Living on the edge of the Empire
Dr. Noe Michael
uni-koeln.deResearch Interests
- Settlement patterns, population shifts and settlement archaeology from Classical antiquity to the Early Medieval Period in the eastern Mediterranean
Detailed information
Projects
2023 – 2025 „Living on the edge of the Empire: rural settlements in the Negev Desert in late antiquity as a model for rural societies in the Near East during the Byzantine-Islamic Transition”
Curriculum Vitae
- 2007 - 2013 Studies in Classical, Byzantine and Provincial Roman Archaeology at the University of Fribourg and Leiden University.
- 08/2013 Master of Arts in Archaeology, Leiden University
- 2009 bis 2014 Educational field projects (excavations and surveys) in Switzerland and Israel.
- 2013 – 2014 Internships at the Classical World department of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden and the Fricktaler Museum in Rheinfelden.
- Since 01.2015 Archaeologist, Israel Antiquities Authority. Directing archaeological excavations and surveys, mainly in the Negev Desert, Hellenistic to late Islamic sites.
- 09/2018 bis 09/2021 Israel Antiquities Authority PhD Fellowship
- 05/2022 Ph.D. in Archaeology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel. Thesis title: Settlement Patterns in the Northern Negev from the Hellenistic through the Early Islamic Periods.
- 2022-2023 Associate Fellowship, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem.
- Since 07.2023 Post-Doc Fellow of the Minerva Stiftung. Research residency at the Institute of Classical Archaeology. University of Cologne, Germany. (Hosted by Prof. Michael Heinzelmann)
Publications
Books
- Michael, N.D. (2022). Settlement Patterns in the Northern Negev from the Hellenistic through the Early Islamic Periods. Heidelberg: Propylaeum. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1121
- Taxel, I., and Michael, N.D. (forthcoming). Khirbat ‘Amra: A rural site from the Hellenistic to the Early Islamic periods in the Beersheba Valley. Jerusalem: IAA Reports. (angenommen; in Druckvorbereitung)
Journal articles and book chapters
- Michael, N.D. (forthcoming). Metal Finds: Weapons, Tools, Jewelry and other Artifacts. In S. Münger (ed.), Kinneret II, 2: The Early Iron Age. Wiesbaden.
- Michael, N.D. (forthcoming). Byzantine population of Be’er Sheva, land use, and the connection between settlements in the northern Negev. In S. Rosen, D. Varga, and Y. Tchekhanovets (eds.) Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel, Collected Papers, Vol. 6. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority.
- Shmueli, O., Kogan-Zehavi, E., and Michael, N.D. (forthcoming). From Christianity to Islam - Changes and Continuity from the Late Byzantine to the Early Islamic period. Preliminary results from the excavation in Rahat. In S. Rosen, D. Varga, and Y. Tchekhanovets (eds.) Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel, Collected Papers, Vol. 6. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority (Hebrew).
- Wieler, N., Michael, N.D., Shmueli, O., Kogan-Zehavi, E., Tepper, Y., and Asscher, Y. (forthcoming). Geological constraints of ancient runoff agriculture in the Negev. In S. Rosen, D. Varga, and Y. Tchekhanovets (eds.) Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel, Collected Papers, Vol. 6. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority.
- Michael, N.D. (forthcoming). Be’er Sheva’ and its Hinterland during the Byzantine Period. In O. Sion, Y. Tepper, N. Shemesh and A. Wiegman. The Negev settlements in the Byzantine period and the agricultural systems around them.
- Michael, N.D., and Ganor, S. (forthcoming). The Ancient Roman Necropolis South of Tel Ashqelon. Jerusalem: JERI/Atiqot.
- Michael, N.D. (forthcoming). An Engraved Mercury Gemstone from the Roman Necropolis of Tel Ashqelon. Jerusalem: JERI/Atiqot.
Excavation reports
- Michael, N.D. (2017). Beer Sheva Nahal Beqa. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 129. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D. (2017). Mezad Boqeq. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 129. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D. (2017). Nahal Beer Sheva. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 129. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D. (2017). Hiran. HA-ESI, Vol. 129. Jerusalem.
- Peretz, I., and Michael, N.D. (2017). Netivot, Horbat Bohu. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 129. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D. (2018). Ashqelon. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 130. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D. (2018). Beʼer Sheva, Ha-Gedudim Street. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 130. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D., and Lect Ben Ami, N. (2019). Ashqelon, Agamim Neighborhood. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 131. Jerusalem.
- Ganor, S., and Michael, N.D. (2019). Tel Ashqelon, Tomb. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 131. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D., and Erickson-Gini, T. (2020). Ashqelon, Kh. Khisas. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 132. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D., and Tepper, Y. (2021). Be’er Sheva, Mazliah Intersection. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 133. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D. (2021). Tel Qeshet. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 133. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D., and Erickson-Gini, T. (2022). Netivot, Horvat Bohu. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 134. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D., Shmueli, O., Kogan-Zehavi, E., Aladjem, D.A., Dobrinin, A., Kapranov, I., and Shatil, A. (2022). Rahat (South), Section 10. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 134. Jerusalem.
- Michael, N.D., Shmueli, O., Kogan-Zehavi, E., Aladjem, D.A., Kapranov, I., Montagu A., and Vasiutin J. (2023). Rahat (South), Section 13. Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Vol. 135. Jerusalem.
Encyclopedia Entries
- Erickson-Gini, T., and Michael, N.D. (2019). Mampsis. Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. Vol. 17. Pp. 637-639.
- Michael, N.D., and Shmueli, O. (2019). Mar Saba. Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. Vol. 17. Pp. 862-864.
- Atkinson, K., Michael, N.D., Shmueli, O., and Tearosh, E. (2021). Modein. Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. Vol. 19. Pp. 539-546.