculum Vitae Personal Organization: Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Last update: 12/04/2018 Amir Gorzalczany Curriculum Vitae Personal Organization: Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). Position: Senior Research Archaeologist and Scientific Processing Branch. Department: IAA Publications Department Address: 12 Lavanda St. 6602919 - Tel Aviv, Israel. E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.antiquities.org.il http://antiquities.academia.edu/AmirGorzalczany Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-6776 Phone: +972-3-5414749 (office); +972-52-4284429 (cell) Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Languages: Spanish (mother tongue), English, Hebrew, Portuguese (fluent), French (reading). Education • Ph. D. Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, thesis topic: “Industry and Urban Planning in the City of Ramla: Economy and Technology in Palestine during the Early Islamic Period, ca. 634 – 1099 CE”. Thesis advisors: Prof. Yuval Goren, Prof. Moshe Fischer & Prof. Amikam Elad. Graduated 2015. • MA Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, thesis topic: "Ceramic Industry and Foreign Relations of Selected Persian Period Sites in Israel, Petrographic Research". Thesis advisors: Prof. Yuval Goren & Prof. Ze'ev Herzog. Graduated 2003 (Cum Laude). • BA Major: Archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology and Ancient Near East, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. Minor: 1 Classical Studies, Art in the Ancient near East and History of the People of Israel. Graduated 1989 (Cum Laude). • Two years studies in the Avshalom Institute. Focus on history, archaeology, geomorphology, material culture of the Land of Israel, botany and history of the settlement of Israel in the Modern Age. Awards and grants • Israeli Parliament (Knesset) excellence award to outstanding students (1989). • Annual Excellence Award (Central District) of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2002). • Participation in the Scientific Exchange Program of the Österrreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2004). • Annual National Excellence Award of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2010). • Participation as invited lecturer in the Raíces (Roots) Program, in the framework of the Cesar Milstein Subsidy of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina, through a joint venture of the UCA (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina), UBA (Buenos Aires University), UNLP (National University of La Plata), IMHICIHU (Multidisciplinary Institute of History and Human Sciences and CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) (2011). • Head of the Israeli Delegation in the Mexican – Israeli Symposium "Archeology, Patrimony and Identity, Challenges Towards the 21st Century" organized by the IAA and the INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia), by appointment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City, Mexico (June 2011). 2 Professional and administrative positions • 2017 – Present: Scientific Processing Branch and Publications Department of the IAA • 2015 - 2017: Senior Research Archaeologist with the Survey Excavations and Research Department of the IAA • 2015 - 2017: Scientific Processing Branch of the IAA - Partial time. • 2009 - 2015: Academic Supervisor of the Central Region in the IAA. • 2001-2009: Research Archaeologist with the Central IAA Region. • 1998: Tel Aviv District Interim Archaeologist. • 1992-2001: Tel Aviv District and Rehovot Sub-District Antiquities Inspector. • 1991-1992: Excavator with the IAA Excavations and Surveys Department. Editorial work and professional memberships • 2015 - Present: Senior Researcher in the CEHAO (Center of Historical Research for the Ancient East), Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). • 2004 -2012: Member of the Editorial Board of Antiguo Oriente, the scholarly journal of the CEHAO (Center of Historical Research for the Ancient East), Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). • Researcher in the PICT (Proyecto de Investigación Científica y Técnica) Raíces 2011-0552 Project on behalf of the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, (Ministry of Science and Technology) – Argentina. • 2013 - 2015: Junior Researcher in the CEHAO (Center of Historical Research for the Ancient East), Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). 3 • 2007 – 2011: Member of the Program Committee of the MSI (Millennium Science Initiative Program) on behalf of the Ministry of Planning (MIDEPLAN), Government of Chile (Santiago - Chile). • Member of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Association of Israel (MEISAI). Teaching experience • “Archaeology of the Early Islamic Period in Israel”, combined UCA (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina) and UBA (Buenos Aires University) post-graduate seminar carried out during April – May 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Varia • 2005 - 2015: Member of the Work Safety Committee of the IAA as Safety Representative of the Central Region. • 2010: Basic course "Workplace Safety Trustee" (Institute for Safety and Health in Israel – Ministry of Industry). Field archaeology and excavation experience (Excavations carried out on behalf of the IAA unless stated otherwise). 