Scientist explores archaeological record by studying Mongolian reindeer herder camps

This composite time-lapse photo shows every spot Mongolian people occupied in a reindeer herder camp Sept. 15, 2014.

Todd Surovell, a UW professor of anthropology and director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and

Anthropology, heads the Dukha Ethnoarchaeological Project. The project’s primary goal is the development

of spatial theory of human behavior for application to archaeological problems [Credit: Todd Surovell]

A Dukha summer camp in the West Taiga. Nine families live here. One ortz is used mostly as a rental for tourists

[Credit: Dukha Ethnoarchaeological Project]

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