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Michael Frachetti

Professor of Archaeology Professor

Washington University in St. Louis

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Arts & Sciences

Global Studies

Michael Frachetti is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Professor of Archaeology Professor at Washington University In St. Louis.

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Michael Frachetti

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of Archaeology Professor

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archaeology anthropology eurasian geography archaeological practice archaeological science history historical geography geography field archaeology prehistory landscape archaeology archaeological record paleolithic archaeology ecology paleoanthropology central asia biogeography geochronology land use environmental anthropology agricultural history ethnography regional studies ethnohistory paleontology stratigraphy livestock science heritage studies eastern kazakhstan botany agronomy avian biology arid environments cultural geography mobile pastoralism central eurasia bronze age eurasia quaternary science vegetation history quaternary research vegetation science landscape ecology silk roads millet cultivation nomadic urbanism crop transmission early agriculture genome biology mammalian biology mammalogy agricultural sciences regional relevance foraging transnational history social interaction ancient chickens nomadic ecology human ecology holocene scientific integrity science ethics ethical analysis marine genomics ethnobotany wildlife ecology folklore studies regional geology quaternary period pleistocene environmental geography terrestrial ecology phytogeography genome analysis multiregional emergence nonuniform institutional complexity highland geography bronze age civilizations geoarchaeology

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Rocks and Clay: Potters’ Technological Choices Within the Cultural Dynamics of Bronze Age Kazakhstan. PLoS ONE (2025)

Paula N Doumani DupuySilvia AmiconeMarcel FrenkenJack BernerTaylor HermesMichael D FrachettiGalymzhan Kiyasbek

technologyart historyhistorical archaeologycultural historyarchaeological practicearchaeologytechnological choicesbronze age kazakhstanculturematerial culture

Archaeological and Molecular Evidence for Ancient Chickens in Central Asia. Nature Communications (2024)

Carli PetersKristine K. RichterShevan WilkinSören StarkBasira Mir-MakhamadRicardo FernandesFarhod MaksudovSirojidin MirzaakhmedovHusniddin RahmonovStefanie SchirmerKseniia AshastinaAlisher BegmatovMichael FrachettiSharof KurbanovMichael ShenkarTaylor HermesFiona KiddAndrey OmelchenkoBarbara HuberNicole BoivinShujing WangPavel LurjeMadelynn von BaeyerRita Dal MartelloRobert N. Spengler

geneticscentral asiaancient chickensarchaeology

Automated Analysis of High-Resolution Lidar Traces Large-Scale Medieval Urbanism in Highland Central Asia. Research Square (2024)

Michael FrachettiJack BernerJason LiuEdward HenryTao JuFarhod Maksudov

urbanismtechnologyhighland central asiaurban historygeospatial mappingoperations researchhistorical geographyurban geographycartography

Geospatial Modelling of Farmer–Herder Interactions Maps Cultural Geography of Bronze and Iron Age Tibet, 3600–2200 Bp. Scientific Reports (2024)

Xinzhou ChenHongliang LüXinyi LiuMichael D. Frachetti

geospatial modellingcultural geographyiron age tibetgeochronologyarchaeologygeographyhistorical geographyearth sciencestratigraphy

Into Thin Air: Prehistoric Intensive Crop Management in High Altitude Western Tibet. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (2024)

Melissa M. RitcheyLi TangPetra VaiglovaHongliang LuYufeng SunMichael D. FrachettiXinyi Liu

environmental sciencearchaeological practicearchaeologyarchaeological recordarchaeological science

Large-Scale Medieval Urbanism Traced by Uav–Lidar in Highland Central Asia. Nature (2024)

Michael D. FrachettiJack BernerXiaoyi LiuEdward R. HenryFarhod MaksudovTao Ju

middle eastern studieshighland central asiacentral mediterraneanlarge-scale medieval urbanismland useeast asian studiesanthropologyunmanned aircraft systemseurasian geographycivilizationstibetan plateauurbanizationurban studiesurban geographyglobal southurban sociologyglobal northcontemporary asiaurban ecologyarid environments

Postglacial Genomes From Foragers Across Northern Eurasia Reveal Prehistoric Mobility Associated With the Spread of the Uralic and Yeniseian Languages. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Tian Chen ZengLeonid A. VyazovAlexander KimPavel FlegontovKendra SirakRobert MaierIosif LazaridisAli AkbariMichael FrachettiAlexey A. TishkinNatalia E. RyaboginaSergey A. AgapovDanila S. AgapovAnatoliy N. AlekseevGennady G. BoeskorovAnatoly P. DereviankoViktor M. DyakonovDmitry N. EnshinAlexey V. FribusYaroslav V. FrolovSergey P. GrushinAlexander A. KhokhlovKirill Yu KiryushinYurii F. KiryushinEgor P. KitovPavel KosintsevIgor V. KovtunNikolai P. MakarovViktor V. MorozovEgor N. NikolaevMarina P. RykunTatyana M. SavenkovaMarina V. ShchelchkovaVladimir ShirokovSvetlana N. SkochinaOlga S. SherstobitovaSergey M. SlepchenkoKonstantin N. SolodovnikovElena N. SolovyovaAleksandr D. StepanovAleksei A. TimoshchenkoAleksandr S. VdovinAnton V. VybornovElena V. BalanovskaStanislav DryomovGarrett HellenthalKenneth KiddJohannes KrauseElena StarikovskayaRem SukenikTatiana TatarinovaMark G. ThomasMaxat ZhabaginKim CallanOlivia CheronetDaniel FernandesDenise KeatingCandilio FrancescaLora IlievAisling KearnsKadir Toykan ÖzdoğanMatthew MahAdam MiccoMegan MichelIñigo OlaldeFatma ZalzalaSwapan MallickNadin RohlandRon PinhasiVagheesh NarasimhanDavid Reich

paleoanthropologypostglacial genomesgenomicsgenome biologyevolutionary biologymammalian biologymammalogy

