On 07 December 2023, Leading Researcher of the Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Tserendagva Yadmaa, Ph.D. was awarded Mongolia’s highest state honor, the Order of the Polar Star (Алтан гадас одон). Dr. Tserendagva was born in Bayankhongor aimag and has focused his career on the study of the Paleolithic archaeology of that province. For theContinue reading “Another JMRAAE Staff Member has Received the Order of the Polar Star”
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JMRAAE Staff Members Garner Recognition of their Research in Mongolia
Left to right: Nasan-Ochir Erdene-Ochir, Nicolas Zwyns, Arina Khatsenovich, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, John Olsen, Izuho Masami, Evgeny Rybin, Tsedendorj Bolorbat, Davakhuu Odsuren On 25 August 2023, University of Arizona Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Anthropology John W. Olsen received the Order of the Polar Star (Алтан гадас одон), the highest state award Mongolia can present to aContinue reading “JMRAAE Staff Members Garner Recognition of their Research in Mongolia”
Excavations at Tsagaan Agui Cave in 2021
In September and early October 2021, the Joint Mongolian-Russian-American Archaeological Expedition carried out test excavations and sample collecting in Tsagaan Agui Cave. Tsagaan Agui (White Cave) is located in the arid Gobi Altai Mountains of southern Mongolia. Geographical isolation, arid conditions and relatively high elevation (about 2000 meters asl), make conditions there quite challenging. TheContinue reading “Excavations at Tsagaan Agui Cave in 2021”
Tomorrow Dr. Evgeny Rybin will defend a thesis of his Dr. Habil. dissertation
December 21, 06:00 a.m. (Moscow time) Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science. Event will be available online on YouTube (even after defense) in Russian Сессия диссертационного совета Института археологии и этнографии СО РАН – YouTube Evgeny Rybin will present his dissertation ” Regional variability of Initial Upper Paleolithic lithicContinue reading “Tomorrow Dr. Evgeny Rybin will defend a thesis of his Dr. Habil. dissertation”
The Initial Upper Paleolithic Tolbor-21 site: a new article in Quaternary International
Our new paper Evgeny P. Rybin, Cleantha N. Paine, Arina M. Khatsenovich, Tsedendorj Bolorbat, Sahra Talamo, Daria V. Marchenko, William Rendu, Alexei M. Klementiev, Davakhuu Odsuren, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Nicolas Zwyns., 2020. A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence has appeared onlineContinue reading “The Initial Upper Paleolithic Tolbor-21 site: a new article in Quaternary International”
Updates on Mongolian 2020 field season
A special commission of the Mongolian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport took the decision to cancel foreign expeditions in 2020 to help protect Mongolia from the Covid-19 pandemic. Naturally, we support this decision completely and have tentatively shifted our planned excavation of Tsagaan Agui Cave to spring, 2021. This doesn’t mean that allContinue reading “Updates on Mongolian 2020 field season”
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