Education
- PhD, Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Chicago (2004)
- MA, Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Chicago (2000)
- BA, Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, Wheaton College (1996)
Research
- Director, The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project, 2007-Present.
Publications
Books
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- The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 2
- Monumenta Archaeologica
- The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, November 2017
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- Walled Up to Heaven
- The Evolution of Middle Bronze Age Fortification Strategies in the Levant
- Eisenbrauns, 2008
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- The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1
- Monumenta Archaeologica 26
- The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, June 2011
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- The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East: The Making of a Regional Identity.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 2021
Edited Volumes
- Peilstöcker, Martin, and Aaron A. Burke (editors).2011. The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1. The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project 1. Monumenta Archaeologica 26. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles.
- Peilstöcker, M.; Schefzyk, Jürgen; and Burke, Aaron A., eds. 2013 Jaffa: Tor zum Heiligen Land. Mainz: Nünnerich-Asmus.
Honors & Awards
- G. E. Wright Award from American Schools of Oriental Research for best archaeological publication (2011)
- Faculty Summer Research Program, UCLA (2010)
- Jacob Kaplan Excavations Publication Initiative Vasa Cube Award ,2010. For teaching four Fiat-Lux Freshmen Seminars (2006–2010)
- Faculty Career Development Award, UCLA (2007–2008)
Courses
Undergraduate
- Fiat Lux Seminar: Ancient Warfare, Modern Concerns (Ancient Near East 19)
- Jerusalem the Holy City (Ancient Near East 10W)
- First Civilizations (Ancient Near East/Middle Eastern Studies M50A)
- Archaeology of Ancient Israel (Ancient Near East 162)
Graduate
- Archaeology of the Late Bronze Age Levant and Empire (Ancient Near East 230)
- Archaeology of Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Ancient Near East 230)
- Archaeology of the Middle Bronze Age and the Amorites in the Levant (Ancient Near East 230)
- Archaeology of the Phoenicians (Ancient Near East 230)
- Ceramics of the Levant (Ancient Near East 230)
- Ebla and the Early Bronze Age (Ancient Near East 230)
- History and Archaeology of Warfare in the Ancient Near East (Ancient Near East 230)
- Problems in the Archaeology of the Iron Age Levant (Ancient Near East 230)
Affiliations
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Core Faculty, Interdepartmental Archaeology Program
- Center for Jewish Studies, UCLA, Affiliated Faculty
- Center for Near Eastern Studies
- Center for the Study of Religion, UCLA, Affiliated Faculty
- International Institute
- Urban Humanities Initiative