stabling sites. Of particular note is the work he has conducted on stabling rock shelters filled with ancient dung layers and cult sites. His most recent book, Revolutions in the Desert: the Rise of Mobile Pastoral Societies in the Negev and the Arid Zones of the Southern Levant summarizes the evolution of these societies in the Negev and surrounding regions. An earlier volume, An Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism: Excavations at the Camel Site, Negev offers a case study of the excavation of just such a camp site, dating from ca. 3000 BCE. Rosen has advised some 25 research students (M.A. and Ph.D.) and post-docs from Israel, the USA, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. His students have worked on a wide range of subjects including stone tool analysis, settlement patterns, the archaeology of desert pastoralism, Negev archaeology, antiquities law, rock art, and ethnoarchaeology. References External links Steven Rosen in BGU 1954 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli scientists Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev