Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, IAET SB RAS (Russian: Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН, ИАЭТ СО РАН) is a research institute in Novosibirsk, Russia.
The organization also explores the culture of the indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Slavs, and in addition, ethno-social and ethno-political processes in modern societies.
[3] In 1993, in Altai, an archaeological expedition led by an employee of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography Natalia Polosmak found a mummy of a woman, which is known as the Princess of Ukok.
In addition to the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, the mummy was also studied by the Research Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAMS, the International Tomography Center SB RAS, as well as scientists from Switzerland, Germany and Great Britain.
[8][9] In 2017, the expedition of Natalia Polosmak discovered two ritual complexes with stone figures of the early Middle Ages in the Himalayas within Kashmir, India.