Braden Cordivari, PhD Candidate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, 15 East 84 th Street, New York, NY 10028.
Braden Cordivari's current research examines the technological innovation of brass alloying in central Anatolia in the early 1st millennium BCE through the analysis of metal objects, including pXRF and lead isotope analysis. His broader interests include craft production, archaeometallurgy, and pyrotechnology, as well as relationships between political networks and craft practices. He has published in Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and conducted research in Türkiye, Greece, and Italy.