Ramsey - Baikal Archaeology Project

Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University (Geoarchaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology Series) 2023

Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Cis-Baikal: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cemetery Use [in Russian]

Weber AW, Bazaliiskii VI, Goriunova OI, Schulting RJ, Bronk Ramsey C

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 Estimate methodology applied [...]

Erin2023-11-06T11:06:48-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Goriunova, Weber|

Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University (Geoarchaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology Series) 2023

Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Cis-Baikal: Chronology and Dietary Trends [in Russian]

Weber AW, Bronk Ramsey C, Schulting RJ, Bazaliiskii VI, Goriunova OI

Analyses of radiocarbon dates (all corrected for the freshwater reservoir effect) and associated stable isotope values obtained from the skeletal remains of ~560 individuals provide many new insights about Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers (HG) 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 [...]

Erin2023-10-03T10:51:42-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Goriunova, Weber|

Full text translations (Russian) recently published in “BULLETIN OF THE IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY. GEOARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, AND ANTHROPOLOGY SERIES”

Dr. Andrzej Weber would like to announce that full text translations (from English to Russian) of the three papers below have been published in “BULLETIN OF THE IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY. GEOARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, AND ANTHROPOLOGY SERIES”. 2023. Volume 43. All three papers can be downloaded here: https://izvestiageoarh.isu.ru/en/journal?id=42 Links to individual papers below: Title: Неолит и ранний бронзовый век Предбайкалья: хронология и пищевые тренды (Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Cis-Baikal: Chronology and Dietary Trends) Authors: A. W. Weber, C. Bronk [...]

Andrea Hiob2023-07-26T13:25:34-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Goriunova, Weber|

Science Advances September 2019

Rick Schulting and colleagues article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Leipe C, Long T, Sergusheva EA, Wagner M, Tarasov PE

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Nature Ecology & Evolution Title: Radiocarbon dating from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov cemetery reveals complex human responses to socio-ecological stress during the 8.2 ka cooling event Authors: Schulting RJ, Mannermaa K, Tarasov PE, Higham T, Bronk Ramsey C, Khartanovich V, Moiseyev V, Gerasimov D, O’Shea J, Weber AW. Abstract: Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Karelia, northwest Russia, is one of the largest Early Holocene cemeteries in northern [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-01-31T13:39:23-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Tarasov, Weber, O'Shea|

Nature Ecology & Evolution January 2022

Radiocarbon dating from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov cemetery reveals complex human responses to socio-ecological stress during the 8.2 ka cooling event

Schulting RJ, Mannermaa K, Tarasov PE, Higham T, Bronk Ramsey C, Khartanovich V, Moiseyev V, Gerasimov D, O’Shea J, Weber A

Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Karelia, northwest Russia, is one of the largest Early Holocene cemeteries in northern Eurasia, with 177 burials recovered in excavations in the 1930s; originally, more than 400 graves may have been present. A new radiocarbon dating programme, taking into account a correction for freshwater reservoir effects, suggests that the main use of the cemetery spanned only some 100–300 years, centring on ca. 8250 to 8000 cal BP. This coincides remarkably closely with the 8.2 ka cooling event, [...]

Erin2023-04-04T14:10:49-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Tarasov, Weber, O'Shea|

Science Advances September 2019

Dr. Rick Schulting article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Leipe C, Long T, Sergusheva EA, Wagner M, Tarasov PE

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Freshwater reservoir effects in Cis-Baikal: An overview Authors: Schulting RJ, Bronk Ramsey C, Scharlotta I, Richards MP, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber AW Abstract: This paper summarises research on freshwater reservoir effects (FRE) in the Baikal region and their impact on the radiocarbon dating of human remains. Varying relationships are seen between human δ13C and δ15N values and 14C offsets in paired [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-12-20T11:13:04-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Scharlotta, Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Weber|

Archaeological Research in Asia March 2022

Freshwater reservoir effects in Cis-Baikal: An overview

Schulting RJ, Bronk Ramsey C, Scharlotta I, Richards MP, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber A

This paper summarises research on freshwater reservoir effects (FRE) in the Baikal region and their impact on the radiocarbon dating of human remains. Varying relationships are seen between human δ13C and δ15N values and 14C offsets in paired human-terrestrial mammal radiocarbon dates from the same graves in the different microregions of Cis-Baikal. In the Upper Lena microregion the FRE may also vary through time. These differences can be related in some cases to different isotopic ecologies, and in [...]

Erin2023-02-07T11:09:06-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Scharlotta, Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Weber|

Science Advances September 2019

Alyssa White article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Leipe C, Long T, Sergusheva EA, Wagner M, Tarasov PE

Congratulations to Alyssa White and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Turning eastward: New radiocarbon and stable isotopic data for Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers from Fofanovo, Trans-Baikal, Siberia Authors: White JA, Schulting RJ, Hommel P, Moiseyev V, Khartanovich V, Bronk Ramsey C, Weber AW Abstract: A considerable amount of bioarchaeological research – including AMS 14C dating and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses (δ13C and δ15N) – has been undertaken on the [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-12-15T09:07:06-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Weber, White|

Archaeological Research in Asia December 2021

Turning eastward: New radiocarbon and stable isotopic data for Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers from Fofanovo, Trans-Baikal, Siberia

White JA, Schulting RJ, Hommel P, Moiseyev V, Khartanovich V, Bronk Ramsey C, Weber AW

A considerable amount of bioarchaeological research – including AMS 14C dating and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses (δ13C and δ15N) – has been undertaken on the hunter-gatherers from the area west of Lake Baikal, known as Cis-Baikal. No such work has previously been reported for the east side of the lake, Trans-Baikal. Here, we present new radiocarbon dates and isotopic results for twenty individuals from the Fofanovo cemetery, located along the Selenga River on the southeast coast of [...]

Erin2022-12-06T10:20:51-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Weber, White|

Archaeological Research in Asia March 2021

Christopher Bronk Ramsey paper published in Archaeological Research in Asia, March 2021

Bronk Ramsey C, Schulting RJ, Bazaliiskii VI, Goriunova OI, Weber AW

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 [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-05-20T13:08:59-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Bazaliiskii, Ramsey, Goriunova, Weber|