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WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2010 FIELD SEASON
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Project Description
This collaborative project between the University of Pittsburgh and the National Museum of Mongolia aims to understand the nature of the social and economic organization of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age societies of central Mongolia through the use of settlement archaeology. Located in the grasslands of Central Mongolia, the research area is dotted with impressive stone built burial and ritual sites dating to the second and first millennia BCE, and continues to be inhabited by horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who have maintained much of their traditional lifeways. For further details, please download the 'Project Overview' by clicking on the link below.
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SESSION DATES:
24 May – 12 June
12 June – 03 July |
PROGRAM FEES: $1400.00
Includes: Transport to and from field, training, and meals in the field.
Not included: International travel, visas, personal insurance.
* Participants must bring their own camp gear and supplies.
Places are limited so early application is recommended |
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
15 March, 2010 |
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DOWNLOAD PROJECT OVERVIEW
ONLINE APPLICATION
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The 2010 field season will include excavation of habitation sites, survey, ethnoarchaeological work and excavation of burial and ritual sites. Participants will receive training in proper methods of unearthing and documenting materials, survey, use of handheld GPS units, and will have the opportunity to work with the artifactual material as well as with the zooarchaeologist and geoarchaeologist.
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Staff
Jean-Luc Houle (Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh)
Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan (National Museum of Mongolia)
Tserendorj Odbaatar (National Museum of Mongolia)
Diimaajav Erdenebatar (Ulaanbaatar University, Mongolia)
Sarah M. Viner (University of Sheffield)
Andrea Balbo (Cambridge University and ICREA, Barcelona)
Julia Clark (Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh)
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The Team
The project team will consist of our staff, Mongolian students from local universities and the participants accepted in this program.
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PREREQUISITE:
- Minimum age: 18
- Participants need no special training, but should be prepared for physical activity and wilderness camping for extended periods of time. We will live in tents and “gers” (Mongolian traditional tent houses) without electricity and plumbing. Access to water for bathing and drinking will be a river nearby the campsite. The diet will be essentially meat based (lots of sheep!).
- The most important things you need for this project are patience, a good sense of humor; and the ability to adapt to radically different cultures and environments.
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For further information, please
contact Jean-Luc Houle at:
jeh48@pitt.edu
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