1986: Participation as student in the Nahal Grar Project (Ben Gurion University of the Negev). 1987: Participation as student in the Tel Haror excavation (Ben Gurion University of the Negev). Research Assistant in the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. 1988: Participation in the Tel Haror excavations, surveying and drawing works (Ben Gurion University of the Negev). 1990: Participation in the Kissufim Road excavation. 4 1991: Participation in the Horbat Gelilot (Herzliyya) excavation. Area supervisor in the Tirat HaCarmel excavation. Area supervisor in the Jerusalem Third Wall excavation. 1992: Area supervisor in the Caesarea IAA Project. Participation in the Tel Hefer excavation (combined IAA – State University of New York project). 1993: Director of the Kh' Hadra excavation. Participation in the survey and excavations of caves in the Northern Judean Desert. 1994: Director of the Kh' El Ajjuri (Ge’alya) excavation. Participation in the Jaffa excavation. Participation in the Modi'in IAA project. 1995: Director of the Sarafand el-Kharab (Nes Ziyyona) excavation. Director of the Ramat Aviv (Tel Qasile, Hellenistic site) excavation. Director of the Nir Gallim excavation. 1996: Co-director (with Jonathan Rand) of the Tel Michal (Northern Cliff) IAA excavation. Director of the Habanai St. (Holon) excavation. 1997: Director of the Sheik Muennis (Tel Aviv) excavation. Director of the Ramat Aviv (Tel Qasile, Hellenistic site) excavation (second season). Director of the Ramat Aviv (Tel Qasile, Hellenistic site) excavation (third season). 1998: Director of the Shoham excavation (C Hill - burial cave) Director of the Or Yehuda (Kfar ‘Anna) excavation. Director of the Rishpon excavation (burial cave). 1999: Director of the Ramat Aviv (Tel Qasile, Hellenistic site) excavation (fourth season). 2001: Probe excavation at Castra (Haifa). Director of the Gezer - Ramla aqueduct (Qanat Bint el-Kafr) excavation. Director of the Na'an (Cross Israel Highway) excavation. 5 Director of the 'Einot Shuni (Site 18) excavation. Director of the Horbat Bareket (Regavim) trial excavation. Area Supervisor in the 'Einot Shuni Quarry excavation. 2002: Director of the Horbat Bareket (Regavim) salvage excavation. Director of the Horbat Gilan Quarry (Tel Assawir cemetery) excavation. Co-director (with Diego Barcan) of the Holot Yavneh excavation. Director of the Horbat Kosit East (Site 9 Cross Israel Road) excavation. Co-director (with Ahmed 'Ouda) of the Nahal Hedera South (Site 10 Cross Israel Road) excavation. 2003: Director of the Horbat Kosit South excavation. Area supervisor in the Jaffa Excavation (Ganor Compound). Director of the Rishon Leziyyon Sands excavation. Co-director (with Jacob Sharvit) of the Horbat Gilan (Tel Assawir cemetery) excavation. Co-director (with Martin Peilstöcker) of the Jaffa (Ganor Compound) excavation. 2004: Director of the Hashikma St. (Kfar Saba East) excavation. Director of the Jaffa (Ganor Compound, Area D) excavation. Director of the Horbat Ptorah (Area G) excavation. Area supervisor in the Horbat Burnat (Modi'in Industrial Area) excavation. Director of the Mahane Yehuda (Petah Tikvah) excavation. Director of the Ramla South (431 Road; Areas A, B, C) trial excavation. 2005: Area supervisor in the el-Khirbe West (Na'an) excavation. Director of the Palmahim (Chalcolithic Cemetery) excavation. Participation in the underwater survey of the Haifa Bay. Co-director (with Gerald Finkielsztejn) of the 'Ein Tut excavation. Area Supervisor in the Gan Soreq excavation. Director of the Ramla South (431 Road, Area C) excavation. 2006: Director of the Horbat Hamim (Modi'in) excavation. 6 Director of the Ramla South (431 Road; Areas B1; C1, D) excavation. Director of the Jaffa (Ganor Compound) excavation. Director of the Ramla – Gezer aqueduct and cemetery (Qanat Bint el-Kafr) excavation. Director of the Gealya (Kh’ el-Ajjuri) trial excavation. Director of the Ramla South (Matzliah - Road 2, Area D) excavation. Director of the Katzir ('Ar'ara) excavation. 2007: Director of the Gealya (Kh’ el-Ajjuri) salvage excavation. Co-director (with Martin Peilstöcker) of the Jaffa Batei Gan excavation. Director of the Ramla South (Road to Matzliah project, Areas E1, E2) salvage excavation. Director of Ramla South (Matzliah – Road 2 project, Areas C1, D) salvage excavation. Director of the Ramla South Matzliah (open public spaces project, Areas B1, C1, D) salvage excavation. Director of the Azor salvage
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