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)

ONGOING PROJECTS Neolithisation dynamics in Northeast India: New perspectives on the sites of Misimagre, Western Garo Hills
PIs: Maria Wunderlich, Kiel University/Tiatoshi Jamir, Nagaland University/Henny Piezonka, Free University Berlin/Tilok Thakuria, NEHU, Tura Campus
Funding agency: Gerda Henkel Stiftung (Projekt-Nr. AZ 14/V/23)

Excavation at New Phor (Burakha) (Feb, 2025 Field Season-1)
PIs: Prof. Tiatoshi Jamir, Nagaland University/Prof. Alison Betts, University of Sydney/Dr. Michael Spate, La Trobe University, Melbournes
Funding agency: University of Sydney, Australia