McKenzie - Baikal Archaeology Project

Rebecca Bourgeois and co-authors article published in Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University!

Congratulations to Rebecca Bourgeois and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University, Geoarchaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology Series. Title: Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human Remains from the Destroyed Early Neolithic Cemetery of Moty – Novaia Shamanka (Cis-Baikal) Authors: Bourgeois RL, Weber AW, Bazaliiskii VI, McKenzie HG, Lieverse AR. Abstract: Moty – Novaia Shamanka (MNS) is an Early Neolithic (7560–6660 HPD cal BP) destroyed Kitoi cemetery, located on the lower Irkut River in Siberia. [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-05-11T10:45:38-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, McKenzie, Weber, Bourgeois|

Bioarchaeological Analysis of Human Remains from the Destroyed Early Neolithic Cemetery of Moty – Novaia Shamanka (Cis-Baikal)

Moty – Novaia Shamanka (MNS) is an Early Neolithic (7560–6660 HPD cal BP) destroyed Kitoi cemetery, located on the lower Irkut River in Siberia. In 2014–2015, small rescue excavations were conducted by archaeologists from Irkutsk State University. MNS dates to the period between the two phases of use identified at the nearby Shamanka II Kitoi cemetery (Southwest Baikal). This paper presents the results of a bioarchaeological study of the human skeletal remains from MNS and discusses these findings [...]

Erin2024-05-07T09:50:18-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, McKenzie, Weber, Bourgeois|

Rebecca Bourgeois paper published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, June 2021

Congratulations to Rebecca Bourgeois on her recent article published in the Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports June 2021! Also congratulations to BAP co-authors Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Hugh McKenzie and Angela Lieverse. Title: A four-stage approach to re-associating fragmented and commingled human remains Authors: Bourgeois RL, Bazaliiskii VI, McKenzie H, Clark TN, Lieverse AR Abstract: Bioarchaeological and forensic anthropological methods are limited in their ability to re-associate human skeletal remains that have been both fragmented and commingled. Although many methods [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-05-19T10:57:26-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bourgeois, Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, McKenzie|

A four-stage approach to re-associating fragmented and commingled human remains

Bioarchaeological and forensic anthropological methods are limited in their ability to re-associate human skeletal remains that have been both fragmented and commingled. Although many methods for individualizing commingled remains exist, they are rendered ineffective when the level of fragmentation is high. In these contexts, human remains are often approached similarly to faunal assemblages, regarded as sets of fragmented elements rather than as groups of fragments representing an individual. This paper introduces a new, four-stage approach to identifying discrete [...]

Erin2022-06-08T10:08:06-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Lieverse, McKenzie, Bourgeois|

Andrea Waters-Rist article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

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 [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:59-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, McKenzie, Novikov, Waters-Rist, Goriunova|

Spatial and temporal differences in Late Neolithic Serovo to Early Bronze Age Glazkovo forager diet in Lake Baikal’s Little Sea Microregion, Siberia

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 [...]

Erin2021-11-02T15:14:56-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Goriunova, Lieverse, McKenzie, Novikov, Waters-Rist|

Nour Moussa article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Some great BAP news to share in the new year of 2021! Congratulations to Drs. Nour M. Moussa, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga I. Goriunova and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Insights into Lake Baikal's ancient populations based on genetic evidence from the Early Neolithic Shamanka II and Early Bronze Age Kurma XI cemeteries Authors: Nour M. Moussa, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:26-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, McKenzie, Weber, Moussa|

Insights into Lake Baikal’s ancient populations based on genetic evidence from the Early Neolithic Shamanka II and Early Bronze Age Kurma XI cemeteries

Although previous ancient DNA research has contributed to the investigation of middle Holocene culture history and population dynamics in the Cis-Baikal, most of this work has been limited to the Angara valley and southwest Baikal, with only restricted genetic analysis of skeletal materials from the Little Sea microregion. In this paper, we expand upon initial findings by analyzing new mtDNA results from the EN/EBA Kurma XI cemetery (Little Sea area) and the EN Shamanka II cemetery (southwest Baikal). [...]

Erin2021-10-05T16:31:35-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, McKenzie, Weber, Moussa|

Rebecca Bourgeois successfully defends Master’s thesis!

Congratulations to Rebecca Bourgeois, Master's student at University of Saskatchewan, for successfully defending her thesis on July 31st! Rebecca was co-supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse and Dr. Hugh McKenzie. Title: "A Multimethod Approach to Reassociating Fragmented and Commingled Human Remains: An example from the Cis-Baikal Region of Siberia, Russia" Way to go, Rebecca! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! See Rebecca’s profile here: https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca/team/bourgeois-rebecca/?portfolioCats=5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9

Andrea Hiob2020-09-29T13:15:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, McKenzie, Bourgeois|

Laura Shuttleworth successfully defends MA thesis!

Congratulations to Laura Shuttleworth, Master's student at University of Saskatchewan, for successfully defending her MA thesis on April 3rd (remotely, of course)! Laura was co-supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse and Dr. Hugh McKenzie. Title: "Analysis of Mortuary Variability, Diet, and Area-of-Birth at the Early Bronze Age Cemetery of Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, Cis-Baikal, Siberia" Her project was part of the Dr. McKenzie's Small Cemetery Project, funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (Dr. Hugh McKenzie was PI, Dr. Alexei Novikov and [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-04-14T12:40:51-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Lieverse, McKenzie|