Books & Monographs - Baikal Archaeology Project

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut 2024

Shamanka II: An Early Neolithic cemetery on the southwest shore of Lake Baikal, Siberia. Archaeological and Osteological Materials

Weber AW, Bazaliiskii VI, Jessup E (Eds.)

Archaeology in China and East Asia Volume 9 This three-volume book presents the long-awaited comprehensive archaeological, chronological, and bioarchaeological studies of Shamanka II site, the largest completely excavated cemetery of the Early Neolithic Kitoi culture dated to ca. 7,560–6,660 years cal BP. It is a monument to some thirty years of research by the Baikal Archaeology Project (BAP). This multidisciplinary international project provides insights into the individual life histories of Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northern Eurasia during times of [...]

Erin2024-10-01T15:17:15-06:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, Weber, German Archaeological Institute, Jessup|

Irkutsk State University 2023

Multilayer Geoarchaeology object Sagan-Zaba II on Lake Baikal: Archaeology and Paleoecology [in Russian]

Novikov AG, Vorobieva GA, Goriunova OI, Weber AW

The purpose of this monograph is to disseminate the new archaeological materials from the Sagan-Zaba II camp site, located in a cove of the same name on the west coast of Lake Baikal, about 12 km SW of the mouth of the Anga River and 154 km NE of the Irkutsk city. The three excavation seasons (2006–2008) carried out at Sagan-Zaba by the Russian–Canadian archaeological expedition provided new knowledge regarding the complex cultural processes taking place within the [...]

Erin2024-03-05T09:21:37-07:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Goriunova, Novikov, Weber|

Archaeopress 2023

Growing up in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia, Russia: Reconstructing the childhood diets of Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers

van der Haas, Victoria

This volume analyses the dietary life histories of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from six cemeteries in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, Russia. The overarching goal was to better understand how they lived by examining what they ate, how they utilized the landscape, and how this changed over time. Growing Up in the Cis-Baikal Region of Siberia, Russia analyses the dietary life histories of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from six cemeteries in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, Russia. The overarching goal was [...]

Erin2024-01-01T11:44:23-07:00Categories: Books & Monographs, Publications|Tags: van der Haas|

Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag & Media 2017

Holocene Zooarchaeology of Cis-Baikal

Losey RJ and Nomokonova T (Eds.)

Archaeology in China and East Asia Volume 6 / Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series Volume 7 A joint project of the German Archaeological Institute and the University of Alberta, the monograph "Holocene Zooarchaeology of Cis-Baikal" was prepared by Drs. Robert Losey and Tatiana Nomokonova in cooperation twelve co-authors representing Archaeology and Geo-sciences in the BAP. We would like to thank the ACEA Series Editor Mayke Wagner, who contributed a lot of her time and energy in the final preparation [...]

Erin2019-03-19T12:39:33-06:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: German Archaeological Institute, Bazaliiskii, Tarasov, Weber, Wagner|

Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press/Verlag Philipp von Zabern 2012

Kurma XI, a Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Cemetery on Lake Baikal, Siberia

Weber AW, Goriunova OI, McKenzie HG, Lieverse AR (Eds.)

Archaeology in China and East Asia Volume 3 / Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series Volume 6 With pleasure we present to the academic community the sixth volume published as part of the Baikal Archaeology Project's Northern Hunter- Gatherers Series. The volume is third site monograph published in the series and presents both archaeological and human osteological data from fieldwork conducted by the project at the mortuary site Kurma XI, in the extensively researched Little Sea area of Lake Baikal, [...]

Erin2024-02-07T14:44:06-07:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Goriunova, Lieverse, McKenzie, Weber, Wagner, German Archaeological Institute|

Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press 2010

Evenki Economy in the Central Siberian Taiga at the Turn of the 20th Century: Principles of Land Use

Turov MG

Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series Volume 5 Authorized English translation of the second Russian edition (1990) prepared by Andrzej W. Weber and Ksenia Maryniak Mikhail G. Turov's monograph is essentially the first ethnography produced by a Russian scholar that focuses on the culture-economic adaptations of Evenkis in the taiga zone of Central Siberia. This work is based on the author's extensive field research, as well as on a broad examination of literary and archival sources. It differs substantially from [...]

Erin2019-03-19T12:41:55-06:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Weber|

University of Pennsylvania Press 2010

Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia: Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways

Weber AW, Katzenberg MA, Schurr TG (Eds.)

A volume in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology series Siberia's Lake Baikal region is an archaeologically unique and emerging area of hunter-gatherer research, offering insights into the complexity, variability, and dynamics of long-term culture change. The exceptional quality of archaeological materials recovered there facilitates interdisciplinary studies whose relevance extends far beyond the region. The Baikal Archaeology Project - one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the history of subarctic archaeology - is [...]

Erin2019-03-19T11:37:45-06:00Categories: Books & Monographs, Publications|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, Lieverse, McKenzie, Novikov, Weber|

Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press 2008

Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, a Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Cemetery on Lake Baikal, Siberia: Archaeological Materials

Weber AW, Goriunova OI, McKenzie HG (Eds.)

Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series Volume 4 The fourth volume in the Baikal Archaeology Project's Northern Hunter-Gatherers Series presents comprehensive archaeological data from fieldwork conducted by the project a the mortuary site Khuzhir-Nuge XIV on Lake Baikal in Siberia. The BAP is a Major Collaborative Research Initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), based at the University of Alberta and partnered with the University of Irkutsk. The goal of the BAP has been to [...]

Erin2019-03-19T12:19:45-06:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Goriunova, McKenzie, Novikov, Weber, Bazaliiskii|

Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press 2007

Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, a Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Cemetery on Lake Baikal, Siberia: Osteological Materials

Weber AW, Katzenberg MA, Goriunova OI (Eds.)

Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series Volume 3 This volume in the Baikal Archaeology Project's Northern Hunter-Gatherers Series presents comprehensive human osteological data from fieldwork conducted by the project a the mortuary site Khuzhir-Nuge XIV on Lake Baikal in Siberia. The goal of the BAP has been to identify and understand the processes associated with culture change and continuity among prehistoric boreal forest hunter-gatherers in Siberia's Cis-Baikal region. The Little Sea area has more documented archaeological sites and has seen [...]

Erin2019-03-19T12:20:41-06:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Goriunova, Lieverse, Weber|

Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press 2006

Katanga Evenkis in the 20th Century and the Ordering of their Life-world

Sirina AA

Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series Volume 2 Authorized English translation of the second Russian edition (2002) Translated by A. Chaptykova; Edited by DG Anderson Extensively illustrated with contemporary and archival photographs, detailed diagrams, and original artistic renderings, this work documents the history and present lives of a group of Evenki hunters and reindeer herders living at the headwaters of the Lower Tunguska River in Eastern Siberia. According to Sirina, Katanga Evenkis are best described by the flexible and creative [...]

Erin2019-03-19T12:41:12-06:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|