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Yaacov Kahanov
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth:
February 7, 1947
Country of Birth:
Israel
Marital Status:
Married, with three children
Permanent Home Address: 3 Shvil Hatamar, Nahariyya, 22301, POB 4230
Office Telephone Number: (972)-(04)-8240475
Electronic Address:
yak@research.haifa.ac.il
Fax Number:
(972)-(04)-8240493
Head of the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa.
Higher Education
Period of
Study
1970–1973
1986–1993
1995–1999
Name of Institution
Degree
and Department
Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, Mathematics,
BSc
Statistics and Teaching
certificate
University of Haifa,
MA (Cum Laude)
Maritime Civilizations
University of Haifa,
The University
PhD
Committee for Doctoral (Summa Cum Laude)
Studies
Date of Degree
May 1974
June 1993
May 1999
Underwater Excavations
Dates
April-June 1989
September-December
Name of Institution and
Department
Ma‘agan Mikhael shipwreck
excavation, second season
Ma‘agan Mikhael shipwreck
Rank/Position
Member
Member
2
1989
September 1991
October 1993
September-December
1994
August 1995
October-December 1995
October-December 1996
excavation, third season
Excavation of Turkish wreck,
Sea of Galilee
Excavation of Gela 1 wreck,
Italy
Excavation of Byzantine
wreck, Tantura lagoon, first
season
Excavation of Epave
d'Escalet, southern France
Excavation of Byzantine and
Arab wrecks, Tantura lagoon,
second season
Excavation of Byzantine and
Arab wrecks, Tantura lagoon,
third season
December 1998
Excavation of Ottoman wreck
(DW2), Tantura lagoon
October 1999
Excavation of Byzantine
shipwreck (Dor D) and
Modern shipwreck (Dor C),
Tantura lagoon
August 2000
September 2000
September 2001
June 2001
October 2002
September 2003
October 2004
October 2005
Liman Tepe, underwater
excavations of submerged
structure
Excavation of Modern
shipwreck (Dor C), Tantura
lagoon
Excavation of Ottoman
shipwreck (DW2), Tantura
lagoon
Underwater excavation in
Athlit
Excavation of three
shipwrecks in Tantura lagoon
(DW2, 2001/1, 2002/2)
Excavation of two shipwrecks
in Tantura Lagoon (2001/1,
2002/2)
Excavation of two shipwrecks
in Tantura lagoon (2001/1,
2002/2)
Excavation of two shipwrecks
in Tantura lagoon (2001/1,
Tantura F)
Participant
Participant
Liaison of the Recanati
Center and vice director
Participant
Liaison of the Recanati
Center
Liaison of the Racanati
Center
Director (with U. Galili
from the Israel
Antiquities Authority)
Director ( with C.
Brandon of the Nautical
Archaeology Society
[NAS] of Great Britain
and K. Raveh of
AquaDora Diving Club)
Participant
Director (with C.
Brandon and K. Raveh)
Director (with Brandon
and Raveh)
Participant
Director (with Brandon
and Raveh)
Director (with Brandon
and Raveh)
Director (with Brandon
and Raveh)
Director (with Brandon
and Raveh)
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September 2006
October 2006
June 2007
October 2007
June 2008
September 2008
Excavation of two Ottoman
shipwrecks (Akko 1, Akko 2),
Director
and the Rampart, Akko
Excavation of three
Director (with Brandon
shipwrecks in Tantura lagoon
and Raveh)
(2001/1, Tantura F, Tantura E)
Excavation of two Ottoman
shipwrecks (Akko 1, Akko 2),
Director
and the Rampart, Akko
Excavation of three
shipwrecks in Tantura lagoon
Director (with K. Raveh)
(Tantura F, Tantura E, Dor
2004)
Excavation of two Ottoman
shipwrecks (Akko 1, Akko 2),
Director
and the Rampart, Akko
Excavation of three
shipwrecks in Tantura lagoon
Director
(Tantura F, Tantura E, Dor C)
PUBLICATIONS
Ph.D. Dissertation
The sewing system in the hull construction of the Ma‘agan Mikhael shipwreck: A
comparative study with Mediterranean parallels. November 1998, 499 pages,
Hebrew, University of Haifa, supervisors: Prof. A. Raban and Prof. M. Artzy.
