Dr. Nava Panitz-Cohen received her Ph.D. in archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she is a researcher and lecturer. She is also the editor of the Qedem Monograph series of the Institute of Archaeology and the Israel Exploration Journal of the Israel Exploration Society. She has excavated with Prof. Amihai Mazar at Tel Batash, Tel Beth Shean, and Tel Rehov, and has participated in the publication of the final reports of those excavations. Currently, she co-directs the excavations at Tel Abel Beth-Maacah in northern Israel. Her research interests include Bronze and Iron Age ceramics and ceramic technology.