The annual conference of Mongolian archaeologists was held in Ulaanbaatar in late December 2023, during which synopses of Paleolithic through Medieval archaeological research conducted in the country throughout the year were presented. More than 100 archaeological studies were undertaken in Mongolia in 2023, 40 of which were summarized as conference papers. The principal results ofContinue reading “Tsagaan Agui Cave investigations recognized as Mongolia’s best archaeological research project in 2023”
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Another JMRAAE Staff Member has Received the Order of the Polar Star
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”
JMRAAE’s Tsagaan Agui Cave project has won First Prize among archaeological research endeavors conducted in Mongolia in 2021
On December 15-16, 2021 the annual “Mongolian Archaeologists” conference was held at Mongolian State University in Ulaanbaatar. Archaeologists from the University, the Institute of Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and various Mongolian museums reported the results of their 2021 investigations. Our JMRAAE team participated in two such presentations. Tsedendorj Bolorbat presented a synopsisContinue reading “JMRAAE’s Tsagaan Agui Cave project has won First Prize among archaeological research endeavors conducted in Mongolia in 2021”
2021 Mongolian field season began with awards!
Drs. Evgeny Rybin and Arina Khatsenovich have been awarded special diplomas by their friends and colleagues in the Stone Age Department of the Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences; a very nice surprise, indeed! We are deeply indebted to our Mongolian friends for their decades of collaboration and invaluable assistance in organizing our jointContinue reading “2021 Mongolian field season began with awards!”
John Olsen becomes an Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk
University of Arizona Regents’ Professor Emeritus John W. Olsen has worked with the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS since 1995. The Joint Mongolian-Russian-American Archaeological Expedition that he co-directs celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020. The Expedition has investigated Tsagaan Agui Cave and Chikhen Agui Rockshelter, the Chikhen-2 site, and discovered the Tolbor Valley’sContinue reading “John Olsen becomes an Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk”
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