Books
1. Linder, E., and Kahanov, Y., 2003. The Ma‘agan Mikhael ship. The recovery of a
2400-year-old merchantman, final report volume 1, ed. E. Black, 256 pp. Israel
Exploration Society and University of Haifa, Jerusalem.
2. Kahanov, Y., and Linder, E., 2004. The Ma‘agan Mikhael ship. The recovery of a
2400-year-old merchantman, final report volume 2, ed. J. Tresman, 302 pp. Israel
Exploration Society and University of Haifa, Jerusalem.
3. Ben Zeev, A., Kahanov, Y., Tresman, J. and Artzy, M., (in press), The Ma‘agan
Mikhael ship: A reconstruction of the hull, 80 pp. Israel Exploration Society, Leon
Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa.
Articles in Refereed Journals
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1. Kahanov, Y., 1997. Wood conservation of the Ma‘agan Mikhael Shipwreck.
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 26.4: 316–329.
2. Kahanov, Y., Doherty, C. and Shalev, S., 1999. The metal nails from the Ma‘agan
Mikhael ship. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 28.3: 722–722.
3. Shalev, S., Kahanov, Y. and Doherty, C., 1999. 2400 years old nails from a
shipwreck: Copper in marine archaeological environment. Journal of Materials
(JOM), 51.2: 14–20.
4. Royal, J. and Kahanov, Y., 2000. An Arab-period merchant vessel at Tantura lagoon,
Israel (Trench 9). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 29.1: 151–153.
5. Kahanov, Y., 2000. Herodotus 4.42, and the sun direction. Note, Mariner’s Mirror,
86.1: 66–72.
6. Kahanov, Y. and Royal, G. J., 2001. Analysis of hull remains of the Dor D vessel,
Tantura lagoon, Israel. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 30.2: 257–
265.
7. Gitler, H. and Kahanov, Y., 2002. The Ascalon 1988 hoard. A periplus to Ascalon in
the late Hellenistic period. Coin Hoards, IX: 259–268.
8a. Raban, A. and Kahanov, Y., 2003. Clay models of Phoenician vessels in the Hecht
Museum at the University of Haifa, Israel. International Journal of Nautical
Archaeology, 32.1: 61–72.
8b. Raban, A. and Kahanov, Y., 2003. Clay models of Phoenician vessels in the Hecht
Museum. Michmanim, Hecht Museum, 17: 17–36. (Hebrew with an English
abstract).
9. Kahanov, Y., and Pomey, P., 2004. The Greek sewn shipbuilding tradition and the
Ma‘agan Mikhael ship: A comparison with Mediterranean parallels from the sixth to
the fourth centuries BC, Mariner's Mirror, 90.1: 6–28.
10. Kahanov, Y., 2004. Wood conservation of the Ma‘agan Mikhael ship. Michmanim,
Hecht Museum, 17: 17–36. (Hebrew with an English abstract).
11. Hadar, N. and Kahanov, Y., 2004. Building a model of the Bon Porté vessel.
Cahiers d'archeologie subaquatique, XV: 229–238.
12. Royal, G. J. and Kahanov, Y., 2005. New dating and contextual evidence for the
fragmentary timber remains located in the Dor D site, Israel. International Journal of
Nautical Archeology, 34.2: 308–313.
13. Kahanov, Y., 2006. The voyage of Synesius. Journal of Navigation, 59: 435–444.
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14. Mor, H. and Kahanov, Y., 2006. The Dor 2001/1 shipwreck, Israel—A summary of
the excavation. International Journal of Nautical Archeology, 35.2: 274–289.
15. Barkai, O. and Kahanov, Y. 2007. The Tantura F shipwreck, Israel. International
Journal of Nautical Archeology, 36.1: 21–31.
16. Cvikel, D. and Kahanov, Y. 2007. The Dor 2002/2 shipwreck. Archaeologia
Maritima Mediterranea, 3: 79–98.
17. Cvikel, D., Kahanov, Y., Goren, H., Boaretto, E. and Raveh, K. 2008. Napoleon
Bonaparte's adventure in Tantura lagoon: Historical and archaeological evidence.
Israel Exploration Journal, 58.2: 199–219.
