David Lipovitch
Instructor, Archaeology and Heritage Studies
dlipovitch@wlu.ca
416-318-9197
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Arts
David Lipovitch is an expert in ancient Near East, Hebrew and Old Testament and zooarchaeology.
Areas of Expertise
- Ancient History (Greek, Roman, Near East)
- Archaeology
- Religion
Biography
I received a BA in Anthropology (Archaeology) and Syro-Palestinian Studies from the University of Toronto in 1989. I earned my PhD in Hebrew Bible and Archaeology from Harvard University in 1999. My dissertation examined the animal remains from the Achaemenid Persian Period at the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, Israel.In addition to my positions at Laurier, I am a Research Associate in the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations department at the University of Toronto and the Senior Zooarchaeologist for their excavations at Tell Tayinat, Turkey.
Research interests
- Zooarchaeology
- Ancient weights & measures
- Hebrew Bible
- Neo-Hittites
- Iron age Israel
Languages
- English
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- French (Reading)
- German (Reading)