Archaeology Lecture with Gojko Barjamovic
Gojko Barjamovic (Yale University) will speak on "Swords, Germs, and Tin". Lunch will be at 12, the lecture will be at 12:30.
Lecture Abstract:
Combined advances in archaeological science, landscape analysis, and the study of ancient text allows a retelling of the cross-continental exchange system that connected Mongolia to the Mediterranean four thousand years ago. This talk integrates isotopic analysis, archaeozoology, prosopographical studies, historical geography, material culture, and human pathology to paint a picture of the system seen from the viewpoint of a single individual – a trader named Zizizi (born c. 1895 BCE) who had her life turned upside down by the very connectedness upon which her society was predicated.
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