Michael Frachetti
Research Associate
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2004
E-mail:
frachetti@wustl.edu
Position and Home Institution
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Summary
The main focus of my research is on the dynamic strategies of pastoral nomadic societies living in the steppe region, mountains, and deserts of Central and Eastern Eurasia. My work centers on pastoralism in the Bronze Age (~ 3500-1000BC) and questions of social and economic interaction between regional populations across Central Asia at that time. I am also interested in how social groups utilize economic and political strategies to communicate inter-regionally and how variability in their economic and social strategies introduces opportunities for reshaping the boundaries of their social landscapes and human interactions.
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