Andrea M. Berlin is an archaeologist and the James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

. She also holds a faculty position in the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University. Before that she held positions at academic institutions, among which were (from 2004 to 2010) the Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

. She received her PhD in 1988 from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. Berlin is an expert in the archaeology and history of the

Achaemenid The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the large ...

Hellenistic In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...

, and

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

East, with an emphasis on

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porce ...

. She has published widely on the archaeology of

Second Temple Judaism Second Temple Judaism is the Judaism, Jewish religion as it developed during the Second Temple period, which began with the construction of the Second Temple around 516 BCE and ended with the Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), destruction of Jerusalem in ...

and the

archaeology of Israel The archaeology of Israel is the study of the archaeology of the present-day Israel, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history. The ancient Land of Israel was a geographical bridge between the political and cultu ...

. Berlin has been assistant director of Tel Anafa and

Banias Banias (; ; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: , etc.; ), also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fle ...

excavations and a co-director of the excavations at Tel Kedesh (all in northern Israel). Berlin is the initiator and, since 2012, the main editor of the Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP), which is an open database of ceramics produced in the Levantine region. The

Archaeological Institute of America The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America, North America's oldest learned society and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. AIA professionals have carried out archaeological fieldwork around the world and ...

awarded Berlin their highest honor, the

Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement The Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement is awarded by the Archaeological Institute of America in "recognition of a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to archaeology through his or her fieldwork, publications ...

for 2025.

Books

* Berlin, Andrea and Kosmin, Paul, eds (2021): ''The Middle Maccabees: Archaeology, History, and the Rise of the Hasmonean Kingdom'' * Berlin, Andrea and Kosmin, Paul, eds (2019): ''Spear-Won Land: Sardis from the King's Peace to the Peace of Apamea'' * Berlin, Andrea, and Sharon C. Herbert, eds (2012) ''Tel Anafa II, ii. Glass Vessels, Lamps, Objects of Metal, and Groundstone and Other Stone Tools and Vessels.'' Kelsey Museum Fieldwork Studies, Ann Arbor, MI. * Berlin, Andrea (2006) ''Gamla. Final Reports, Volume I: The Pottery of the Second Temple Period. ''Israel Antiquities Authority'' ''Reports 29. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem. * Berlin, Andrea, and Sharon C. Herbert, eds (2003) ''Excavations at Coptos (Qift) (1988–1992)''. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 53. Portsmouth, RI. * Berlin, Andrea, and J. Andrew Overman, eds (2002) ''The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History, and Ideology''. Routledge, London. * Berlin, Andrea (1997) ''Excavations at Tel Anafa, vol. II,i. The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Plain Wares.'' Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 10.2. Portsmouth, RI.

References

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