Dr. Daniel ("Dan") Mirkin
Born: 1937, Paris, France.
In Israel, (Palestine), since 1938.
Education:
1963 B.A. "French Civilization" (Literature), Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1973 L.L.B, Law Faculty. Tel Aviv University.
2010 M.A. Maritime Civilizations, (Marine Archaeology), Haifa University.
Submitted a dissertation entitled:
"A port without a Port: The port of Jaffa during the Ottoman period (1516-1917) According to travelers’ descriptions, photographs and Iconography".
2016 PhD Tel Aviv University.
PhD thesis:
"Aspects of Inter-relations between Land and Sea during the Crusader Period: Crusader Seamanship
in the Southern Levant". (The Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University).
Publications:
An article based on the M.A. Dissertation was published in "Kathedra" (143, 2012) in conjunction with Prof. Haim Goren.
Dan Mirkin, Deborah Cvikel and Oren Tal; "Arsur Castle Maritime Installation (1241-1265 CE)", PEQ - Palestine Exploration Quarterly, Vol. 148,2016 – issue 4.
Dan Mirkin, "The Ottoman Port of Jaffa: A Port Without a Harbor". Chapter 6 in The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 2, published by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, University of California, Los Angeles.
Sailing to the Holy Land: Crusader Ships, Seamanship, Logistics and Landing Operations. (Book)
Editor: BAR (British Archaeological Reports), Oxford: August 2018.
Languages:
Hebrew, French, English and Russian.
Part knowledge: German, Greek.
Occupation and Hobbies:
Practicing lawyer for over 40 years until his retirement on 2012. Before that was a correspondent of "Haaretz" daily newspaper, and later in "Maariv".
Sailed in a sail boat in many parts of the world, including a transatlantic crossing (from Tel-Aviv to the Caribbean). Sailed in French Polynesia; sailed all over the Mediterranean inter alia following Crusader sailing routes; Sailed in Denmark in replicas of Viking boats; sailed from Israel to Cyprus in an open whale-boat.