Adam T. Smith
Ongoing Research
Teaching
Project ArAGATS
(General site)

ArAGATS Regional Survey Results

ArAGATS Database
(password required)

The Making of Ancient Eurasia

Caucasus Site Database
(under construction)

Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of chicago
1126 East 59th St.
Chicago IL 60637
atsmith@uchicago.edu
Research In Brief

In 2008, Project ArAGATS celebrated its 10th anniversary. Last summer, we completed our most extensive field season to date with excavations at settlement, fortress, and cemetery sites in the Tsaghkahovit Plain. See the ArAGATS web site for more details.

Teaching In Brief

During spring quarter 2009, I am teaching two graduate-level seminars: Archaeological Approaches to Political Life and Remaking Eurasia: Emerging Themes in Regional Archaeology.

My office hours are: Mondays 8:30-11am.

Curriculum Vitae
(Updated December 2008)
Books and Recent Publications
Postings & Presentations
Recent & Upcoming Events
Archaeology in the Caucasus: A Graphic Introduction

New Technologies and Archaic Transcaucasian States

Announcements

Updated information on the recently completed 2008 Project ArAGATS field season is now online here.

The first volume of the ArAGATS reports should be available from the Oriental Institute Press in June.

The complete searchable database of the ArAGATS regional survey in the Tsaghkahovit Plain is now available.

Publications In Brief

publication projects currently in progress.

Postings In Brief

The presentations here are scheduled to be updated in 2009 when they will be taken out of powerpoint format (which creates problems for browsers other than explorer) and re-organized as a series of slide shows. Several other new presentations will also be posted at that time as well.