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Jennifer Laughton conducts laboratory work at University of Oxford!

Finally "in the field": In August, PhD student Jennifer Laughton spent three weeks in Oxford for dental data collection, spending numerous hours measuring and scanning Baikal and Zvejnieki teeth, in a space at ORAU kindly provided and supported by Dr. Rick Schulting. Having switched from bones to teeth due to the pandemic, she will be undertaking three dental anthropology projects, one of which involves studying interproximal wear facet size changes on teeth to assess dietary changes odontometrically. While in [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-10-24T13:09:45-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Laughton|

Aleksandra Krikunova article published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology!

Congratulations to Aleksandra Krikunova (BAP PhD student Freie Universitaet Berlin) and co-authors, many of whom are BAP team members. This is Alexandra’s first paper as leading author! Title: Late- and postglacial vegetation and climate history of the central Kola Peninsula derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record of Lake Kamenistoe Authors: Krikunova, A.I., Kostromina, N.A., Savelieva, L.A., Tolstobrov, D.S., Petrov, A.Y., Long, T., Kobe, F., Leipe, C., Tarasov, P.E. Abstract: A radiocarbon-dated sediment core collected from the small freshwater [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-10-18T10:41:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Leipe, Kobe, Tarasov, Krikunova, Savelieva|

Peter Jordan article published in Journal of Maritime Archaeology!

Dr. Peter Jordan would like to share a new paper on North Eurasia Mid Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems! Message from Dr. Jordan: The paper is a bit outside the core BAP focal region but also looks at hunter-gatherer exploitation of major water bodies (lakes and seas) in the same time-period. This research was based upon a 4-year collaborative field project we had with the University of Groningen and University of Tromso. Title: Peopling Prehistoric Coastlines: Identifying Mid‑Holocene Forager Settlement [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-10-18T14:12:10-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Jordan|

Successful BAP Workshops and Business Meetings Riga, Latvia, September 8-10, 2022!

Members of the Baikal Archaeology Project and guests have wrapped up a successful workshop – once again in beautiful Riga, Latvia (September 8-10, 2022). The team was brought up to date on recent research, planned for future research, and enjoyed social outings and a fieldtrip to the Rundale Palace and Gardens! We are extremely grateful to project members Drs. Gunita Zarina and Ilga Zagorska from the University of Latvia for their hospitality, time and help in organizing our Workshops, [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-10-17T13:43:42-06:00Categories: News, Media & Public Outreach|

Dr. Rick Schulting article published in International Journal of Paleopathology

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors on the publication of their paper in International Journal of Paleopathology! Title: A sting in the tail: An embedded stingray spine in a mid-1st millennium AD adult male skeleton from Rebun Island, Hokkaido, Japan Authors: Rick J. Schulting, Daisuke Kubo, Kiyonori Nishida, Izumi Braddick, Minoru Yoneda, Hirofumi Kato, Hajime Ishida Abstract: Objectives: We report here a stingray spine (Dasyatidae) found embedded in the femur of a male skeleton from the archaeological site [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-08-19T12:51:50-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting|

Corrie Hyland conducts laboratory work at University of Bristol!

A note from Corrie about her research: I’ve been conducting lab work at the University of Bristol, School of Chemistry as part of a successful NEIF funding application. I am preparing archaeological and modern bone collagen samples from Lake Baikal for amino acid specific stable isotope analysis to better understand the dietary consumption of freshwater resources. In this first image I am using flash column chromatography as part of the sample preparation. The first results of screening using the [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-08-19T15:53:55-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Hyland|

BAP Summer Fieldwork on Lake Baikal!

News from Dr. Olga Goriunova and Dr. Alexei Novikov regarding their BAP summer fieldwork. Work has begun on Tuakhane 9 burial ground located in the Little Sea region of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia! Check out some great photos by Dr. Novikov of the work in progress.

Andrea Hiob2022-08-03T14:14:28-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Goriunova, Novikov|

Dr. Franziska Kobe presents at 11th Annual European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 19-22

Dr. Franziska Kobe recently presented a poster at the European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference (EPPC) in Stockholm held June 19-22, 2022. https://jirango.com/cms/web/4b67cbd5?&lang=eng Message from Franziska: I visited Stockholm from June 18 to 23 to participate at the 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference to meet colleagues, to learn and to present my own work. It was a unique experience meeting so many other palynologists and to have lots of inspiring talks about their and my work. I received numerous [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-08-03T14:15:48-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Kobe|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Dr. Larisa Savelieva!

We have a new BAP team member! Dr. Larisa Savelieva is an associate Professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Her research interests include pollen analysis, climate and vegetation changes during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene, and human impact on the Late Holocene environment. Her main research area is Northern Eurasia. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pollen analysis, climate and vegetation reconstruction, human-environment Welcome to the team, Dr. Savelieva!

Andrea Hiob2022-08-03T14:17:15-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Savelieva|

Dr. Macāne successfully defends PhD dissertation!

On Tuesday June 7th Aija Macāne successfully defended her PhD at Gothenburg University on the mortuary archaeology of human-animal relations, with a primary focus on Zvejnieki cemetery (Latvia), and comparative insights from Skateholm I and II (Sweden) and Sakhtysh II and IIa (Russia). The thesis opponent was BAP Team Member Peter Jordan. Title: "Stone Age companions: Humans and animals in hunter-gatherer burials in north-eastern Europe" Abstract: This thesis examines the relationships between humans and animals in their mutual environment [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-08-03T14:18:23-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Jordan, Zagorska|