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Andrea M. Berlin is the James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology and Professor of Archaeology and Religion at Boston University, serving as Interim Director of the Archaeology Program. Since 1973, she has conducted excavations across the eastern Mediterranean, including projects at Troy (Turkey) and Coptos (Egypt), focusing on the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, and Roman eras. Her research emphasizes daily life under ancient empires and intersections of political/cultural change. Current projects include publishing the Persian-period excavations at Tel Kedesh (Israel) and a book on materiality in Second Temple Judaism.
Educated at the University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1988), her expertise spans ceramic studies, Second Temple Judaism, and Levantine archaeology. Her excavations at Tel Kedesh (co-directed since 1997) and Coptos (1988-1992) have produced major publications, including Tel Kedesh: Persian Period Levels and The Middle Maccabees.
- Awards: 2021 P.E. MacAllister Award, NEH Senior Fellowship (2010-11), AIA Teaching Excellence Award (2009).
- Editorial Roles: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Tel Aviv.
- Teaching: Award-winning mentorship, emphasizing archaeological methodology and computational approaches.
Her work bridges fieldwork, material culture analysis, and interdisciplinary scholarship, with a focus on reconstructing ancient socio-political dynamics through archaeological evidence.
