Archaeology of Israel in the Iron Age
The history of Israeli archaeology
Pottery analysis
Economy and society of ancient Israel
Dr. Hayah Katz
Senior Lecturer,
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Land of Israel Studies B.A, Land of Israel studies M.A
Areas of Expertise
Selected Courses
Archeology and Politics
Studies in the History of the Kingdom Judah: The Shephelah, the Highlands, and the Negev
Main Aspects of the Pottery of Iron Age II
Archaeological Museums in Israel
Additional Roles
Head, the Dept. of Land of Israel Studies
Acting Chair, The Zev Vilnay Chair for the Study of the Knowledge of Land of Israel (‘Yediath Ha’Aretz’) and its Archaeology
Selected Publications
- Katz, H. 2023. The Changing Landscape of Israeli Archaeology: Between Hegemony and Marginalization. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Katz, H. 2011. Ruth Amiran: A Biography. Haifa: Pardes. (Hebrew)
- Katz, H. 2008. A Land of Corn and Wine … a Land of Olive-Trees and of Honey: The Economy of Judah Kingdom in the First Temple Period. Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi. (Hebrew)
- Katz, H. and Gootfriend, H. 2023. Archaeology, Education and the Israeli Public. Israel Exploration Journal 74: 120-135.
- Pagelson, Y., Katz, H. and Goren, Y. 2022. The Geopolitics of the Upper Galilee at the Dawn of the Iron Age: A Petrographic Study of Mt. Adir. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01462-6.
- Katz, H. 2021. Mt. Adir: An Iron I Polity in the Upper Galilee?. Tel-Aviv 48: 171–
- Faust, A., Katz, H., Sapir, Y., Avraham, A., Sadiel-Gugenheim, T., Bar-Oz, G., Weiss, E., Auman-Chazan, H., Vilnay, O., Tsesarsky, M., Pariente, S. and Mastai, I. 2017. The Birth, Life and Death of an Iron Age House at Tel ‘Eton, Israel: A Preliminary Report. Levant 49: 136–173.
- Katz, H. and Faust, A. 2014. The Chronology of the Iron Age IIA in Judah in Light of Tel ‘Eton Tomb C3 and Other Assemblages. Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research 371: 103–127.
- Katz, H. 2012. ‘He Shall Bathe in Water; Then He Shall Be Pure’: Must He Immerse?. Vetus Testamentum 62: 369–380.
- Katz, H. 2008. The Ship from Uluburun and the Ship from Tyre: An International Trade Network in the Ancient Near East. Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins 124: 128–142.