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Christian Leipe presents his research at BAP monthly online research seminar (BAP MORS)

Our third BAP MORS of 2024! These seminars are a great way to learn and connect with our international team on a regular basis. March 27, 2024: Christian Leipe (Freie Universität Berlin). “Botanical records telling about plant use of hunter-fisher-gatherers and human environment interactions: BHAP results from Rebun Island (Hokkaido region, Japan)” Thank you to Christian for presenting his very interesting research!

2024-03-07T10:40:58-07:00Categories: News|Tags: |

Drs. Christian Leipe and Pavel Tarasov article published in Quaternary Science Reviews!

Congratulations to Christian Leipe, Pavel Tarasov and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Quaternary Science Reviews! Title: Visible or not? Reflection of the 8.2 ka BP event and the Greenlandian–Northgrippian boundary in a new high-resolution pollen record from the varved sediments of Lake Mondsee, Austria Authors: Anna Schubert, Stefan Lauterbach, Christian Leipe, Achim Brauer, Pavel E. Tarasov (15 May 2023) Quaternary Science Reviews. Abstract:  This paper presents a new pollen record from Lake Mondsee in [...]

2023-04-19T11:10:53-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , |

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

2022-10-25T14:36:44-06:00Categories: News|Tags: |

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 [...]

2022-10-18T10:41:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Late- and postglacial vegetation and climate history of the central Kola Peninsula derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record of Lake Kamenistoe

A radiocarbon-dated sediment core collected from the small freshwater Lake Kamenistoe, in the central part of the Kola Peninsula, provides a pollen record of vegetation and climate history of this part of Fennoscandia and the European Arctic during the past ca. 13,000 years. In contrast to existing Scandinavian Ice Sheet reconstructions, the record shows that the study site was ice-free at 13 cal. kyr BP, thus allows to improve our knowledge on deglaciation dynamics in North Europe. The [...]

2023-08-02T09:16:17-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , |

Special Issue of Quaternary International with Christian Leipe and Mayke Wagner as Guest Editors recently published!

The new Special Issue ‘Holocene Environments, Human Subsistence and Adaptation in Northern and Eastern Eurasia’ (Vol. 623) has recently been published in Quaternary International with Christian Leipe and Mayke Wagner as Guest Editors! Link to Special issue: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/quaternary-international/vol/623/suppl/C This issue contains a number of interesting articles for our BAP team. Thank you to Dr. Christian Leipe for sharing this great news! His message below: Christian Leipe, Tengwen Long, Patrick Wertmann and Mayke Wagner have guest-edited this special issue launched as [...]

2022-04-27T15:03:01-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

The Early Neolithic–Middle Bronze Age environmental history of the Mamakan archaeological area, Eastern Siberia

This study presents the first radiocarbon-dated palynological record from a peat section (57°49′10.03"N; 114°03′31.37"E, 251 m above sea level) in the Mamakan area located in the lower Vitim River valley, about 350 km northeast of Lake Baikal. While the area is particularly renowned for its numerous multi-layered Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 50,000–14,000/10,000 cal yr BP) archaeological sites with rich cultural assemblages, there is also evidence for human occupation during the Mesolithic–Neolithic–Bronze Age period (ca. 14,000/10,000–3000 cal yr BP). However, the absence of accurately dated palaeoenvironmental records does not allow discussion of [...]

2024-03-05T09:21:59-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , |

Special Issue: Holocene environments, human subsistence and adaptation in northern and eastern Eurasia

All 14 articles combine palaeoenvironmental with archaeological data to create new knowledge and thought-provoking conclusions. Six teams concentrated on the reconstruction of past climate and environmental changes; three articles focus on early grain crop dispersal, one on the use of beans, one on the use of aquatic resources, and one on the role of sheep and horse as well as wild plant and animal species in subsistence economies; one author relates long-term coastal changes to cultural development; and [...]

2023-05-02T11:17:48-06:00Categories: Publications, Special Issues|Tags: , , , , , |

“The invention of trousers” exhibition at State Museum of Archaeology, Chemnitz

The State Museum of Archaeology in Chemnitz (https://www.smac.sachsen.de/) has a long tradition of bringing results of archaeological research to the public. One of the effective forms of their work are the “foyer exhibitions.” https://www.smac.sachsen.de/foyerausstellungen-erfindung-der-hose.html The recent exhibition in the museum’s foyer – “The invention of trousers” (opened from 11 March until May 8th, 2022, access free of charge) – highlights the results of the international research project "Silk Road Fashion" led by Prof. Mayke Wagner (German Archaeological Institute) and [...]

2022-03-31T12:39:11-06:00Categories: News, Media & Public Outreach|Tags: , , |

Scanning electron microscopy for differentiating charred endocarps of Rhus/Toxicodendron species and tracking the use of the lacquer tree and Asian poison ivy in Japanese prehistory

The use of natural lacquer for preservation and decoration of various commodities is a remarkable invention. In Japan lacquer production dates back to the Neolithic Jomon period and has been mainly based on the sap extracted from the lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Stokes) F.A. Barkley). However, it is still unclear, if lacquer production evolved in Japan independently or was introduced from Neolithic China, another centre of early lacquer production. A debate also revolves around the origin of the [...]

2023-03-08T10:22:53-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , |