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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.
Congratulations to Dr. Olga I Goriunova on the recent publication of her article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Middle Holocene hunter-gatherer mortuary practices in the Little Sea microregion of Lake Baikal, part 1: Early Neolithic Authors: Goriunova OI, Novikov AG, Turkin GV, Weber AW Abstract: Archaeological research on Cis-Baikal Early Neolithic mortuary practices has traditionally focused on the Kitoi mortuary tradition with its rich materials known from several large cemeteries of the Angara Valley and Southwest Baikal. [...]
Archaeological research on Cis-Baikal Early Neolithic mortuary practices has traditionally focused on the Kitoi mortuary tradition with its rich materials known from several large cemeteries of the Angara Valley and Southwest Baikal. Assemblages that do not fit that description have attracted much less attention. Currently, in Cis-Baikal, the Little Sea microregion has the highest number of such graves. The mortuary variation displayed by this material (31 burials from 26 graves at 8 localities) allows their provisional classification into [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Bronk Ramsey on the recent publication of his article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Congratulations also to BAP co-authors Drs. Rick Schulting, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga I. Goriunova and Andrzej Weber. Title: Spatio-temporal patterns of cemetery use among Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers of Cis-Baikal, Eastern Siberia Authors: Bronk Ramsey C, Schulting RJ, Bazaliiskii VI, Goriunova OI, Weber AW Abstract: Hunter-gatherer archaeology typically focusses on the details of subsistence strategies and material culture and, in the [...]
Hunter-gatherer archaeology typically focusses on the details of subsistence strategies and material culture and, in the case of cemeteries, on various aspects of mortuary practices, beliefs, and social differentiation. This paper aims to look rather at patterns of change over time and space in how past hunter-gatherer cemeteries were used from Late Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age (~8600–3500 cal. BP) in the Cis-Baikal region of Eastern Siberia. The approach is based on a Kernel Density methodology applied to [...]
Congratulations to Drs. Andrzej W. Weber, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Rick J. Schulting, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii and Olga I. Goriunova on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers of Cis-Baikal, Eastern Siberia: Chronology and dietary trends Authors: Andrzej W. Weber, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Rick J. Schulting, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii and Olga I. Goriunova. Abstract: Analyses of radiocarbon dates (all corrected for the freshwater reservoir effect) and associated stable isotope values obtained [...]
Congratulations to Drs. Andrea Waters-Rist, Angela R. Lieverse, Alexei G. Novikov, Olga I Goriunova, Artur A. Kharinskii and Hugh G. McKenzie on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Spatial and temporal differences in Late Neolithic Serovo to Early Bronze Age Glazkovo forager diet in Lake Baikal’s Little Sea Microregion, Siberia Authors: Andrea Waters-Rist, Angela R. Lieverse, Alexei G. Novikov, Olga I Goriunova, Artur A. Kharinskii and Hugh G. McKenzie. Abstract: Research on [...]
Congratulations to Drs. Olga I Goriunova, Alexei G. Novikov and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Middle Holocene hunter–gatherer mortuary practices in the Little Sea microregion on Lake Baikal, part II: Late Neolithic Authors: Olga I. Goriunova, Alexei G. Novikov and Andrzej W. Weber. Abstract: This is the second in a series of two papers dedicated to the examination of Neolithic mortuary variation within the Little Sea microregion [...]
Analyses of radiocarbon dates (all corrected for the freshwater reservoir effect) and associated stable isotope values obtained from the skeletal remains of ~650 individuals provide many new insights about Middle Holocene hunter–gatherers (HGs) of the Cis-Baikal region, Eastern Siberia. The new radiocarbon evidence clarifies the culture history of the region by defining better the boundaries between the chronological (archaeological periods) and cultural (mortuary traditions) units, as well as our understanding of the transitions between them. Furthermore, differences between [...]
Research on Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers from the Cis-Baikal region of Eastern Siberia has yielded many insights into their dietary and mobility patterns. A large dataset of stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values, when paired with freshwater-reservoir corrected carbon-14 dates, allows us to conduct fine-scale investigations into dietary change. Our Small Cemeteries Project has increased the sample of Late Neolithic (LN) Serovo individuals, and Ol’khon Island burials, allowing for new investigations into changes between the Serovo and [...]
