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I am an archaeologist specializing in the study of complex societies in Old World prehistory. My main area of fieldwork research is the Eurasian steppe where I have been actively collaborating with various scholars in Russia and Mongolia since 1998. This website provides a brief overview of my research and publications as well as my teaching in the Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. More detailed information on my current collaborative research projects may be found on our project website: updated project website soon to be online, please check back

If you should have any questions regarding my research or teaching please feel free to contact me.

Key Research Interests:

1. • Eurasian steppe prehistory and archaeology
   

2. • Mortuary archaeology
   

3. • Zooarchaeology
   

4. • Early mining, metal production and social organization
   

5. • Socio-economic patterns of early mobile pastoralists
   

6. • Anthropological theory
   

CURRICULUM VITAE

Click here for PDF of CV: Hanks_CV_Jan2011.pdf