Great news!
A monumental achievement! After many years of blood, sweat and tears, we offer BIG congratulations to Editors Andrzej W. Weber, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Erin Jessup and all contributing authors on the publication of their new three-volume book!
The book was published and funded by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (German Archaeological Society).
A BIG thank you to Series Editors Mayke Wagner and Dominic Hosnerfor all their hard work bringing this epic project to fruition.
The monograph is a comprehensive archaeological, chronological, and bioarchaeological studies of Shamanka II site, the largest completely excavated cemetery of the Early Neolithic Kitoi culture.
Title: Shamanka II: An Early Neolithic cemetery on the southwest shore of Lake Baikal, Siberia. Archaeological and Osteological Materials
Link to publication – FREE DOWNLOAD: https://doi.org/10.34780/8htf-6bf3
Editors: Andrzej W. Weber, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Erin Jessup
- Authors:
- Andrzej W. Weber
- Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii
- Erin Jessup
- Anastasia Antonova
- Kathleen Faccia
- Lacey S. Fleming
- Caroline Haverkort
- Angela R. Lieverse
- Robert J. Losey
- Brianna P. Mack
- Nour Moussa
- Samantha L. Purchase
- Rick J. Schulting
- Aleksandr P. Sekerin
- Hamed Vahdati Nasab
- Andrea L. Waters-Rist
Synopsis: This three-volume book presents the long-awaited comprehensive archaeological, chronological, and bioarchaeological studies of Shamanka II site, the largest completely excavated cemetery of the Early Neolithic Kitoi culture dated to ca. 7,560–6,660 years cal BP. It is a monument to some thirty years of research by the Baikal Archaeology Project (BAP). This multidisciplinary international project provides insights into the individual life histories of Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northern Eurasia during times of climate change. The 156 people buried in 97 graves with around 15,000 goods at Shamanka II experienced a fundamental alteration of their world from more diverse landscapes to dense taiga forest hat left only lake shores and river banks open. It is fascinating to see how creatively they developed adaptive strategies.
Keywords: Archaeology, Osteology, Early Neolithic, Kitoi culture, Cemetery, Shamanka II site, Lake Baikal
Congratulations to everyone involved!