Trude Dothan

Trude Dothan (‎; 12 October 1922 – 28 January 2016) was a professor of archaeology at the Hebrew University, who focused on the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the region, in particular in Philistine culture. Winner of the Israel Prize in Archaeology Research for the year 1998.

Biography Trude Krakauer (later Dothan), was born in Vienna, the daughter of Grete Wolf Krakauer (née Wolf, 1890–1970), a painter, and Leopold Krakuer, an architect and artist She died on 28 January 2016, aged 93.

Awards and recognition 1991 – Percia Schimmel Award in archaeology, awarded by the Israel Museum. 1998 – Israel Prize, for archaeology. 2003 – an honorary PhD from the Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem.

Published works The Philistines and Their Material Culture, 1982 People of the Sea: Search for the Philistines (with Moshe Dothan), 1992 Deir el-Balah: Uncovering an Egyptian Outpost in Canaan from the Time of the Exodus