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DOCUMENT Citation Only Atifa Rawan. Jamaludin Shable. M. Hussain Ahmadzai. Jodi Reeves Eyre.

The Afghanistan Cultural Heritage Education Program (ACHEP) is a collaborative project administered by the United States National Park Service and implemented by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona and the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Kabul University. This international outreach effort engages Afghanistan’s educators, students, and professionals in educational programs and activities to preserve and protect the country’s rich cultural heritage and to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurie Rush.

This poster displays images of playing cards distributed to inform Service members of cultural resources within Afghanistan.

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This poster displays images of playing cards distributed to inform Service members of cultural resources within Iraq and Afghanistan.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Gwendolyn Kristy. Kate Frank. Emily Hammer.

Urbanization is a significant force affecting the preservation of archaeological sites across the globe. Even in war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, urbanization dramatically outpaces looting and other forms of site destruction that have been highly visible in the media. We present data on how urbanization has affected archaeological site preservation across Afghanistan. Using the city of Herat as an example, we present a method for predicting how urban growth will affect archaeological...

PROJECT Laurie Rush.

This project resulted in various training products produced by the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, and the Cultural Resources Management Program at Fort Drum, NY, between 2005-2010, for purposes of raising awareness among U.S. military personnel and DoD contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt of the importance and value of preserving and protecting cultural property.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurie Rush.

This document is a script for in-theater heritage training concerning archaeological sites and sacred places in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a basic briefing appropriate for all deploying military personnel.

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Gadsby.

Since it began exporting the national park idea nearly a century ago, the National Park Service (NPS) has become instrumental in the protection and preservation of cultural heritage throughout the world. Cultural heritage conservation activities conducted in partnership with other nations enable NPS to disseminate important messages about the dangers of looting and the importance of protecting heritage sites. They also help to spread contemporary preservation practices and technologies to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James A. Zeidler. Alexandra Wallace.

This catalog provides a brief visual presentation of the various training products produced by the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, and the Cultural Resources Management Program at Fort Drum, NY, between 2005-2010, for purposes of raising awareness among U.S. military personnel and DoD contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt of the importance and value of preserving and protecting cultural property.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurie Rush.

A poster promoting supporting the mission and showing respect for heritage resource preservation in Afghanistan.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurie Rush.

A poster promoting supporting the mission and showing respect for heritage resource preservation in Iraq and Afghanistan.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mitch Allen. William B. Trousdale.

The Helmand-Sistan Project, conducted jointly by American and Afghan archaeologists, was the first prolonged systematic survey and excavation of the lower Helmand River region of southwest Afghanistan. It identified over 200 sites dating from the third millennium BCE to the 15th century CE and conducted excavations at a dozen of them. Military action abruptly halted the project, caused the demise of its collection of material culture stored in Afghanistan, and limited publication to a few...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles Kolb.

The geomorphology and archaeology of four Balkh River Valley sites near the bazaar town of Aq Kupruk (36º05’0"N 66º50’0"E) spanning the Upper Palaeolithic through Contemporary Nomadic cultures are detailed and compared. This valley served as a significant north-south corridor through the Hindu Kush Mountains, a western extension of the Himalayas, and a caravan route from the Turkestan Plain to the Bamiyan Valley and on to the Kabul River Valley, Indus and the Subcontinent. Major excavations were...

PROJECT Laurie Rush.

This project considered preservation of archeological sites and cultural properties in military theaters of operation that is becoming increasingly essential to the mission.

PROJECT Laurie Rush.

This project funded classical archeologists to provide research background material to support soldier training and then to transform this information into useable tools like playing cards.