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Dr. Ian Scharlotta article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Dr. Ian Scharlotta and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Parental investment as social agency and catalyst to complexity Authors: Scharlotta I, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber AW Abstract: Re-examination of the relationships between diets as inferred isotopically and grave goods in light of new data has revealed the importance of parental investment for Early Neolithic populations in Cis-Baikal, Siberia. The Kitoi Culture developed and maintained a flexible but expensive broad-spectrum [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-12-15T09:04:58-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Scharlotta, Bazaliiskii, Weber|

Dr. Peter Jordan data paper published in Internet Archaeology!

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Jordan on his newly published data paper in Internet Archaeology! Title: Technology as Human Social Tradition: 15 Trait-Based Datasets of Hunter-Gatherer Material Culture (Northwest Siberia, Pacific Northwest Coast, Northern California). How are particular material culture traditions passed from one generation to the next? This digital archive supports "Technology as Human Social Tradition: Cultural Transmission among Hunter-Gatherers" (Jordan 2015) published by University of California Press. The archive consists of 15 Excel files which were used [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-12-03T11:52:37-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Jordan|

Dr. Angela Lieverse article published in Anthropological Science!

Congratulations to Dr. Angela Lieverse and co-authors on the publication of their recent article in Anthropological Science! Title: Pediatric mandibular osteomyelitis: a probable case from Okhotsk period (5th–13th century AD) northern Japan Authors: Lieverse AR, Kubo D, Bourgeois RL, Matsumura H, Yoneda M, Ishida H Abstract: This paper discusses a probable case of pediatric mandibular osteomyelitis (OM) from the east Hokkaido Okhotsk (5th–13th century AD) site of Moyoro, Japan. The remains of a young child present an unusual [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-11-26T12:20:16-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, Bourgeois|

Alyssa White article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Alyssa White and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Turning eastward: New radiocarbon and stable isotopic data for Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers from Fofanovo, Trans-Baikal, Siberia Authors: White JA, Schulting RJ, Hommel P, Moiseyev V, Khartanovich V, Bronk Ramsey C, Weber AW Abstract: A considerable amount of bioarchaeological research – including AMS 14C dating and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses (δ13C and δ15N) – has been undertaken on the [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-12-15T09:07:06-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Weber, White|

Franziska Kobe article published online in Quaternary International

Some great news from Pavel Tarasov in Berlin! Congratulations to Franziska Kobe and co-authors on the publication of their recent article in Quaternary International! Title: Lateglacial–Holocene environments and human occupation in the Upper Lena region of Eastern Siberia derived from sedimentary and zooarchaeological data from Lake Ochaul Authors: Kobe F, Hoelzmann P, Gliwa J, Olshewski P, Peskov S, Shchetnikov A, Danukalova G, Osipova M, Goslar T, Leipe C, Wagner M, Bezrukova E, Tarasov PE Abstract: In the current study, [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-10-25T10:06:30-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Kobe, Tarasov, Wagner, Leipe|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Aleksandra Krikunova!

We have a new BAP team member! Dr. Pavel Tarasov is pleased to introduce Ms. Aleksandra Krikunova to the project! Aleksandra received her Master’s Degree from Saint Petersburg State University and Hamburg University in October 2021, as a member of the Russian-German Master Program for Polar and Marine Sciences (POMOR). Her Master’s Thesis “Postglacial vegetation and climate history of the Northern Lake Onega Region inferred from palynological record of razlomnoe peatbog” was highly regarded by the Russian-German Scientific Committee [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-10-18T11:50:13-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Tarasov, Krikunova|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Corrie Hyland!

We have a new BAP team member! Ms. Corrie Hyland is a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford and she joins the Baikal Archaeology Project under the joint supervision of Drs. Amy Styring, Rick Schulting and Andrzej Weber. Specializing in stable isotope analysis, Corrie will be working to further develop the freshwater reservoir correction methods that refine the microregion chronologies of Lake Baikal. She will be expanding on the use of stable hydrogen and sulfur isotope analysis, as [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-09-02T11:18:48-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Hyland|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Dr. Andrea Czermak!

We have a new BAP team member! Dr. Andrea Czermak is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and was introduced to the BAP by Dr. Rick Schulting. She is a trained biologist who specializes in sequential tooth dentine analysis to reconstruct early life histories of individuals. Andrea has developed and applied new refined methods for dentine analysis and micro-sampling. She is particularly interested in childhood and adolescence, stress and crisis events, subsistence strategies and mobility during times [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-08-20T10:36:21-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Czermak|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Dr. Jana Gliwa!

We have a new BAP team member! Dr. Pavel Tarasov introduces her to the team: Let me introduce a new member of the BAP Berlin team - Dr. Jana Gliwa. Last year, Jana accomplished her PhD project with the highest possible note (Summa cum laude) and applied for a 3-year post-doctoral project, which was granted by the DFG. She will start this BAP-associated project in 2022. Dr. Jana Gliwa is a post-doctoral researcher currently based at the Eurasia Department [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-08-20T10:32:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Gliwa, Tarasov|

New BAP lab in Irkutsk!

“Spirtovka” is no longer holding our BAP collections! The new and much improved lab in Irkutsk is a welcome addition for all involved! It will likely be called “Stolovaia”, because the space was used before as a student cafeteria. Here is our long-time BAP collaborator, Mr. Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, at Stolovaia.

Andrea Hiob2021-08-18T14:55:46-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: Weber, bazalii|