Pottery Impressions Reveal Earlier Westward Dispersal of Foxtail Millet in Inner Asian Mountain Corridor. Agronomy (2023)

Eiko EndoShinya ShodaMichael FrachettiZhanargul KaliyevaGalymzhan KiyasbekAidyn ZhuniskhanovXinyi LiuPaula Doumani Dupuy

foragingornithologyavian biologywestward dispersalecologypottery impressionslivestock sciencefoxtail milletvegetation scienceagricultural economicsbiogeographybotanymarine biologyagronomy

The Dahliagram: An Interdisciplinary Tool for Investigation, Visualization, and Communication of Past Human-Environmental Interaction. Science Advances (2023)

Michael FrachettiNicola Di CosmoJan EsperLamya KhalidiFranz MauelshagenClive OppenheimerEleonora RohlandUlf Büntgen

environmental scienceinterdisciplinary toolenvironmental historyarchaeologypast human-environmental interactiondata and information visualizationhuman-environment interactionshistoryscience advanceprehistory

Community Practice and Religion at an Early Islamic Cemetery in Highland Central Asia—Addendum. Antiquity (2022)

Elissa BullionFarhod MaksudovEdward R. HenryAnn MerkleMichael Frachetti

highland central asiareligionarchaeologyreligious studiescommunity practice

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Michael Frachetti

Professor of Archaeology Professor

Washington University in St. Louis

Affiliations

Arts & Sciences

Global Studies

Michael Frachetti is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Professor of Archaeology Professor at Washington University In St. Louis.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Michael Frachetti

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of Archaeology Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Rocks and Clay: Potters’ Technological Choices Within the Cultural Dynamics of Bronze Age Kazakhstan. PLoS ONE (2025)

Paula N Doumani DupuySilvia AmiconeMarcel FrenkenJack BernerTaylor HermesMichael D FrachettiGalymzhan Kiyasbek

technologyart historyhistorical archaeologycultural historyarchaeological practicearchaeologytechnological choicesbronze age kazakhstanculturematerial culture

Archaeological and Molecular Evidence for Ancient Chickens in Central Asia. Nature Communications (2024)

geneticscentral asiaancient chickensarchaeology

Automated Analysis of High-Resolution Lidar Traces Large-Scale Medieval Urbanism in Highland Central Asia. Research Square (2024)

Michael FrachettiJack BernerJason LiuEdward HenryTao JuFarhod Maksudov

urbanismtechnologyhighland central asiaurban historygeospatial mappingoperations researchhistorical geographyurban geographycartography

Geospatial Modelling of Farmer–Herder Interactions Maps Cultural Geography of Bronze and Iron Age Tibet, 3600–2200 Bp. Scientific Reports (2024)

Xinzhou ChenHongliang LüXinyi LiuMichael D. Frachetti

geospatial modellingcultural geographyiron age tibetgeochronologyarchaeologygeographyhistorical geographyearth sciencestratigraphy

Into Thin Air: Prehistoric Intensive Crop Management in High Altitude Western Tibet. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (2024)

Melissa M. RitcheyLi TangPetra VaiglovaHongliang LuYufeng SunMichael D. FrachettiXinyi Liu

environmental sciencearchaeological practicearchaeologyarchaeological recordarchaeological science

Large-Scale Medieval Urbanism Traced by Uav–Lidar in Highland Central Asia. Nature (2024)

Michael D. FrachettiJack BernerXiaoyi LiuEdward R. HenryFarhod MaksudovTao Ju

paleoanthropologypostglacial genomesgenomicsgenome biologyevolutionary biologymammalian biologymammalogy

Pottery Impressions Reveal Earlier Westward Dispersal of Foxtail Millet in Inner Asian Mountain Corridor. Agronomy (2023)

Eiko EndoShinya ShodaMichael FrachettiZhanargul KaliyevaGalymzhan KiyasbekAidyn ZhuniskhanovXinyi LiuPaula Doumani Dupuy

foragingornithologyavian biologywestward dispersalecologypottery impressionslivestock sciencefoxtail milletvegetation scienceagricultural economicsbiogeographybotanymarine biologyagronomy

The Dahliagram: An Interdisciplinary Tool for Investigation, Visualization, and Communication of Past Human-Environmental Interaction. Science Advances (2023)

Michael FrachettiNicola Di CosmoJan EsperLamya KhalidiFranz MauelshagenClive OppenheimerEleonora RohlandUlf Büntgen

Community Practice and Religion at an Early Islamic Cemetery in Highland Central Asia—Addendum. Antiquity (2022)

Elissa BullionFarhod MaksudovEdward R. HenryAnn MerkleMichael Frachetti

highland central asiareligionarchaeologyreligious studiescommunity practice

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