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BAP Workshops held in Copenhagen, November 1-3, 2018

Our Baikal Archaeology Project Workshops Individual life histories in long-term culture change: Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northern Eurasia were held in Copenhagen from November 11–3, 2018. The workshops were hosted by Dr. Eske Willerslev and Isebelle Ulrich from the Center for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. We took part in exciting presentations, discussions and business meetings, and a great time was had by all in beautiful Copenhagen! PDF of Program

Andrea Hiob2019-03-15T12:02:22-06:00Categories: News|Tags: BAP Workshops|

Dr. Ian Scharlotta articles published in AJHB and IJO

Great news! Ian Scharlotta, Gwenaelle Goude, Estelle Herrscher, Vladimir Bazaliiskii, and Andrzej Weber recently had 2 articles published! Info below. First paper published in the American Journal of Human Biology. Title: "Mind the gap"-Assessing methods for aligning age determination and growth rate in multi-molar sequences of dietary isotopic data. Abstract: Objectives: Creating multi‐tooth sequences of micro‐sampled stable isotope (SI) analytical data can help track 20+ years of individual dietary history. Inferences about individual and population level behavioral patterns require [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:23:50-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Weber, Goude, Bazaliiskii, Scharlotta|

Drs. Pavel Tarasov and Stefanie Müller, co-authors of recent article in Science

Great news from Dr. Pavel Tarasov: Science magazine recently published an article entitled "Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change" (Nolan et al., Science 361, 920-923 (2018) 31 August 2018, in which two members of the BHAP team (Stefanie Müller and Pavel Tarasov) representing the FU Berlin contributed as co-authors. Abstract: Impacts of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems are imperfectly constrained by ecosystem models and direct observations. Pervasive ecosystem transformations occurred in response to [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:25:26-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Tarasov|

Dr. Rick Schulting article in Radiocarbon

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors for the recent publication of their paper in Radiocarbon! Title: "Using δ2H in human bone collagen to correct for freshwater 14C reservoir offsets: A pilot study from Shamanka II, Lake Baikal, southern Siberia" Rick J Schulting • Christophe Snoeck • Ian Begley • Steve Brookes • Vladimir I Bazaliiskii• Christopher Bronk Ramsey • Andrzej Weber Radiocarbon, 2018, p. 1-12. Published online 18 July 2018. Abstract: There is increasing awareness of the need [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:28:36-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Weber, Ramsey, Bazaliiskii, Schulting|

Dr. Mareike Schmidt successfully defends PhD dissertation!

Great news coming in from Dr. Pavel Tarasov below: Mareike Schmidt, BHAP PhD student, successfully defended her Thesis and obtained her Doctoral Degree on July 17 at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. All five commission members were fascinated by the quality of her results and the oral presentation and evaluated her work with the designation "magna cum laude". Her subject of study was the use of diatoms to investigate the history of Lake Kushu, Rebun. She was supervised by Dr. Pavel [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-12T17:15:16-06:00Categories: News|

Dr. Christian Leipe article in QSR

Congratulations to Dr. Christian Leipe for the recent publication of his article in Quaternary Science Reviews! Christian says it is a part of the BAP and he would like to share this wonderful good news with all team members. Title: "Vegetation change and human impacts on Rebun Island (Northwest Pacific) over the last 6000 years." Full reference: Leipe, C., Müller, S., Hille, K., Kato, H., Kobe, F., Schmidt, M., Seyffert, K., Spengler III, R., Wagner, M., Weber, A.W., Tarasov, [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:29:33-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Wagner, Weber, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Dr. Takumi Tsutaya article in JASR

Congratulations to Dr. Takumi Tsutaya, for the recent publication of his article in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports! The work was funded by BHAP and Core-to-Core grants, and Dr. Tsutaya would like to thank everyone for their contributions. Title: "Effects of lipid extraction and different collagen extraction methods on archaeological fish bones and its implications for fish bone diagenesis." In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 20, August 2018, Pages 626-633. Co-authors are Tomonari Takahashi, Rick Schulting, Takao Sato, [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:30:22-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Weber, Schulting|

Dr. Benjamin Osipov acquires new position as Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Davis

Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Osipov, recent BHAP PhD student, on his new position as Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California Davis, in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery! Start Date: July, 2018 for the start, end date TBD as it is a year to year contract. Job Title: Postdoctoral Scholar Place of Employment: UC Davis, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Duties: 3D and CT imaging, mechanical testing, histology, and movement analysis to study mechanisms of systemic bone loss following fracture in mice. [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-20T11:13:01-06:00Categories: News|

Victoria van der Haas et al. paper published in JASR

Congratulations to Victoria van der Haas, BHAP PhD candidate, and co-authors on the publication of their paper in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports! Title: "Evaluating sodium hydroxide usage for stable isotope analysis of prehistoric human tooth dentine." Authors: Victoria M. van der Haas, Sandra Garvie-Lok, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii and Andrzej W. Weber. Published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 20, August 2018, Pages 80-86. Abstract: Analyzing carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in serial samples of [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-30T11:31:14-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Weber, Bazaliiskii, van der Haas|

Dr. Benjamin Osipov successfully defends PhD dissertation!

Congratulations to Benjamin Osipov, BHAP graduate student at University of Alberta, Department of Anthropology, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation on March 13th! Title: "The Ontogeny of Postcranial Robusticity and Diaphyseal Shape in Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Hunter- Gatherer Populations" Ben's supervisor was Dr. Lesley Harrington, his committee members were Dr. Sandra Garvie-Lok, Dr. Robert Losey, Dr. Andrzej Weber and Dr. Mark Nuttall (chair). Abstract: Prior study of Middle Holocene (~7,500- 3,700 years cal BP) Cis-Baikal hunter-gatherers has documented considerable chronological [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-12T17:20:27-06:00Categories: News|