Ruth Amiran

Ruth Amiran
Born December 8, 1914
Yavne'el, Ottoman Empire
Died December 14, 2005
Jerusalem
Resting place Har HaMenuchot
Occupation Archaeologist
Known for Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land
Awards Israel Prize

Ruth Amiran (Hebrew: רות עמירן; 1914 – December 14, 2005), née Brandstetter, 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 Galilee area of the Ottoman Empire. In 1908 her father Yehezkel Brandshteter had immigrated from Tarnów in Poland (Galicia) to the area, where he married her mother Devora in 1913. She went to school in Haifa 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 Israel Prize in 1982.

Further reading

  • Katz, Hayah. "Ruth Amiran". Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology. Brown University.
  • Hess, Orna. "Ruth Amiran". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive.
  • Ornan, Tali. "Ruth Amiran 1914-2005". SBL Forum. Society of Biblical Publications.
  • "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1982 (in Hebrew)".

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