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Amir Bar received a B.A. in Geography and Environmental Development (2013) from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, followed by an M.A. in Maritime Civilizations (2017) from the Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa.
His M.A. thesis, supervised by Prof. Yossi Mart and Dr. Deborah Cvikel, focused on archaeological and petrographic investigation of bricks and ballast stones from the Tower of Flies shipwreck in Akko. The research was published here.
Amir has been involved in numerous underwater archaeological excavations and surveys, and was a team leader on the Maʻagan Mikhael B Shipwreck underwater excavations (seasons 2016–2019)
Currently he is a PhD student in the Marine Geoscience department, supervised by Dr. Revital Bookman and Dr. Dov Zviely (Faculty of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center).
Current research
Supervisors: Dr R. Bookman and Dr Dov Zviely
The PhD research is focused on beachrock along the Mediterranean coast of Israel (types, formations, depositional environments and their use as sea-level markers), and deals with Holocene beach rocks that formed since the relative stabilization of sea level, mostly along the Carmel and Sharon coastal plains. The work includes mapping, petrographic description, and luminescence signals analysis of the BR column, in terms of temporal stages, together with morphodynamic observations.
Since May 2019, Amir is a research assistant at the geomorphology and portable luminescence laboratory, directed by Dr. Joel Roskin, Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies. Since December 2017, Amir works as excavation instructor in the Israel Antiquities Authority. Amir coordinates, together with Dr. Daniel Sher, Dr. Tsvia Gildor, and Ziv Zemah-Shamir, an academy–community outreach project of the marine sciences school. Amir volunteers in "Deep in My Heart" – a diving project for youth with special needs (since 2017). Amir is married to Lital Shakruka Bar. He enjoys running on the beach, and plays in a band.
Leon H. Charney school of marine sciencesRoom 268, Multi Purpose Bldg., University of Haifa199 Aba Koushy Ave., Mount Carmel, Haifa 3498838, IsraelPhone: 972-4-8288792 | rbookman@univ.haifa.ac.il
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