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BAP article published in Radiocarbon!

Great News! Congratulations to BAP team members Rick Schulting, Ian Scharlotta, Angela Lieverse, Erin Jessup, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Vladimir Bazaliiskii and Andrzej Weber on the recent publication of their article in Radiocarbon! Radiocarbon (January 2025), pp 1-13. Title: A 350 14C yr discrepancy between bone and tooth dates from the same grave at the Early Neolithic cemetery of Shamanka II, Lake Baikal, southern Siberia: reservoir effects or a misplaced mandible? Authors: Schulting RJ, Scharlotta I, Lieverse A, Jessup [...]

Andrea Hiob2025-01-22T14:11:55-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Scharlotta, Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Lieverse, Weber, Jessup|

Dr. Ruairidh Macleod successfully defends PhD dissertation!

Congratulations to Dr. Ruairidh Macleod, BAP PhD student at University of Cambridge, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation! On Wednesday the 18th of December, Ruairidh ('Rory') Macleod successfully defended his PhD thesis titled 'An Ancient Genomic Perspective of Kinship, Disease, and Environment' at the University of Cambridge. This centred on ancient genome data from Middle Holocene hunter–gatherers at Lake Baikal, in particular case studies from an apparent EBA massacre group, outbreaks of pathogens among occupants of LN cemeteries, and study [...]

Andrea Hiob2025-01-14T12:11:32-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Macleod|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Dr. Tengwen Long!

We have a new BAP team member! Dr. Tengwen Long is Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests cover a range of topics in physical geography, with a particular emphasis on the intricate interactions between humans and the environment. A key area of his study is the origins of agriculture, where he employs a multidisciplinary approach that integrates geo-, bio‑, and historical social sciences methods. Dr Long’s career is marked by [...]

Andrea Hiob2025-01-14T12:46:58-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Long|

Andrzej Weber, Erin Jessup and Robert Losey present their research at BAP monthly online research seminar (BAP MORS)

Our sixth and final BAP MORS of 2024! These seminars are a great way to learn and connect with our international team on a regular basis. December 17, 2024: Andrzej Weber, Erin Jessup, Robert Losey (University of Alberta). “Huge sturgeon, furry sable, toothy animals, and beaky birds: Variation in Shamanka II grave goods, Part 3” Thank you to the gang above for presenting their interesting research!

Andrea Hiob2025-01-14T11:59:31-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Losey, Weber, Jessup|

Dr. Aleksandra Krikunova successfully defends PhD dissertation!

Congratulations to Dr. Aleksandra Krikunova, BAP PhD student at Freie Universität Berlin, for successfully defending her PhD dissertation on December 10th! Great news from Dr. Pavel Tarasov, Alexandra’s supervisor at Freie Universität Berlin: “Aleksandra's PhD defence was a great success. For the written thesis, oral presentation and subsequent discussion, all members of the committee gave her "magna cum laude", which is a grade for PhDs "with great distinction". We would like to thank all BAP team members and all [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-12-16T08:46:46-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Tarasov, Krikunova|

Dr. Rick Schulting article published in Antiquity

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors on the recent publication of their paper in Antiquity! Title: ‘The darker angels of our nature’: Early Bronze Age butchered human remains from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK Authors: Rick J. Schulting, Teresa Fernández-Crespo, Javier Ordoño, Fiona Brock, Ashleigh Kellow, Christophe Snoeck, Ian R. Cartwright, David Walker, Louise Loe, Tony Audsley Abstract: Direct physical evidence for violent interpersonal conflict is seen only sporadically in the archaeological record for prehistoric Britain. Human remains from [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-12-16T09:03:20-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting|

Corrie Hyland presents her research at BAP monthly online research seminar (BAP MORS)

Our fifth BAP MORS of 2024! These seminars are a great way to learn and connect with our international team on a regular basis. November 26, 2024: Corrie Hyland (University of Oxford). “Expanding stable hydrogen isotope analysis across Cis- and Trans-Baikal: implications for dietary, mobility and reservoir effect research” Thank you to Corrie for presenting her interesting research!

Andrea Hiob2024-11-26T10:12:50-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Hyland|

Peter Rowley-Conwy presents his research at BAP monthly online research seminar (BAP MORS)

Our fourth BAP MORS of 2024! These seminars are a great way to learn and connect with our international team on a regular basis. October 29, 2024: Peter Rowley-Conwy (University of Durham). “Mesolithic and Neolithic in southern Scandinavia: what did the farmers have that the hunter-gathers wanted?” Thank you to Peter for presenting his fun and interesting research!

Andrea Hiob2024-10-21T13:29:18-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Rowley-Conwy|

Lauren Michelman BAP thesis published in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology!

Congratulations to Lauren Michelman, former Master's student supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse, University of Saskatachewan, on the recent publication of her BAP thesis in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology! Title: Reading between the lines: A study of Harris lines in Middle Holocene foragers of the Cis-Baikal Authors: Michelman LM, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber AW, Lieverse AR. Abstract: With the increase in global wildfire activity in response to global climate warming, the reconstruction of long-term fire histories and their links to environmental and anthropogenic factors [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-09-05T13:37:33-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, Weber, Michelman|

Alexandra Vasilyeva presents paper at the Paleolimnology of Northern Eurasia Conference in Krasnoyarsk

Alexandra Vasilyeva and Larisa Savelieva recently presented a paper at the 6th International 'Paleolimnology of Northern Eurasia' Conference in Krasnoyarsk, 24-29 August. The BAP-related research study, conducted by BAP students Alexandra Vasilyeva (as part of her Master's program at University of St. Petersburg) and Aleksandra Krikunova (PhD program at Freie Universitaet, Berlin) under the supervision of Dr. Larisa Savelieva and Professor Pavel Tarasov, examines the features of pollen-based vegetation modeling using Holocene pollen records from lakes in the Ladoga-Onega [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-09-12T13:03:00-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Vasilyeva, Tarasov, Krikunova, Savelieva|