18. Kahanov, Y. and Stern, E. 2008. Ship graffiti from Akko (Acre). Mariner’s Mirror,
94.1: 21–35.
19. Kahanov, Y., 2008. The Ma‘agan Mikhael ship is again on display. Michmanim,
Hecht Museum, 21: 65–74. (Hebrew with an English abstract).
20. Kahanov, Y., Shotten-hallel, V. and Cvikel, D., 2008. A Graffito of a nineteenthcentury armed ship from, Akko, Israel. Mariner’s Mirror, 94.4: 388–404.
21. Cvikel, D. and Kahanov, Y., 2009. The Akko 1 shipwreck, Israel: the first two
seasons. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 38.1: 38–57.
22. Kahanov, Y. and Jabour I., (accepted, Al-Masāq: Islam & the Medieval
Mediterranean). The Westbound Passage of Ibn Jubayr from Acre to Cartagena in
1184–1185.
Articles or Chapters in Books
1. Kahanov, Y., Royal, J., and Hall, J., 2004. The Tantura wrecks and ancient
Mediterranean Shipbuilding. In The Philosophy of Shipbuilding, eds F. M. Hocker
and C. A. Ward, Texas A&M University Press, College Station: 113–127.
2. Kahanov, Y., 2004. Boat models from Tomb N.1. In E. Mazar The Phoenician
family Tomb N.1 at the Northern cemetery of Achziv (10th–6th centuries BCE).
Cuadernos de Arqueología Mediterránea 10: 167–175.
3. Kahanov, Y., (accepted). A Clay Bulla depicting a Hippos. In Excavations in the
City of David, Jerusalem (1995–2006), Volume II, eds R. Reich and E. Shukron. 10
pp.
4. Kahanov, Y., (in press). Ship timbers from Akko Marina: Early use of unpegged
mortise-and-tenon joints and 'frame based' construction. In Deepening of the Akko
port 1992–1993, final report, eds E. Galili, J. Sharvit and S. Ben Yehuda, Israel
Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem.
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Articles in Conference Proceedings
1. Kahanov, Y., 1992. The Ma‘agan Mikhael ship: Where did it originate what is the
evidence? Proceedings of The 24th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering,
May 1992, Technion City, Haifa, 3.5.3.
2. Kahanov, Y., 1996. Conflicting evidence for defining the origin of the Ma‘agan
Mikhael shipwreck. In Tropis IV, Proceedings of The 4th International Symposium
on Ship Construction in Antiquity. Athens, August 1991, ed. H. Tzalas, Hellenic
Institute for the Preservation of Nautical Tradition, Athens: 245–248.
3. Kahanov, Y., 1999. Some aspects of lead sheathing in ancient ship construction. In
Tropis V, Proceedings of The 5th International Symposium on Ship Construction in
Antiquity, Nauplia, August 1993, ed. H. Tzalas, Hellenic Institute for the Preservation
of Nautical Tradition, Athens, 219–224.
4. Kahanov, Y., 1999. The Ma‘agan Mikhael ship. A comparative study of its hull
construction. In Archaeonautica 14 (1998), Construction navale maritime et fluviale.
Proceedings of The Seventh International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology,
Tatihou 1994, eds P. Pomey and E. Rieth, CNRS, Paris: 155–160.
5. Kahanov, Y., 2000. The Tantura B shipwreck. Tantura lagoon, Israel: Preliminary
hull construction report. In Down the River to the Sea. Eighth International
Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Gdansk, 1997, ed. J. Litwin, Polish
Maritime Museum, Gdansk: 151–154.
6. Kahanov, Y., 2001. A Byzantine shipwreck (Tantura A) in the Tantura lagoon,
Israel. Hull construction report. In Tropis VI, Proceedings of The 6th International
Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, Lamia 1996, ed. H. Tzalas, Hellenic
Institute for the Preservation of Nautical Tradition, Athens: 265–271.
7. Kahanov, Y., 2003. The sewing system in the Ma‘agan Mikhael ship. In Tropis VII,
Proceedings of The 7th International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity,
Pylos 1999, vol. 1, ed. H. Tzalas, Hellenic Institute for the Preservation of Nautical
Tradition, Athens: 437–444.
