On July 28 William Reger wrote: >Can anyone out there give me any idea what's being done in the CIS in >archeology? Any new developments since things have opened up? Any new >professional connections being established between western archeologists >and scholars in Russia or any of the former republics? What are the major >trends of Russian archeology? Three historical archaeologists from Australia, including a maritime archaeologist, are about to travel to the Urals at the invitation of Russian archaeologists to investigate nineteenth century mining sites. Sorry I haven't got more details than that, but the contact person in Australia is Dr. Aedeen Cremin, Celtic Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney New South Wales 2006.