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Lauren Michelman BAP thesis published in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology!

Congratulations to Lauren Michelman, former Master's student supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse, University of Saskatachewan, on the recent publication of her BAP thesis in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology! Title: Reading between the lines: A study of Harris lines in Middle Holocene foragers of the Cis-Baikal Authors: Michelman LM, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber AW, Lieverse AR. Abstract: With the increase in global wildfire activity in response to global climate warming, the reconstruction of long-term fire histories and their links to environmental and anthropogenic factors [...]

2024-09-05T13:37:33-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , |
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Reading between the lines: A study of Harris lines in Middle Holocene foragers of the Cis-Baikal

Harris lines (HLs) are radiographically visible transverse lines of thickened bone that develop from temporary growth cessation during early life. Often attributed to physiological stress during development, HLs are frequently observed in the long bones of adolescents and become less visible over time due to bone remodeling. In recent years, the validity of HL as a sign of stress has been called into question and the methods used in studying HL through X-ray analysis scrutinized. In this study, [...]

2024-11-05T13:51:52-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , , |
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Lauren Michelman successfully passes Master’s thesis!

Congratulations to Lauren Michelman, Master's student at University of Saskatchewan, for successfully passing her thesis on November 4th! Lauren was supervised by Dr. Angela Lieverse. Committee members were Tatiana Nomokonova (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology) and David Cooper (College of Medicine). The external examiner was Julia Boughner (College of Medicine, USask). Title: "Harris Lines as Indicators of Physiological Stress in the Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal" Way to go, Lauren! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! See [...]

2022-11-08T10:41:40-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , |
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International Day of Women & Girls in Science!

February 11th was the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We'd like to take this opportunity to celebrate the wonderful women of BAP.* We're lucky to have you! *Newest addition to our BAP Women in Science group: Karolina Werens, MSc Archaeological Science, University of Oxford!

2020-02-18T11:16:13-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Rebecca Bourgeois and Lauren Michelman present at Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Annual Meetings

BAP was well represented by our University of Saskatchewan graduate students at the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology 47th Annual Meetings held in Banff, Alberta, October 23-26, 2019. Rebecca Bourgeois presented a poster entitled: “Reconstructing Moy-Novaia-Shamanka, Siberia, Russia: Preliminary Analysis.” Rebecca L. Bourgeois, Angela R. Lieverse, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii. Lauren Michelman presented a poster entitled: “Harris lines as indicators of physiological stress in the middle Holocene Cis-Baikal.” Lauren M. Michelman, Angela R. Lieverse. Link to Meeting: [...]

2019-11-18T12:17:24-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |
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Rebecca Bourgeois and Lauren Michelman interviewed by MacEwan University Bachelor of Communication Studies documentary film team

University of Saskatchewan MA students, Rebecca Bourgeois and Lauren Michelman, were interviewed yesterday by the MacEwan University Bachelor of Communication Studies documentary film team that travelled to Siberia with the BAP crew. They are working in the lab in Irkutsk, Russia, and did a great job explaining their research projects! To see Rebecca's and Lauren's BAP graduate student profiles, go here: https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca/team/bourgeois-rebecca/?portfolioCats=5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9 https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca/team/michelman-lauren/?portfolioCats=5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9  

2019-06-10T10:19:31-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: , |
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