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Encounters with the Golden Deer: Kazakhstan 101
Horned Deer with Folded Legs, Two-Sided; Zhalauli (Kegen district, Almaty region), 7th–6th century BCE Alex Nagel, assistant curator of ancient Near Eastern art at Freer|Sackler, is the in-house...
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Nomads, Networks, and Bloggers: Live from Kazakhstan
Claudia Chang recording sherds in an irrigation ditch, wearing what she calls her “characteristic garb”: Waldo hat, pocket T-shirt, gray dig pants, and bandana. Claudia Chang, professor of archaeology...
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Nomads and Networks in the Field: Introducing Tuzusai
Sod removed from new excavation, Tuzusai, 2012 Claudia Chang, professor of archaeology at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, is director of an international field research project on the archaeology of...
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Nomads and Networks in the Field: Everyday Life in the Iron Age
Wild apricots, Tuzusai, Kazakhstan Claudia Chang, professor of archaeology at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, is director of an international field research project on the archaeology of the Iron Age...
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Nomads and Networks in the Field: The Parachute Edition
Using a parachute to keep cool. Claudia Chang, professor of archaeology at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, is director of an international field research project on the archaeology of the Iron Age in...
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Nomads and Networks in the Field: Going for the Bronze
Alec in the shadows; photo by Perry A. Tourtellotte Claudia Chang, professor of archaeology at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, is director of an international field research project on the archaeology...
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Nomads and Networks in the Field: At a Galloping Pace
Horses in paddock at Panfilova horse farm. Horses held great importance in steppe culture. At our dig site, the majority of the animal bone remains have been identified as sheep and goats, followed by...
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Nomads and Networks in the Field: Magneto and Magnetina
Magnetometer survey in a field northwest of Tuzusai with Joerg (foreground) and Claudia (background). Peak Talgar is in the rear. Claudia Chang, professor of archaeology at Sweet Briar College in...
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Nomads and Networks: Iron and Bronze
Michael Frachetti, associate professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, is the co-director of ongoing international field research on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages...
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