Surveying the Tian Shan: INASIA Fieldwork in Uzbekistan
In September 2026, the INASIA team returned to Uzbekistan for another field season. This time, our work took us into […]
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Darvazalik Cave: 5 Metres Down to the Middle Palaeolithic
Darvazalik Cave has been testing our patience for the past three years. A 5-metre-deep excavation trench. A 50-minute climb to
Closing the 2026 Field Season at Kiik Kamar Cave
This season’s fieldwork at Kiik Kamar Cave has come to an end. Over the past weeks, we worked our way
Beyond the Excavation Trench: Surveying Kashkadarya
Bats, caves, geology and another roadside repair! It can only mean one thing: we’re surveying Kashkadarya. We decided to do
Below the Last Glacial Maximum. Reaching the First Pleistocene Cultural Layer at Kiik Kamar Cave
Archaeological excavations take time. Before the first artefacts appear, archaeologists often spend weeks working through younger deposits to reach the
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Darvazalik Cave revisited
29.08.2025“After 2-weeks break came back to Darvazalik Cave” recounts the PI, Prof. Małgorzata Kot. “450cm of Holocene sediments and counting.
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Kiik Kamar – end of June 2025 excavation
And here the day comes one needs to close the trench.In order to protect the sections we covered them with
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A big discovery
When you uncover new archaeological horizons with bones, combustion structures and MP blades the only thing you can do is…
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Sieveing and flotation
The crucial element in cave archaeology is wet sieving and flotation of sediments. Check our story of each and every
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Raw material survey
We’re conducting a raw material survey today walking along riverbeds and searching for suitable knapping raw material. Guess what can