Business Type: Research. Independant Scientific Organization Industry type: Research
Activity: The Institute studies the history and culture of Eurasia, human habitation during the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, the development and transformation of ancient cultures in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as in the Middle Ages. The organization also explores the culture of the indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Slavs, and in addition, ethno-social and ethno-political processes in modern societies.
In 1993, in Altai, an archaeological expedition led by an employee of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography Natalia Polosmak found a mummy of a woman, which is known as the Princess of Ukok.
The organization is engaged in the study of the Denisova Cave. The stationary archaeological camp of the institute operates nearby. In 2017, the expedition of Natalia Polosmak discovered two ritual complexes with stone figures of the early Middle Ages in the Himalayas within Kashmir, India
Contact: Institute of Archeology and Ethnography Location: Russia