8. Kahanov, Y. and Mor, H., 2006. The Dor 2001/1 wreck. Dor/Tantura lagoon, Israel:
Preliminary report. In Connected by the Sea. Proceeding of the Tenth International
Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Roskilde 2003, eds L. Blue, F. Hocker
and A. Englert, Oxbow, Oxford: 84–88.
9. Galili, E., Rosen, B., Stern, E. J., Finkielsztein, G., Kool, R., Bahat-Zilberstein, N.,
Sharvit, Y., Kahanov, Y., Friedman, Z., Zviely, D., 2007. New insights on Maritime
Akko revealed by underwater and coastal archaeological research. Israeli Society for
Aquatic Sciences, Forth annual meeting, 30.5.2007, University of Haifa: 64–74.
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11. Kahanov, Y., (in press). Fine Construction Details in the Ma‘agan Mikhael Ship. In
Tropis VIII, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Ship Construction in
Antiquity, Hydra 2002, ed. H. Tzalas. 10 pp.
12. Kahanov, Y., (in press). The Ma‘agan Mikhael Ship: Reassessment of Finds and
Sailing Abilities. In Maritime Transport and Communication in the Mediterranean:
from the Palaeolithic Age to Early Roman times, Milos 2002. 6 pp.
13. Hillman, A. and Kahanov, Y., (accepted), Aspects of carpentry in shipbuilding. In
Tropis IX, Proceedings of The 9th International Symposium on Ship Construction in
Antiquity, Agia Napa, Cyprus 2005, ed. H. Tzalas, Hellenic Institute for the
Preservation of Nautical Tradition. 5 pp.
14. Barkai, O. and Kahanov, Y., (accepted). Tantura F, preliminary hull construction
report. In Tropis IX, Proceedings of The 9th International Symposium on Ship
Construction in Antiquity, Agia Napa, Cyprus 2005, ed. H. Tzalas, Hellenic Institute
for the Preservation of Nautical Tradition. 5 pp.
15. Barkai, O., Klein, S. and Kahanov, Y., (in press). The Tantura F shipwreck—
analysis of the ceramic material. In Skyllis, Poseidons Reich XI, Proceedings of the
Eleventh Conference of the German Society of Underwater Archaeology
(DEGUWA), Frankfurt 2006. 6 pp.
16. Kahanov, Y., and Mor, H., (in press). Dor 2001/1: Updated information and the
retrieval of a section of the shipwreck. In Connected by the Sea. Proceedings of the
11th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Mainz 2006. 10 pp.
17. Kahanov, Y., (in press). From shell to skeleton construction: Introduction. In
proceedings of the European Project RAMSES², Round Table, Istanbul 2007, ed. P.
Pomey, 9 pp.
Entries in Encyclopedias
1. Kahanov, Y., 1997. Marine Archaeology in Israel. Encyclopedia of Underwater and
Maritime Archaeology, ed. James Delgado, The British Museum Press: 211–213.
2. Kahanov, Y., 2003. The Ma‘agan Mikhael wreck. Encyclopedia of Underwater
Archaeology, Master Seafarers, Periplus, London: 50–55.
Summary of Activities and Future Plans
The research is concentrated on three subjects:
1. Ancient ship construction, based on underwater excavations and research of the
following shipwrecks: Ma’agan Mikhael Ship, Tantura A, Tantura B, Dor D, DW2,
2001/1, 2002/2, Tantura E, Tantura F, Akko 1 and Akko 2 and a few other
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shipwrecks. In the future it is planned to continue the research of ship construction
based on underwater excavations.
2. Conservation of waterlogged organic material. The conservation of the Ma‘agan
Mikhael Ship, of which the main part lasted seven years, is an ongoing process,
which demands continuous monitoring, and unceasing treatment. Recently the major
task of reassembling the hull has been fulfilled, with only minor adjustments left.
Following the establishment of the conservation laboratory at the Leon Recanati
Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, it is planned to continue the
conservation of ship timbers that were retrieved from the seabed, and to extend the
research to conservation of ropes, leather, and small items using freeze dry.
3. Analysis of ancient voyages. This subject was studied in the past, and the intention is
to continue this research.
One of the main future programs is the building of a replica of the Ma‘agan Mikhael
ship. This will enable a comprehensive research of ancient ship construction, and
exploration of ancient seafaring.