Kamyar Abdi

Kamyar Abdi (Persian: کامیار عبدی; born in 1969 in Tabriz) is an Iranian anthropologist and professor of Near Eastern archaeology at Shahid Beheshti University.

Abdi has carried out many archaeological surveys and excavations in Iran, financially supported by domestic and international organizations, including the NSF, NGS, AllS, and lCAR.

The outcomes of his research have played an outstanding role in assisting the scientific community with resolving many questions pertinent to Near Eastern archaeology from prehistory and the Bronze Age to the Achaemenid period.

[1] His research interests include sedentism, food production (agriculture and pastoralism), and political developments in the ancient Near East.

Abdi has directed archaeological projects at Malyan (ancient Anshan), Arjan, Sorkh Dom Lori, and Ziviyeh.