Jan Gunneweg

Who is Jan Gunneweg?

Jan Gunneweg, is a member of the Archaeometry Task-force Unit at the Institute of Archaeology of the Humanities Faculty of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He began research at the University in 1973 completing his Ph.D. in the Archaeometry Unit of the institution in 1981. He became a Lecturer in 1983, and Senior Lecturer in 1988. His major research interest is in discovering the place of manufacture of pottery and parchment through the use of neutron activation analysis and synchrotron radiation. He has been particularly interested in finding the place of origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the jars that contained them in Gunneweg and Balla 2003,2006,2010 & 2012 in. Other interests include research into the ancient preparation of parchment and ink as used in the Dead Sea scrolls. Gunneweg organized three workshops, two at the Hebrew University Science Campus in 2005 and 2010, whereas the third one in 2008 at the Lorentz Centre for Physics and Mathematics at Leiden University as a NIAS and Lorentz fellow for the year 2007-2008.