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Dr. Dustin White article published in Quaternary International!

Congratulations to Dustin White and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Quaternary International! Title: A Holocene floodplain sequence from the Kirenga Valley, Lake Baikal region (Siberia), and its significance for molluscan and mammalian biogeography Authors: Dustin White, Simon A. Parfitt, Alexander A. Shchetnikov, Alexey S. Tesakov, Richard C. Preece (2022) Quaternary International, in press. Abstract: The archaeological record in the Baikal region is characterised by a marked discontinuity separating different groups of hunter-gatherers within the Neolithic [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-11-28T11:27:21-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Shchetnikov, White|

Lauren Michelman successfully passes Master’s thesis!

Congratulations to Lauren Michelman, Master's student at University of Saskatchewan, for successfully passing her thesis on November 4th! Lauren was supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse. Committee members were Tatiana Nomokonova (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology) and David Cooper (College of Medicine). The external examiner was Julia Boughner (College of Medicine, USask). Title: "Harris Lines as Indicators of Physiological Stress in the Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal" Way to go, Lauren! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! See [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-11-08T10:41:40-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Michelman, Lieverse|

Dr. Angela Lieverse and Jennifer Laughton present at CABA-ACAB in Saskatoon, Oct. 26-28

Dr. Angela Lieverse and Jennifer Laughton recently presented papers at CABA-ACAB (Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology) meetings held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, October 27-28, 2022. Title: Laughton J. Plan-(oral)B: pivoting projects from biological to dental anthropology Title: Lieverse AR, Schulting R, Bazaliiskii VI, Kharinskii A & Weber AW. Hunter-Gatherer Violence at Shamanka II, Siberia: A Probable Middle Holocene Massacre Dr. Lieverse co-organized the conference, and still found time to take the nice photo at the banquet (Jen is third from [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-11-01T10:57:30-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Laughton, Lieverse|

Dr. Christian Leipe new position at Max Planck Institute

In September 2022, our BHAP and BAP team member, Dr. Christian Leipe returned from his DFG-funded postdoctoral fellowship in Nagoya University (Japan) and started a new research position at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Department of Archaeology in Jena, Germany. He will continue his cooperation with the BAP team. Congratulations to Christian on his new position! Read about Christian's research here: https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca/team/dr-christian-leipe/?portfolioCats=5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9

Andrea Hiob2022-10-25T14:36:44-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Leipe|

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: Savelieva, Krikunova, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

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: Media & Public Outreach, News|

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|