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Daniel Temple article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Drs. Daniel H. Temple, Angela R. Lieverse, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Kate Faccia and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Skeletal and dental maturation relative to tooth formation in prehistoric hunter-gatherers from Cis-Baikal, Siberia Authors: Daniel H. Temple, Angela R. Lieverse, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Kate Faccia and Andrzej W. Weber. Abstract: This study reconstructs fusion of skeletal elements and tooth emergence relative to tooth formation among prehistoric [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:18:30-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Temple, Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, Weber|

Andrea Waters-Rist article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Drs. Andrea Waters-Rist, Angela R. Lieverse, Alexei G. Novikov, Olga I Goriunova, Artur A. Kharinskii and Hugh G. McKenzie on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Spatial and temporal differences in Late Neolithic Serovo to Early Bronze Age Glazkovo forager diet in Lake Baikal’s Little Sea Microregion, Siberia Authors: Andrea Waters-Rist, Angela R. Lieverse, Alexei G. Novikov, Olga I Goriunova, Artur A. Kharinskii and Hugh G. McKenzie. Abstract: Research on [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:59-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Goriunova, Lieverse, McKenzie, Novikov, Waters-Rist|

Andrzej Weber, Peter Jordan and co-authors article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Drs. Andrzej Weber, Peter Jordan and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Resource processing, early pottery and the emergence of Kitoi culture in Cis-Baikal: Insights from lipid residue analysis of an Early Neolithic ceramic assemblage from the Gorelyi Les habitation site, Eastern Siberia Authors: Manon Bondetti, Alexandre Lucquin, Nikolai A. Savel’ev, Andrzej W. Weber, Oliver E. Craig and Peter D. Jordan. Abstract: In the early Holocene, Mesolithic hunter-gatherer [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:18:14-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Jordan, Weber|

Benjamin Osipov article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Drs. Benjamin Osipov, Lesley Harrington, Daniel H. Temple, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Chronological and regional variation in developmental stress and behavior of Early and Late Neolithic Cis-Baikal hunter-gatherer juveniles: Insights from diaphyseal cross-sectional geometryic Authors: Benjamin Osipov, Lesley Harrington, Daniel H. Temple, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii and Andrzej W. Weber. Abstract: This study explores growth (increase in size) and development (change [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:16:52-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Temple, Bazaliiskii, Weber|

Olga I. Goriunova article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Congratulations to Drs. Olga I Goriunova, Alexei G. Novikov and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Middle Holocene hunter–gatherer mortuary practices in the Little Sea microregion on Lake Baikal, part II: Late Neolithic Authors: Olga I. Goriunova, Alexei G. Novikov and Andrzej W. Weber. Abstract: This is the second in a series of two papers dedicated to the examination of Neolithic mortuary variation within the Little Sea microregion [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:07-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Goriunova, Novikov, Weber|

Nour Moussa article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Some great BAP news to share in the new year of 2021! Congratulations to Drs. Nour M. Moussa, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga I. Goriunova and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Insights into Lake Baikal's ancient populations based on genetic evidence from the Early Neolithic Shamanka II and Early Bronze Age Kurma XI cemeteries Authors: Nour M. Moussa, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:26-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, McKenzie, Weber, Moussa|

Rick Schulting co-authored an article published in Nature Plants

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Nature Plants! Title: ‘White gold’ guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from AD 1000 Abstract: The archaeological record shows that large pre-Inca agricultural systems supported settlements for centuries around the ravines and oases of northern Chile’s hyperarid Atacama Desert. This raises questions about how such productivity was achieved and sustained, and its social implications. Using isotopic data of well-preserved ancient plant [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:43-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting|

Pavel Tarasov article published in Quaternary International

Some great BAP news to share after many months of slow news days! Congratulations to Drs. Pavel Tarasov, Christian Leipe and Mayke Wagner on the recent publication of their article in Quaternary International! Title: Environments during the spread of anatomically modern humans across Northern Asia 50-10 cal kyr BP: What do we know and what would we like to know? Authors: Pavel E. Tarasov, Christian Leipe, Mayke Wagner. Abstract: Northern Asia (here, the Russian Federation east of the [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:22:46-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Tarasov, Leipe, Wagner|

Rebecca Bourgeois successfully defends Master’s thesis!

Congratulations to Rebecca Bourgeois, Master's student at University of Saskatchewan, for successfully defending her thesis on July 31st! Rebecca was co-supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse and Dr. Hugh McKenzie. Title: "A Multimethod Approach to Reassociating Fragmented and Commingled Human Remains: An example from the Cis-Baikal Region of Siberia, Russia" Way to go, Rebecca! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! See Rebecca’s profile here: https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca/team/bourgeois-rebecca/?portfolioCats=5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9

Andrea Hiob2020-09-29T13:15:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, McKenzie, Bourgeois|

Alyssa White article published in Journal of Archaeological Science

Congratulations to Alyssa White on her recent article published in the Journal of Archaeological Science! Mrs. White is currently a DPhil student at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Dr. Rick Schulting and Dr. Mark Hudson. This paper is based on Alyssa’s Master’s work for the BAP. She would like to acknowledge Andrew Lythe (another M.Sc. student from the year after her) whose research is also highlighted in the paper. He is currently a graduate student [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-29T16:19:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Weber, White|