Jan Gunneweg

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Jan Gunneweg, is a member of the Institute of Archaeology of the Humanities Facualty of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He began research at the University in 1977 completing his PhD in the institution in 1981. He became a Lecturer in 1983, and Senior Lecturer in 1988. His major research interest is in discovering the place of manufacture of pottery and parchment through the use of neutron activation analysis. He has been particularly interested in finding the point of origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the jars that contained them. Other interests include the place of origin of Iron Age pottery associated with the first Iron Age settlements in the Israel highlands and the Mycenaean IIIA Chariot Krater, found at Tel Dan.