Homepage--Adam T. Smith

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)

Course Information & Documents

Current Courses
(Spring 2008)

Archaeological Method and Theory
(Anth 390)

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

Co-Director
The American-Armenian Project for the Archaeology and Geography of ancient Transcaucasian Societies

Research In Brief

In 2008, Project ArAGATS celebrates its 10th anniversary. We are planning our most extensive field season ever 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 2008, I will be teaching the double credit graduate core on archaeological method and theory.

My office hours will be: Mondays 8:30-11am.

Treasurer
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC)

Curriculum Vitae
(Updated March 2008)

Books and Recent Publications

Postings & Presentations

Upcoming Events

The Political Landscape

Archaeology in the Borderlands

Beyond the Steppe and the Sown

Prometheus Unbound: Southern Caucasia In Prehistory

Archaeology in the Caucasus: A Graphic Introduction

New Technologies and Archaic Transcaucasian States

The 3rd University of Chicago Conference on Eurasian Archaeology

New ArAGATS Publications

Announcements

2008 marks the 10th anniversary of Project ArAGATS. The Museum of Yerevan will mark the occasion with an exhibit this spring of our major results to date.

The 3rd University of Chicago Conference on Eurasian Archaeology will be held May 1-3 at the Oriental Institute. For more informations, click here.

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

Publications In Brief

publication projects currently in process.

The ArAGATS survey monograph is now forthcoming from Oriental Institute Press.
Social Orders and Social Landscapes: The Proceedings of the 2nd University of Chicago Conference on Eurasian Archaeology has been published by Cambridge Scholars Press.
An article by Khatchadourian and Smith on the impact of Project ArAGATS on the local communities of the region should appear in Ararat Quarterly this winter.

Postings In Brief

The presentations here are scheduled for updating in 2008 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.