Dr. Frahm is an archaeological scientist who teaches and conducts research in both the field and laboratory to study otherwise unobservable behaviors in the past, and he serves as the Director of the Yale Initiative for the Study of Ancient Pyrotechnology. His work has been covered by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, The Economist, National Geographic, Science News, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. He has conducted and published studies on four continents, spanning nearly half a million years of human history. The unifying theme of his research is elucidating how different human groups made use of natural resources distributed across the landscape, how they responded to challenges within their environments, and how the resulting behaviors influenced connectivity and opportunities for the spread of technological innovations and social changes. Much of his research focuses on Southwest Asia, including the Near East and South Caucasus, although his other projects span from the Pacific Northwest to Eastern Africa. Dr. Frahm teaches classes including Introduction to Archaeological Laboratory Sciences and Introduction to Experimental Archaeology, and he works with closely undergraduate, Master’s, and doctoral students on their research, from the initial planning and design to presenting and publishing their findings.
