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Published:30/09/2025Language:EnglishPages:264, Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour.BAR Number: S3232Series: BAR International Series

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Economies of Scale in Old World Archaeology

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Essays and reflections in honour of Haskel J. Greenfield

Edited by Jeremy A. Beller, Tina L. Greenfield, and Kent D. Fowler

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This volume celebrates the career of Professor Haskel J. Greenfield, a renowned figure in archaeology and anthropology whose research since the 1970s has profoundly impacted our understanding of early sedentary and complex societies. As Professor of Anthropology and Head of Judaic Studies at the University of Manitoba, Greenfield’s contributions span a range of topics, from the secondary products revolution, early urbanism, and the development and spread of metallurgy to zooarchaeology. He directed fieldwork on four continents, including projects in Israel, Jordan, South Africa, Turkey, and across eastern Europe. His research has been supported by numerous grants, including international partnership grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His legacy of training successive generations of zooarchaeologists and archaeological scientists worldwide cannot be understated. The fruits of his knowledge can be seen within this Festschrift, as former students and colleagues explore the economic and technological underpinnings of societal complexity across the Old World from the Neolithic through to the modern period.

About the Editor

Jeremy A. Beller is Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellow with the SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour at the University of Bergen. His research explores the technoeconomies of prehistoric and early urban societies.

Tina L. Greenfield received her PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she taught Mesopotamian Archaeology. She now teaches at the University of Winnipeg and co-directs the Near Eastern and Biblical Archaeology Lab at the University of Manitoba.

Kent D. Fowler is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Senior Fellow of St John’s College at the University of Manitoba. His research spans the farming societies of southern Africa, economics, ethnoarchaeology, ceramic technology, archaeometry, and spatial organisation.

List of Contributors: Matthew J. Adams, Shira Albaz, Elizabeth R. Arnold, H. Arthur Bankoff, Jeremy A. Beller, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Uri Davidovich, Mostafa Fayek, Kent D. Fowler, Jane S. Gaastra, Tina L. Greenfield, Natalia M. Handziuk, Julian Hirsch, Liora K. Horwitz, Jill C. Katz, Jerrad Lancaster, Audrey Lefort, Aren M. Maeir, Timothy Matney, Tiffany Okaluk, Suzanne Richard, Sarah J. Richardson, Steven A. Rosen, Jon Ross, Itzhaq Shai, Katja Soennecken, Leonard O. van Schalkwyk, Dieter Vieweger, Ido Wachtel, Eric L. Welch, Frederick A. Winter.