David Nora

David Nora did his Bachelor and Master degrees in Archaeology at the University of Algarve, Portugal. His Master's topic was "The role of lithic raw materials on tool performance and use: the efficiency and durability on stone tools edge" under the supervision of João Marreiros (Professor at the University of Évora and Group Leader of the Traceology Laboratory at Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Germany) and Vera Aldeias (Invited Researcher at Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB), Portugal).

As a Ph.D. researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University, he will be developing his research on the variability of the lithic technology from the Middle Paleolithic of Armenia in order to understand the population dynamics of hunter-gathers in the Southern Caucasus, under the supervision of Dr. Ariel Malinsky-Buller (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Prof. Erella Hovers (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Apart from his main research topic, David Nora also has an interest in computer and quantitative applications in archaeological practice, particularly the application and development of new digital methods and tools for data collection and analysis in the field and lab.