Assistant Professor EA Quinn and Professor Geoff Childs in Nepal with research team. Photo by Geoff Childs
Profile revealing an ancient irrigation canal, Anshang Site, Neihuang County, Henan Province, China. Photo by Zhen Qin
Sifting through soil from an excavation unit late in the evening on Mmadipodi Hill, Central Botswana. Photo by Mica Jones
Chimpanzees at St. Louis Zoo. Photo by Kylen Gartland while completing research
Fruit salesman in Taitung, Taiwan selling produce roadside. Photo by Alexander Lu
June 20, 2017

Targeted excavating leads to lost city

Using modern, high-tech analysis tools, anthropologist Michael Frachetti is leading groundbreaking research on an ancient city high in the Uzbekistan mountains. The site may hold clues to how medieval civilizations changed when diverse communities integrated — and even suggest how we might consider our own current initiatives of global community-building.

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