Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology
| Other name | Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology |
|---|---|
| Founder | Yohanan Aharoni |
| Established | 1968 |
| Director | Yuval Gadot |
| Staff | 34 (as of 2024) |
| Location | , |
| Coordinates | 32°06′43.4″N 34°48′16.3″E / 32.112056°N 34.804528°E |
| Website | en-humanities |
The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, known also as Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology, is a research facility at the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities. Founded in 1968 by Yohanan Aharoni, the institute sponsors interdisciplinary and international fieldwork and research projects on ancient human societies of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean Sea. Fieldwork includes archaeological excavation and survey in key sites scattered all over Israel from prehistoric, biblical and classical periods. It is currently headed by Yuval Gadot (as of 2024).
The institute operates a library and a number of labs and studios for documentation, restoration and conservation of archaeological material as well specialized research labs such as zooarchaeology, archaeometallurgy, archaeomagnetism, paleoethnobotany, paleoecology, Archaeoparasitology ceramic petrography and computational archaeology.
The Publication Department of the Institute provides printed and online framework for the publication of excavation reports and research, through four-book series and through Tel Aviv: The Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.