The Archaeology of Psychotropic Substances in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia

The Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology welcomes you to a brown bag lecture with Dr. David Ilan. The talk is titled, “The Archaeology of Psychotropic Substances in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia.” When: Tuesday, November 17Time: 12 – 1 p.m. MTLocation: Jessor Building, Room 155Zoom option available, email [email protected] for passcode. About the Speaker: Dr. David Ilan is Director Emeritus of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College’s Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem. An accomplished archaeologist, Dr. Ilan has participated in excavations at several significant archaeological sites, including Tel Arad, Tel Dan, and Tel Megiddo. He previously taught at Tel Aviv University and served as the Zemsky Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at Johns Hopkins University. His research spans the archaeology of the southern Levant, ancient burial practices, early Iron Age Israel, community archaeology, and the illicit antiquit...