New article on the importance of the donkey in the Early Bronze Age!

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I saw these beautiful mosaics as they were being uncovered this summer. My student, Annie Brown and I are the zooarchaeologists for the project

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865659257/Noah7s-Ark-mosaic-uncovered-in-ancient-Galilee-synagogue.html

Video clip from drone of lower city excavations

See below the simply astounding aerial drone clip of Tell es-Safi/Gath, taken at end of 2016 season (by PW). Flying first east over Area D (including the new gate area) and then Area K, the drone c… Source: Video clip from drone of lower city excavations

Measuring day on the tell

Originally posted on The Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Official (and Unofficial) Weblog:
Today, a bunch of team members were on the tell, to measure out new squares and check old one. Boy was it hot – and we managed to complete almost all the areas. What’s left to finish we’ll do this Thursday morning…

New book by Tina and colleagues

Very proud of Tina Greenfield. Just received this invitation about her new book that she coedited. Dear all, You are warmly invited to a book launch for the newest volume in the McDonald Monographs Series. “The Provincial Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire” edited by John MacGinnis, Dirk Wicke and Tina Greenfield 6.30-7.30pm on Friday 6th…

Safi at the ICAANE meeting in Vienna

The ICAANE (International Congress of Archaeologists in the Ancient Near East) meeting which just ended in Vienna had many interesting lectures by Tell es-Safi/Gath members (by Haskel Greenfield and Tina Greenfield) on the Early Bronze Age remains from the site . Source: Safi at the ICAANE meeting in Vienna

Come join us at Tell es-Safi/Gath this summer. Here is a grant for Canadian students

The Mary-Louise Mussell Student Travel Fellowship was established to support Canadian students that participate in archaeological field research in the Near East. In 2016, an award of $500 will be given to a student with little or no prior field experience. The student receiving the award must submit a 500-700 word report upon completion of…

Controversy at the Canadian museum of human rights in Winnipeg

Here is a recent news story that I was involved in relation to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. I was so terribly disappointed in the museum in general and appalled by certain exhibits that I will likely never take visitors there again. Here is the link to the story.http://www.jewishpostandnews.ca/israel/2110-is-the-way-the-cmhr-tells-the-story-of-one-tragic-incident-during-israel-s-war-with-hamas-in-2008-09-lacking-in-context

We are very proud of Tina

The US Consulate in Winnipeg nominated Tina Greenfield, a senior staff member of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Early Bronze Age project, for the Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) aw… Source: We are very proud of Tina

Dr. Tina Greenfield, project Zooarchaeologist, is giving a lecture on ISIS today at 2:30 at the University of Manitoba. It is open to the public and academic communities

Tina Greenfield is giving a lecture on ISIS today at 2:30 at the University of Manitoba. It is open to the public and academic communities

New paper on food provisioning of early cities on southern Levant

Just gave a paper on our research in Israel at the Stable isotope in Zooarchaeology conference at the University of Georgia, Athens (GA). An examination of economic specialisation in the Early Bronze Age city of Tell es-Safi/Gath using isotopic analysis of domestic animals by Haskel J. Greenfield (University of Manitoba) Elizabeth R. Arnold (Grand Valley…