Now accepting applications for field season 2019

• Investigate the roots of the First Steppe Empire of Mongolia through archaeological fieldwork in the famed Khanuy Valley region of northcentral Mongolia. 

• Learn state of the art field methods and conduct hands-on work on Bronze and Iron Age sites with an international team of archaeologists who are investigating human-environment relationships and the development of complex societies in Inner Asia.  ​

 

• Expose yourself to a radically different culture and way of life by living and working among Mongolian pastoral herders who make up one of the world's last remaining nomadic cultures.​​

This collaborative project between Western Kentucky University and the National Museum of Mongolia aims to investigate human-environment relationships and understand the nature of the social, political, and economic organization of Bronze and Iron Age societies in the Khanuy Valley region of Mongolia through the use of landscape and settlement archaeology (see Project Overview below for more details).

Located in the grasslands of central Mongolia, the research area is dotted with archaeological sites that date from at least the Late Paleolithic and continues to be inhabited by nomadic pastoralists who have maintained much of their traditional lifeways.

This project accommodates participants wishing to receive academic credit through WKU and those just willing to gain archaeological field experience.

Download Project Overview

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Project 2019

SESSION DATES

24 May - 16 June, 2019

APPLICATION DEADLINE

15 January, 2019

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Accordingly, we encourage you to apply early.

PROGRAM FEES

$2,100

Includes: Transport to and from field, training, meals in the field, tuition (3 credits), and international medical insurance.

​Not included: International travel, visas.
​Participants bring their own tent and sleeping bag.

National Museum of Mongolia

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