Kamyar Abdi

Kamyar Abdi

Kamyar Abdi is an Iranian archaeologist.

He received his M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, at University of Chicago (1997) and his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in Anthropology (2002). He has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College since 2002. His research interest includes sedentism, food production (agriculture and pastoralism), urbanism, state formation, and writing in ancient Near East, especially Iran.

He is currently the editor of the Iranian journal of Archaeology and History.His publications include: Yeki Bud, Yeki Nabud: Essays on Iranian Archaeology in Honour of William M Sumner co-edited with Naomi F Miller (2003), 'Capitals of the Achaemenid Empire' in Capitals of Iran: Ancient and Modern M Y Kiani (ed) (1996), 'Bes in the Achaemenid Empire' in Ars Orientalis (1999), 'Nationalism, Politics, and the Development of Archaeology in Iran' in American Journal of Archaeology (2001), Malyan 1999' in Iran (2001), 'Notes on Iranianization of Bes in the Achaemenid Empire' in Ars Orientalis (2002), 'The Early Development of Pastoralism in the Central [Zagros Mountains' in Journal of World Prehistory (2003) and 'The Daiva Inscription Revisited' in International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies (2005).

References

Abdi, K (2001) Nationalism, Politics, and the Development of Archaeology in Iran, American Journal of Archaeology

Abdi, K., 2003 The Early Development of Pastoralism in the Central Zagros Mountains,Journal of World Prehistory, Vol. 17, No. 4: 395-448

External links

* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~anthro/faculty/abdi.html] .


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