Since 1985, Professor Louis Flam, an archeologist in the Lehman College Anthropology Department, has been excavating a five-acre mound that sits thirty-five feet over the surrounding flood plain at Ghazi Shah, in the mountainous desert of Pakistan’s Sindh province. It is, among other things, a link to the long-vanished Indus Civilization, which flourished more than four thousand years ago, between 2600 and 1900 B.C.E. With this tremendous amount of experience, Professor Flam teaches Lehman students archeological techniques on a mock excavation site on campus.

Professor Louis Flam explains the different tools used during an excavation.

Professor Louis Flam goes around to individual students to give additional instructions.

Professor Louis Flam shows his class how to work with a whisk broom.

Professor Louis Flam shows students how to remove dirt carefully on an evacuation site.