Department of History & Archaeology
Archaeological Excavation of Naga Ancestral Sites
Research Project “A Preliminary Research on Reconstructing the Pre-Colonial History of Phom Nagas: Ancestral sites and Phom- Ahom relationship” (Funded by ICHR, New Delhi, 2020-2022)
Chingkhang, Longkhang, Mongtikang, Takshokshung Exploration/Excavation, 2021
Naga Jar Burial Research
Ancient DNA(aDNA) Research Initiatives.
(Collaborative research MoU with Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow & Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, USA)
Nagaland Cave Archaeology: 2009-2020
Paleoenvironmental Research: Shilloi Lake Coring
(with IISER, Mohali & Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, 2017)
Public Outreach: Community Archaeology Research Programs
Rescue Archaeology Initiatives for State Museum: Jan 2022
International Collaborative Research and External Research Participations
Ethnoarchaeology of Naga Stone Monuments: 2016-2023
(Joint collaborative Research MoU with the Institute of Pre-&- Protohistoric Archaeology, Kiel University, Germany)
Ethnoarchaeological Studies on Naga Pottery
(Pottery Documentation Project funded by Directorate of Art & Culture, Govt of Nagaland, 2019-2020)
Stone Jar Research, NC Hills, Assam
(Collaborative research with ASI, Guwahati Circle & NEHU, Tura Campus)
Fieldwork at Thokhimi Village, Zunheboto & Tseminyu Village on Indigenous Pottery documentation
(Funded by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi, 2022)
Indigenous Hunting & Trapping Method(Longkhum & Süngratsü village, Mokokchung district)
(Funded by North East Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture, 2022-2023)
Joint archaeological expedition to Langa and Shangnyu, 2024
(Langa:with University of Sydney and Shangnyu:with Kiel University)