AIA Lecturer: Scott Branting
University of Chicago
Scott Branting is Director of the Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL), and Assistant Professor with the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. He holds his degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D. and M.A.), University of Chicago (M.A.), and Wheaton College (B.A.). His areas of specialization are Near Eastern archaeology (especially that of Anatolia), science in archaeology (GIS, remote sensing, spatial analysis, modeling, etc.), landscape archaeology, transportation, settlement & urbanism, and social organization. Professor Branting is co-director of the Kerkenes Dağ Archaeological Project in Turkey.