This combination became possible due to the long-term cooperation of the Ural archeologists with their colleagues from Frankfurt am Main. The joint project has been already existing for more than five years; and it was decided to sum up the results at the International Conference "Natural Environment and Cultural Processes of the Bronze Age within the South Urals Territory" where the scientists from both countries and specialists from the USA, China and the UK took part.
The key issue of the discussion was Kamenny Ambar area of the Karagayla-Ayat river in the south of Chelyabinsk region where a great number of archeological objects of the Bronze Age had been found. The students of SUSU Faculty of History know these places very good as here they have their practical classes under the supervision of Andrey V. Epimakhov, Professor of Ancient History and Eurasia Ethnology Department and Doctor of Science (History). The Professor became one of the most active participants of the conference having prepared two reports and took part in the discussion of controversial issues.
Goethe University is one of the largest and most prestigious universities of Germany which is considered to be the scientific center in different disciplines. Every year German students take part in the archeological excavations in Chelyabinsk region and then prepare their Master dissertations based on the results of these excavations. The modern archeology cannot exist without a large range of scientific information and applies the data of physics, geology, biology and other sciences. The results of scientific work done by those specialists were presented at the Conference. The major efforts have been made though still there are a lot of things to think over; then the scientists will need some time to prepare their monographs.
Photo: A.V. Epimakhov in the territory of Goethe University campus. This is the way how the German sculptors see a present-day student.