Friday Archaeology Presents: Jack Berner, Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology

At the turn of the 2^nd millennium BCE, in Eurasia's central grasslands, nomadic pastoralist communities began to settle into large, fortified towns. 300 years after their formation, most of these settlements were abandoned. This presentation will showcase new archaeological data on these fortified sites and their hinterlands, focusing on the role of bronze metallurgy in their initial formation and eventual abandonment.