Uri Davidovich

is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher within the Israel Cave Research Center (ICRC) for more than two decades. His research interests include the development of early complex societies in the southern Levant, and the formation and transformation of cultural landscapes in marginal areas, including desert regions, cliffs, and caves. His current research projects include: Late prehistoric refuge in cliff caves in the Judean Desert during the late prehistory; The emergence of Dead Sea oases during the first millennium BCE; and Human activity patterns in south Levantine complex caves.