Dr Fiona Kidd
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About Dr Fiona Kidd
Dr Fiona Kidd specializes in the archaeology and art history of Central Asia, with primary research interests in rank and status, exchange mechanisms and nomadic-sedentary relations.
Since 1999 she has been working at the site of Kazakl’i-yatkan in ancient Chorasmia as a member of the collaborative Karakalpak-Australian Expedition to Chorasmia. She is currently co-field director at the site. Fiona holds an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the wall paintings from Kazakl’i-yatkan, which are among the earliest and best preserved in Central Asia. Dr Kidd's PhD explored issues of status and identity in costume portrayed on pre-Islamic figurines from the Samarkand region of Sogdiana. Fiona has also excavated in Syria and is currently involved in fieldwork and GIS-based projects in Afghanistan (MJAP and ASAGE) and a museum-based project in the Ferghana Valley. Dr Kidd teaches the Archaeology of Central Asia - an introductory course on this dynamic region, which lies at the crossroads of the Near East, East Asia, India and the Eurasian steppelands.