Middle-Period Mongolian Archeology

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Nancy Steinhardt

School Affiliation: School of Arts & Sciences
Country or Region Engaged: Mongolia
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2018-19
Expertise: Archaeology, History, Anthropology
Middle Period Archaeology in Mongolia will bring together for the first time the most influential archaeologists of 10th-14th century (Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongol) sites in Russia, Inner Mongolia (a Chinese autonomous region), and Outer Mongolia. The goals of the conference are to initiate collaborative research between Penn faculty and students and teams in Russia and both Mongolia's, showcase the role of Penn in the study of Mongolia to date, and emphasize our central role in the future study of Mongolia.