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Patricia Wattenmaker is an Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Anthropology at the University of Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1990) and specializes in the archaeology of complex societies in Southwest Asia, particularly ancient Mesopotamia. Her research focuses on state formation, political economy, and household dynamics in early urban societies.
Her fieldwork includes long-term excavations in southeast Turkey (e.g., Kazane site), examining how non-elite households adapted to state formation between 5500-2000 B.C. She also investigates urbanism in Syria and North Africa through regional surveys and faunal analysis. Recent research critiques world systems theory in Mesopotamia and explores gender relations in state structures.
Key contributions include analyzing state collapse in Upper Mesopotamia and linking political changes to household economies. Current projects examine urbanism's emergence around 2500 B.C. in northern Mesopotamia and the antecedents of urban society.
