Jake Kalodner

Jake Kalodner entered Harvard’s Department of Anthropology in 2024 as a Ph.D. student in archaeology. He studies the Bronze and Iron Age archaeology of the Central and Inner Asian steppes, focusing on mobility, human-environment interaction, landscapes, and trade and exchange. Methodologically, he integrates biomolecular approaches with archaeological theory and practice to generate new insights into ancient economies and lifeways. His current research reevaluates the role of pastoral diets in Eastern Kazakhstan using biomolecular methods, including stable isotope analysis and proteomics. Jake has conducted archaeological fieldwork in Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and his research is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.