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The International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive archaeological field study in Uzgen, the Kyrgyz Republic held in the framework of within the framework of the Water Supply and Wastewater Rehabilitation Project.

The project has become a logical extension of the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) performed in 2021-2022 in the framework of the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Fund-in-Trust “Support for the Asian Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination(s) (Phase II)” and is aimed at assessing the anticipated impact of the proposed Water Supply and Wastewater Rehabilitation Project on the surviving standing structures (including the Uzgen minaret and the mausoleums) and the subsoil archeological remains.

The field survey is performed in close cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the construction company in charge of the rehabilitation activities and the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic as well as other institutional and individual stakeholders.

The fieldwork is expected to be complemented by the desk study aimed at safeguarding the heritage of Uzgen through complying with the national rules and regulations and raising the key stakeholders’ awareness of the history and the values of Uzgen.

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