Nadia Ben-Marzouk

Lecturer of Classics and Archaeology Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Biography

Nadia Ben-Marzouk is an archaeologist and social historian of the ancient East Mediterranean. Her research focuses on innovation and systems of craft production, examining the organization and power dynamics of production, the identities, knowledge and skillsets of producers, and the various contexts in which production-related knowledge and practice were learned and transmitted. Her work is currently investigating the emergence of early writing systems in the region, centering on the ways in which script formation intersected with craft knowledge, visual culture, and interregional exchange.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

PhD

Levantine Archaeology

2020

University of California, Los Angeles

MA

Levantine Archaeology

2013

Hunter College

BA

Classical Archaeology and Anthropology

2010

Areas of Expertise

East Mediterranean archaeology
Craft production systems
techological innovation
Early writing systems
Miniature art & glyptic
Migration & identity

Affiliations

  • American Society of Overseas Research

Research Grants

National Endowment for the Humanities

W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research

2024-06-01

Project: “Crafting Communities into Contact: Contextualizing Glyptic Interconnections in the Levant, Egypt, and Aegean (ca. 2500-1500 BCE)”

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Courses

Archaeology of the Levant

An introduction to the past societies of the Levant through a survey of its material culture and textual record (when available) with a focus on factors that have contributed to transformations in the region, from the Epipaleolithic through the end of the Iron Age (ca.16,000–586 BCE).

Aegean Art and Archaeology: The Bronze Age

Exploration of the various communities of ancient Crete, Greece and the Cyclades through their material remains, from the Neolithic to the end of the Bronze Age.

Ancient Jerusalem: Archaeology and History

Explores the development of ancient Jerusalem as the Holy City through event and experience, surveying its religious, political, and cultural history with a focus on the transformation of sacred space.

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Articles

Scratching the Surface of Middle Bronze Age Scarabs: Investigating Emigmatic Marks on Stamp Seals from Lachish and Megiddo

Near Eastern Archaeology 87.1

2024-03-01

Ben-Marzouk, Nadia and Ben Greet. 2024. “Scratching the Surface of Middle Bronze Age Scarabs: Investigating Emigmatic Marks on Stamp Seals from Lachish and Megiddo.” Near Eastern Archaeology 87.1: 44-54.

Some Highlights in Local vs. Regional Glyptic Consumption in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age I

Near Eastern Archaeology 86.4

2023-10-01

“Some Highlights in Local vs. Regional Glyptic Consumption in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age I.” Near Eastern Archaeology 86.4: 292-301.

On Vultures’ Wings…’: A Recent Find from Tel Lachish (Israel) Displaying a Vulture, a Caprid, a Snake and a Twig

In „Trinkt von dem Wein, den ich mischte!“ Festschrift für Silvia Schroer zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by Stefan Münger, Nancy Rahn, and Patrick Wyssmann. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Leuven: Peeters.

Ben-Marzouk, Nadia, Bruno Biermann, Renate Fahrni, Ben Greet, Felix Höflmayer, Katharina Streit, and Stefan Münger.

2023-11-01

“‘On Vultures’ Wings…’: A Recent Find from Tel Lachish (Israel) Displaying a Vulture, a Caprid, a Snake and a Twig.” In „Trinkt von dem Wein, den ich mischte!“ Festschrift für Silvia Schroer zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by Stefan Münger, Nancy Rahn, and Patrick Wyssmann. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Leuven: Peeters.

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