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Laura Shuttleworth successfully defends MA thesis!

Congratulations to Laura Shuttleworth, Master's student at University of Saskatchewan, for successfully defending her MA thesis on April 3rd (remotely, of course)! Laura was co-supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse and Dr. Hugh McKenzie. Title: "Analysis of Mortuary Variability, Diet, and Area-of-Birth at the Early Bronze Age Cemetery of Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, Cis-Baikal, Siberia" Her project was part of the Dr. McKenzie's Small Cemetery Project, funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (Dr. Hugh McKenzie was PI, Dr. Alexei Novikov and [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-04-14T12:40:51-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, McKenzie|

“Bridging Eurasia” Workshop in Berlin “Archaeology in East Asia: Bridge Building to Natural Sciences”

Great news from Dr. Pavel Tarasov below!: "Bridging Eurasia" Workshop in Berlin, an International Workshop of the Bridging Eurasia Research Initiative "Archaeology in East Asia: Bridge Building to Natural Sciences" took place in Berlin 12-14 February, 2020. Jointly organized by Mayke Wagner (German Archaeological Institute), Pavel Tarasov (FU Berlin), and Christian Leipe (Nagoya University). About 25 colleagues from Germany, Russia, Taiwan China, and Japan were invited to present and discuss their research results related to the different fields [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-02-25T10:53:05-07:00Categories: News, Media & Public Outreach|Tags: Leipe, Kobe, Tarasov, Wagner|

Jason Symington interviewed by 630 CHED radio about Communication Studies at MacEwan University and upcoming BAP documentary!

Jason Symington, BAP team member, recently spoke with J’lyn Nye from 630 CHED radio in Edmonton about the Communication Studies program at MacEwan University. In the interview, he talks about filming a BAP documentary with his students in the Lake Baikal area last summer and their upcoming plans to continue filming this summer’s fieldwork. BAP is mentioned at the 8-minute mark: A bit of information on our newest BAP team member: Jason Symington facilitates a real-world pre-production, [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-02-12T14:22:16-07:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: Symington|

International Day of Women & Girls in Science!

February 11th was the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We'd like to take this opportunity to celebrate the wonderful women of BAP.* We're lucky to have you! *Newest addition to our BAP Women in Science group: Karolina Werens, MSc Archaeological Science, University of Oxford!

Andrea Hiob2020-02-18T11:16:13-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, Zagorska, Zariņa, Wagner, White, Bourgeois, Michelman, Laughton, Reimer, Goriunova, van der Haas, Kobe|

Dr. Victoria van der Haas successfully defends PhD dissertation!

Congratulations to Dr. Victoria van der Haas, BAP PhD student at University of Alberta, for successfully defending her PhD dissertation on December 18th! Victoria's supervisor was Dr. Andrzej Weber, and her committee members were Dr. Sandra Garvie-Lok, Dr. Lesley Harrington, Dr. Kisha Supernant, Dr. Janet Montgomery and Dr. Mark Nuttall (chair). Title: "Growing up in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia, Russia: Reconstructing childhood diet of Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers" Abstract: Cis-Baikal is a region in Siberia, Russia, that provides unique [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-12-19T10:11:34-07:00Categories: News|Tags: van der Haas|

Baikal Archaeology Project Summer 2020 Field School in Siberia!

The Baikal Archaeology Project is pleased to announce we are currently accepting applications for our 2020 field school, offered through the Department of Anthropology at Grant MacEwan University! ANTH 396 (6 credits) will run from May 30th to July 2nd in Irkutsk and Verkholensk/Kachug, Siberia, Russia. The information package & application form are available on our Current Fieldwork page. For more information, please contact Dr. Hugh McKenzie (mckenzieh2@macewan.ca). ***Application deadline: 4:30pm, January 31, 2020***

Andrea Hiob2019-12-11T10:41:16-07:00Categories: News, Media & Public Outreach|Tags: McKenzie|

Jennifer Laughton receives travel award!

Congratulations to Jennifer Laughton, BAP PhD student, on being awarded the Graduate Students’ Association Academic Travel Grant from the University of Alberta! Jennifer’s award totals $255.00 CAD and was used to attend the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Meetings in Banff, Alberta, Canada. To check out Jennifer’s student profile, go here: https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca/team/laughton-jennifer/ Kudos to Jennifer!

Andrea Hiob2019-12-05T10:26:32-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Laughton|

Rebecca Bourgeois and Lauren Michelman present at Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Annual Meetings

BAP was well represented by our University of Saskatchewan graduate students at the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology 47th Annual Meetings held in Banff, Alberta, October 23-26, 2019. Rebecca Bourgeois presented a poster entitled: “Reconstructing Moy-Novaia-Shamanka, Siberia, Russia: Preliminary Analysis.” Rebecca L. Bourgeois, Angela R. Lieverse, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii. Lauren Michelman presented a poster entitled: “Harris lines as indicators of physiological stress in the middle Holocene Cis-Baikal.” Lauren M. Michelman, Angela R. Lieverse. Link to Meeting: [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-11-18T12:17:24-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, McKenzie, Bourgeois, Michelman|

Franziska Kobe presents talk at the Geological Club and Museum-Park Rüdersdorf

Franziska Kobe, BAP PhD student from Freie Universität Berlin, presented a 30-minute talk at the Scientific Colloquium organized by the Geological Club and Museum-Park Rüdersdorf near Berlin on 18 October 2019. Her talk was discussing importance of environmental archives from the lake sediments for reconstructing vegetation, climate and human-environmental interactions. Title: "Paläo-Seen von Rüdersdorf als wertvolle Archive der postglazialen Natur- und Klimaentwicklung in Brandenburg" [“Palaeolakes from Rüdersdorf as valuable archives of late glacial and Holocene vegetation and climate in [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-11-25T11:25:12-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Kobe|

Successful Workshop in Riga, Latvia!

Members of the Baikal Archaeology Project & guests have wrapped up another successful workshop - this time in Riga, Latvia (September 26-28, 2019). Presentations brought the entire team up to date on recent research & summer fieldwork, while social outings & a fieldtrip to the Zvejnieki archaeological site made sure the trip wasn't all work. We are extremely grateful to project members Drs. Ilga Zagorska & Gunita Zarina from the University of Latvia for their hospitality. A good time [...]

Erin2019-10-18T09:36:30-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: BAP Workshops|