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Dr. Andrzej Weber interviewed for Faculty of Arts News, University of Alberta

Dr. Andrzej Weber recently gave an interview to the Faculty of Arts, and the story is now up on Arts News. It will also be shared on social media, and be included in Anthology and the University of Alberta’s alumni newsletter Work of Arts Express. Title: Discovery helps international team of researchers better understand changes experienced by hunter-gatherers over hundreds of thousands of years Led by Faculty of Arts’ archaeologist Andrzej Weber, two decades of research yields fresh insight into [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-18T10:47:42-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: Weber|

Dr. Andrzej Weber granted title of Honorary Professor of Irkutsk State University!

Congratulations to Dr. Andrzej Weber, BAP Project Director, who was recently granted the title of “Honorary Professor of Irkutsk State University” in recognition of his contribution to academic cooperation! Dr. Weber states “it was a huge surprise but so nice! :-)” Dr. Weber also gave a public lecture on Saturday, February 16, at the Irkutsk State University entitled “25 years of joint research by the Russian-Canadian archaeological expedition on Lake Baikal”. The lecture was filmed and is posted on Facebook [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-15T11:59:13-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Weber|

Franziska Kobe successfully defends Master’s thesis!

Congratulations to Franziska Kobe, who successfully defended her Master's Thesis on February 11, 2019! She received the highest note of "Very Good" from reviewers for the written work and oral presentation. Franziska will continue her work with BAP as a PhD student, beginning April 1, 2019. Congratulations Franziska! We look forward to your continuing research with us!

Andrea Hiob2019-03-12T17:03:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Kobe|

Franziska Kobe’s article published in GES

More great news! The day of Franziska's Master's defense, an article written by Franziska Kobe, Martin K. Bittner, Christian Leipe, Philipp Hoelzmann, Tengwen Long, Mayke Wagner, Romy Zibulski, and Pavel E. Tarasov entitled "Late glacial and early Holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, eastern Germany" appeared online in the open access scientific journal GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. This paper contributes to the project (SSHRC Partnership Grant Number 895-2018-1004) and the profile will be further investigated for better understanding the [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:18:19-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Wagner, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Drs. Daniel Temple and Ian Scharlotta present at Baikal Archaeology Project Graduate Student Seminar

Dr. Daniel Temple and Dr. Ian Scharlotta recently presented at our first Baikal Archaeology Project Graduate Student Seminar held on January 10th at the University of Alberta. UAlberta North hosted the meeting at their beautiful space on campus. Baikal Archaeology Project Graduate Student Seminar Thursday, January 10th 9:00am-12noon Ring House 3 (UAlberta North) Dr. Daniel Temple, George Mason University Title: Persistence of Time: Resilience and Adaptability in Prehistoric Jomon Hunter-Gatherers from the Inland Sea Region of Southwestern Honshu, Japan [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-05-21T12:21:21-06:00Categories: News|Tags: BAP Graduate Student Seminars, Temple, Scharlotta|

Dr. Ian Scharlotta (Fraser-Shapiro) presents public lecture at La Purisima Mission

Dr. Ian Scharlotta (Fraser-Shapiro) recently presented a public lecture on Archaeology Day hosted by La Purisima Mission State Historic Park near Lompoc, California on October 20th, 2018. His talk was a public lecture about radiocarbon offset corrections and expanding on how scientific archaeological data helps to make management decisions for base CRMs and private firms. From La Purisima Mission Archaeology Day Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/711161242571030/ October is Archaeology month in California, and to celebrate La Purisima Mission is hosting our [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-15T12:01:22-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: Scharlotta|

Sean Lynch co-author of a recent article featuring pXRF analysis in JASR

Congratulations to Sean Lynch (former BHAP Master's student), co-author of a recent article in the Journal of Archaeology Science: Reports! Title: Identifying and sourcing pyrometamorphic artifacts: Clinker in subarctic North America and the hunter-gatherer response to a Late Holocene volcanic eruption Sean was responsible for the pXRF analysis of the geological samples and artifacts used in the study, as well as the corresponding article sections. He hopes it will be useful to demonstrate the continued use of this equipment [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:19:13-06:00Categories: News|

Dr. Daniel Temple co-editor of new book on hunter-gatherer adaptation and resilience

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Temple, co-editor of a new book entitled "Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience: A Bioarchaeological Perspective". Dan contributed three chapters: Interrogating the Alterity of Hunter-Gatherers in Bioarchaeological Context: Adaptability, Transformability, and Resilience of Hunter-Gatherers in the Past by Daniel H. Temple and Christopher M. Stojanowski Persistence of Time: Resilience and Adaptability in Prehistoric Jomon Hunter-Gatherers from the Inland Sea Region of Southwestern Honshu, Japan by Daniel H. Temple Bioarchaeological Evidence for Cultural Resilience at Point Hope, Alaska: [...]

pderas2020-06-30T11:21:03-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Temple|

Dr. Mareike Schmidt’s article on Lake Kushu palaeolimnological record published in Palaeo3

Congratulations to Dr. Mareike Schmidt and co-authors for the recent publication of their paper in Palaeo3! Good news below from Dr. Pavel Tarasov about the BHAP Freie Universitaet Berlin Team! The final manuscript describing results of Mareike Schmidt’s PhD Thesis has been published in Palaeo3 by Elsevier. Title: “A multi-proxy palaeolimnological record of the last 16,600 years from coastal Lake Kushu in northern Japan” Abstract: Based on diatom, aquatic pollen and non-pollen palynomorph (NPP), lake sediment microfacies, and X-ray [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:21:42-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Wagner, Tarasov, Leipe|

Dr. Andrzej Weber gives public lecture at the Vancouver Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Andrzej Weber gave a public lecture at the Vancouver Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on December 1, 2018. Location: The University of British Columbia - Lecture Hall No. 2, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre (2194 Health Sciences Mall) Title: Climate Change and Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers of the Baikal region in Siberia https://globalreportingcentre.org/climate-change-and-problem-solving-amongst-prehistoric-hunter-gatherers-a-case-study-from-lake-baikal/ Since 1916, the Vancouver Institute (https://globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-institute/) has brought the University of British Columbia and Vancouver community together through free public lectures and discussions. Driven by volunteer membership and [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-15T12:01:53-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: Weber|