Ruth Amiran (; ; December 8, 1914 – December 14, 2005) was an Israeli archaeologist whose book ''Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land: From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age'' which was published in 1970 is a standard reference for archaeologists working in Israel. Ruth Amiran was born in the moshava Yavne'el in the

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area of the

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. In 1908 her father Yehezkel Brandshteter had immigrated from

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in Poland (Galicia) to the area, where he married her mother Devora in 1913. She went to school in

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and became later in 1933 one of the first students of Archeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She excavated alongside Judith Marquet-Krause at et-Tell.

Awards

Amiran received the

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in 1982.

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1914 births 2005 deaths Jewish Israeli writers Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israel Prize women recipients Israel Prize in Land of Israel studies recipients Israeli people of German-Jewish descent Israeli women scientists Israeli women archaeologists 20th-century Israeli archaeologists 20th-century Israeli women writers Burials at Har HaMenuchot {{Israel-bio-stub

Awards

Further reading

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