Kamyar Abdi is an Iranian archaeologist. He received his M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, at University of Chicago (1997) and his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in Anthropology (2002). He has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College since 2002. His research interests include sedentism, food production (agriculture and pastoralism), urbanism, state formation, and writing in ancient Near East, especially Iran.
Abdi is currently the editor of the Iranian journal of Archaeology and History. He is teaching at Department of Archaeological sciences at the Shahid Beheshti University at Tehran.
Abdi, K (2001) Nationalism, Politics, and the Development of Archaeology in Iran, American Journal of Archaeology
Abdi, K., 2003 The Early Development of Pastoralism in the Central Zagros Mountains,Journal of World Prehistory, Vol. 17, No. 4: 395-448