• This is an IU-Administered Summer Program
• 10 Students
• IU resident faculty director Prof. Anne Pyburn, IU Department of Anthropology
• AUCA program director Prof. Aida Abdykanova
• Aygergel 2 is a Bronze Age [3000 BC] site located on the campus of the University of Central Asia in Naryn Province. Field School excavation and survey follow on several previous seasons of research investigating a Bronze Age structure.

• 3 IU credit hours for CEUS-R 329 / ANTH-P 399 Topics in Central Asian Archaeology
• 3 IU credit hours for ANTH-P 406 Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
• Timetable:
  • Program will begin with Skype meetings in June to help participants prepare.
  • Tentative departure date is June 21; return July 31.
  • Program will assist with flight arrangements via Amsterdam.
  • Five days at AUCA in Bishkek with daily classes and assigned readings. Students will room with "buddy" and have assigned tasks including learning Cyrillic alphabet, shopping for minor gear and visiting museums and parks.
  • Travel by bus (5 hours) from Bishkek to Naryn campus of the University of Central Asia (UCA)
  • Two weeks archaeological mapping and excavation at Aygergel 2; evening lectures by professional staff.
  • One week of travel to archaeological sites in Naryn and to Kochkor; three nights in a jailoo
  • Final week at UCA wrapping up excavation and mapping at Aygergel 2.
  • Five days at AUCA; final lectures; students complete journals.

• Getting Started Handbook

• Program brochure

• Students will spend time at the Campus of the AUCA in Bishkek.
• During field work, students will reside in the new UCA dormitories.

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate student at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• are in at least your fourth full-time semester of college
• are able to engage in sustained physical activity in the heat
• have approximately a 2.75 cumulative GPA

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of the Office of Overseas Study. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Summer 2018

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• Most IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs.
• Overseas Study Scholarships, including Minority Scholarships and Scholarships for Students from IU campuses other than Bloomington.

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.