Dr. Haskel Greenfield

Biography

Haskel J. Greenfield is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba, specializing in anthropological archaeology. He coordinates the Judaic Studies Program and serves as the Co-Director of the Near Eastern Biblical Archaeology Laboratory. His research focuses on early agricultural complex societies, particularly within the Old World, covering Neolithic to Iron Age periods. Greenfield's significant works address topics such as butchering technology, metallurgy dissemination, and regional subsistence land-use strategies. He has conducted important excavations, notably within the Early Bronze Age urban communities of the Near East, and collaborates with notable colleagues like Prof. Aren Maeir on excavations at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath in Israel. Greenfield earned his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1985 and has contributed extensively to the academic understanding of transhumant pastoralism and intra-settlement spatial organization.

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