Name: Guillermo Algaze
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1986

Field of Expertise: Algaze is an expert on Near Eastern, Anatolian, and Mesopotamian archaeology, early civilizations, and complex societies.

Region of Interest: South America, Turkey

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Selected Publications:

• The Uruk World System: The Dynamics of Expansion of Early Mesopotamian Civilization. University Of Chicago Press; 2nd edition, 2005.
• "Initial social complexity in southwestern Asia - The Mesopotamian advantage." Current Anthropology, 42 (2): 199-233, April 2001.