Claire Epstein

Claire Epstein (; 18 September 1911 – 18 August 2000) was an Israeli archaeologist. She is noted for her discovery and work on the Chalcolithic culture in the Golan and was a noted member of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Biography Epstein was born in London into an upper-class family. Her mother was active in saving Jews from the Nazis. Epstein attended King Alfred School and then studied Italian at the University College, London. In 1942, she joined the British Army Women's Unit and later became the first woman Sergeant Major from the yishuv.

After two years in the army, she joined the new Kibbutz En Gev, near the Sea of Galilee. In 1998, published her monograph, The Chalcolithic Culture of the Golan in the Israel Antiquities Authority Report.

In 2000, she was in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem from complications which developed after a fall. She died not long after in her home in Kibbutz Ginosar.

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