Much more than an archaeology course, this six-week summer field practicum on the history of Central Asia offers university students from all disciplines the opportunity to immerse themselves in the past and present culture of Kazakhstan.
Living off-the-grid for weeks in the remote mountain foothills of the former Soviet republic, students get a hands-on crash course in archaeology field work as they dig for signs of the earliest agricultural settlements along the ancient Silk Road.
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