Restoring ancient daily life
Ethnicity and culture in archaeological finds
Restoring ancient environments
Dr. Ram Bouchnick
Lecturer,
Land of Israel Studies Department
B.A. in Land of Israel Studies, M.A. in Land of Israel Studies
Areas of Expertise
Selected Courses
Human and other animals: human and animal relations in the light of the domestication revolution
Landscape and Environmental Archaeology
Scientific methods in archaeology
Israel Wildlife
Selected Publications
1. Bouchnick, R. 2018. Stocking or Abandonment: Wild Boar Remains Deposited in an Early Islamic Context (Accumulation 2626) at Tel Ḥevron. Judea and Samaria Research Studies, 27(1): 59-75.*
2. Bouchnick, R. 2018. Jerusalem, the Old City: The Faunal Remains. In K. Raphael. Jerusalem, The Old City. Hadashot Arkheologiyot Excavations and Surveys in Israel (Special Journal Issues) 130:1-29. IAA. http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/images//Shone-Halakhot-zoo.pdf.
3. Bouchnick, R. 2017. Changes in Meat Dissection Pattern in Late Second Temple Judea as a Cultural Roman Marker on Jewish Ritual Cuisine. Michmanim, 26:43-56, Haifa University (Hebrew).
4. Bouchnick, R. 2013. From Daily Life to Ritual in the Late Second Temple Period: Comparing Qumran and Jerusalem City Dump Assemblages. In: M. Bilig (ed.) Judea and Samaria Research studies, 22:135-150 (Hebrew).
5. Shtainberg Finali, D. and Bouchnick, R. 2022. The Fauna Remains from NaḤal ‘Anava, Modi‘in. ‘Atiqot 107:251-262.
6. Shtainberg Finali, D. and Bouchnick, R. 2022. The Faunal Remains from Ramla. ‘Atiqot 108:429-443.
7. Hartman, G., Bar-Oz, G., Bouchnick, R., and Reich, R. 2013. The pilgrimage Economy of Early Roman Jerusalem (1st century BCE – 70 CE) reconstructed from the δ15N and δ13C values of goat and sheep remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40:4369-4376.
8. Bouchnick, R. Bar-Oz, G. and Reich, R. 2021. Chapter 28: The Faunal Remains from Area L. In (Bocher, E. ed.) Excavations in the City of David, Jerusalem (1995-2010) Areas A, J, F, H, D, and L Final Report by Reich, R. and Shukron, E. Ancient Jerusalem Publications I, pp. 487-494.
9. Bouchnick, R. 2020. Chapter 26: The Faunal Remains From Strata V-I (Giv‘ati Parking Lot). (Ben-Ami, D. and Tchekhanovets, Y. eds.) Jerusalem: Givati Parking Lot II (IAA Reports 66) pp. 865-896.
10. Bouchnick, R. 2017. Chapter 15: Analysis of the faunal remains. In (Eisenberg, E. and Ben-Shlomo, D. eds.) The Tel Ḥevron 2014 Excavations. Final Report. Ariel University Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, Number 1. Ariel: Ariel University Press, pp. 415-428.