Aaron A. Burke

Asst. Prof. of Archaeology of Ancient Israel & the Levant

Office: 382 Humanities
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1511

310.206.7218 - phone
310.206.6456 - fax

burke@humnet.ucla.edu     Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D., MA. Near Eastern Archaeology, The University of Chicago, 2004

B.A.s, Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies and Ancient Languages, Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL), 1996

UCLA UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Jerusalem, the Holy City (ANE 10W)

Archaeology and Religion of Ancient Israel (ANE 162)

From the Patriarchs to the Rabbis (JewSt/Hist M182A)

Fiat Lux Seminar: Warfare in the Ancient Near East and Its Modern Implications (ANE 19)

 

UCLA GRADUATE COURSES (ANE 230)

Archaeology of the Amorites in the Levant

Archaeology of Warfare in the Ancient Near East

Archaeology of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Levant

Archaeology of the Iron II Levant

Ceramics of the Levant

Archaeology of Late Bronze Age Ugarit

Archaeology of the Phoenicians

History and Historiography of the Levant

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Specialization: Bronze Age Archaeology of the Levant; Archaeology of Ancient Israel; Hebrew Bible and Archaeology

Competence: Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History; Northwest Semitics

Research Interests: Ancient Near Eastern Warfare; State Formation; Phoenicians; GIS and Archaeology

 

Ongoing Research Projects

 

AFFILIATIONS

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

Center for Jewish Studies


UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
415 Portola Plaza, 378 Humanities Building, Mail code 151105 • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1511 •  Phone: (310) 825-4165