Gojko Johansen Barjamovic is Senior Lecturer in Assyriology and Senior Research Scholar at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He received his training at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and taught at Harvard University 2013-2024. He is a specialist in the political and social history of

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...

in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC, and particularly trade and the development of early markets. He has also worked on

absolute dating Absolute dating is the process of determining an age on a specified chronology in archaeology and geology. Some scientists prefer the terms chronometric or calendar dating, as use of the word "absolute" implies an unwarranted certainty of accuracy ...

and the

chronology Chronology (from Latin , from Ancient Greek , , ; and , ''wikt:-logia, -logia'') is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the deter ...

of the

Ancient Near East The ancient Near East was home to many cradles of civilization, spanning Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran (or Persia), Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. As such, the fields of ancient Near East studies and Nea ...

. He was a member of the team that used statistical methods to interrogate the records of ancient merchants found at

Kültepe Kültepe ( Turkish: ), also known under its ancient name Kaneš (Kanesh, sometimes also Kaniš/Kanish) or Neša (Nesha), is an archaeological site in Kayseri Province, Turkey. It was already a major settlement at the beginning of the 3rd mille ...

/Kanesh near the modern Turkish city of

Kayseri Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...

to locate the probable location of ancient cities. His research also focuses on the development of early markets, trans-regional interaction, early state power, and the functioning of royal courts. He has written or edited multiple books including ''A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period'' (2011).

Selected publications

* ''A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period'' (2011). * ''Ups and Downs at Kanesh'' (2012), co-authored with T. Hertel and M.T. Larsen. * ''Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia'' (2016). (Editor with

Kim Ryholt Kim Steven Bardrum Ryholt (born 19 June 1970) is a Danish Egyptologist. He is a professor of Egyptology at the University of Copenhagen and a specialist on Egyptian history and literature. He is director of the research centeCanon and Identity F ...

). * ''Integrated Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon High-Resolution Timeframe to Resolve Earlier Second Millennium BCE Mesopotamian Chronology'' (2016). Sturt Manning, Carol B. Griggs, Brita Lorentzen, Gojko Barjamovic, Christopher Ramsey, Bernd Kromer and Eva Maria Wild. * ''Trade, Merchants, and the Lost Cities of the Bronze Age'' (2017). Gojko Barjamovic, Thomas Chaney, Kerem Coşar and

Ali Hortaçsu Ali Hortaçsu (born 1974) is a Turkish professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Econometric Society. He is a specialist in the functioning of markets. He w ...

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