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PNAS 17 July 2018

Ancient human parvovirus B19 in Eurasia reveals its long-term association with humans

Mühlemann B, Margaryan A, de Barros Damgaard P, Allentoft ME, Vinner L, Hansen AJ, Weber A, Bazaliiskii VI, Molak M, Arneborg J, Bogdanowicz W, Falys C, Sablin M, Smrčka V, Sten S, Tashbaeva K, Lynnerup N, Sikora M, Smith DJ, Fouchier RAM, Drosten C, Sjögren K-G, Kristiansen K, Willerslev E, Jones TC

Human parvovirus B19 (B19V) is a ubiquitous human pathogen associated with a number of conditions, such as fifth disease in children and arthritis and arthralgias in adults. B19V is thought to evolve exceptionally rapidly among DNA viruses, with substitution rates previously estimated to be closer to those typical of RNA viruses. On the basis of genetic sequences up to ∼70 years of age, the most recent common ancestor of all B19V has been dated to the early 1800s, [...]

pderas2020-06-30T11:02:15-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Weber, Bazaliiskii, Willerslev|

Science 29 June 2018

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia

de Barros Damgaard P, Martiniano R, Kamm J, Moreno-Mayar JV, Kroonen G, Peyrot M, Barjamovic G, Rasmussen S, Zacho C, Baimukhanov N, Zaibert V, Merz V, Biddanda A, Merz I, Usmanova E, Loman V, Hemphill B, Seguin-Orlando A, Yediay FE, Ullah I, Sjögren KG, Iversen KH, Choin J, de la Fuente C, Ilardo M, Schroeder H, Moiseyev V, Gromov A, Polyakov A, Omura S, Senyurt SY, Ahmad H, McKenzie C, Margaryan A, Hameed A, Samad A, Gul N, Khokhar MH, Goriunova OI, Bazaliiskii VI, Novembre J, Weber AW, Orlando L, Allentoft ME, Nielsen R, Kristiansen K, Sikora M, Outram AK, Durbin R, Willerslev E

The Yamnaya expansions from the western steppe into Europe and Asia during the Early Bronze Age (~3000 BCE) are believed to have brought with them Indo-European languages and possibly horse husbandry. We analyzed 74 ancient whole-genome sequences from across Inner Asia and Anatolia and show that the Botai people associated with the earliest horse husbandry derived from a hunter-gatherer population deeply diverged from the Yamnaya. Our results also suggest distinct migrations bringing West Eurasian ancestry into South Asia [...]

pderas2020-06-30T11:03:25-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, Weber, Willerslev|

Nature 09 May 2018

137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes

de Barros Damgaard P, Marchi N, Rasmussen S, Peyrot M, Renaud G, Korneliussen T, Moreno-Mayar JV, Pedersen MW, Goldberg A, Usmanova E, Baimukhanov N, Loman V, Hedeager L, Pedersen AG, Nielsen K, Afanasiev G, Akmatov K, Aldashev A, Alpaslan A, Baimbetov G, Bazaliiskii VI, Beisenov A, Boldbaatar B, Boldgiv B, Dorzhu C, Ellingvag S, Erdenebaatar D, Dajani R, Dmitriev E, Evdokimov E, Frei KM, Gromov A, Goryachev A, Hakonarson H, Hegay T, Khachatryan Z, Khashkhanov R, Kitov E, Kolbina A, Kubatbek T, Kukushkin A, Kukushkin I, Lau N, Margaryan A, Merkyte I, Mertz IV, Mertz VK, Mijiddorj E, Moiyesev V, Mukhtarova G, Nurmukhanbetov B, Orozbekova Zh, Panyushkina I, Pieta K, Smrčka V, Shevnina I, Logvin A, Sjögren K-G, Štolcová T, Tashbaeva K, Tkachev A, Tulegenov T, Voyakin D, Yepiskoposyan L, Undrakhbold S, Varfolomeev V, Weber A, Kradin N, Allentoft ME, Orlando L, Nielsen R, Sikora M, Heyer E, Kristiansen K, Willerslev E

For thousands of years the Eurasian steppes have been a centre of human migrations and cultural change. Here we sequence the genomes of 137 ancient humans (about 1× average coverage), covering a period of 4,000 years, to understand the population history of the Eurasian steppes after the Bronze Age migrations. We find that the genetics of the Scythian groups that dominated the Eurasian steppes throughout the Iron Age were highly structured, with diverse origins comprising Late Bronze Age [...]

pderas2020-06-30T11:04:41-06:00Categories: Journal Articles, Publications|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Weber, Willerslev|

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports February 2018

Differentiating mobility and migration in middle Holocene Cis-Baikal, Siberia

Scharlotta I

The development of analytical techniques associated with individual life history approaches to reconstructing prehistoric patterns of diet and mobility has produced significant changes in the potential information contained within a single skeleton. In the context of Early Bronze Age hunter-gatherer groups in Cis-Baikal, Siberia, a comparison of bulk versus micro-sampling strategies has altered understanding of the level of mobility and interaction. Detailed surveys of biogeochemical variation in the landscape combined with improved resolution translate into an ability to examine the provenance and track the movements of an individual [...]

Erin2020-06-30T11:09:08-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Scharlotta|

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports February 2018

Flexible approaches: Adapting analytical techniques and research designs to suit variable landscapes and cultural structures

Scharlotta I, Safi K, Friedman LG

Humanity is highly adaptable based on evidence from regional culture histories, dominant climatic patterns, ecosystem availability, and subsistence practices. Astounding resourcefulness in solving short- and long-term challenges is routinely demonstrated by cultural groups pursuing variants of agro-pastoralism, hunting, fishing, gathering, and horticulture. Pursuing specific economic strategies often leads cultural groups to exhibit similar patterns of social organization and material culture. Observation of this trend has led anthropologists to note, and archaeologists to infer, that describing a population based [...]

Erin2020-06-30T11:09:30-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Scharlotta|

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: Bazaliiskii, Tarasov, Weber, Wagner, German Archaeological Institute|

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: McKenzie, Goriunova, Lieverse, 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: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: Novikov, Weber, McKenzie, Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, Lieverse|

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: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, McKenzie, Novikov, Weber|