Masha Krakovsky

Masha Krakovsky completed her B.A and M.A degrees in the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with an emphasis on Middle Paleolithic period. Her M.A thesis was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Erella Hovers. The study's aim was to test a model of territoriality through the study of the Levallois triangular blanks from a detailed technological perspective. Blanks from the assemblages of Amud (sub-units B1, B2 and B4) and Kebara (units XI and X) caves were used for the case study.

Throughout the years Masha has participated in numerous excavations of various archaeological periods, primarily prehistoric, in different capacities. She currently works at the Prehistory Branch in the Israel Antiquities Authority, as a specialist in lithics of various periods and as a field archaeologist.

Her prime interests are in lithics and cultural transmission of knowledge during the Middle Paleolithic.