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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|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Corrie Hyland!

We have a new BAP team member! Ms. Corrie Hyland is a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford and she joins the Baikal Archaeology Project under the joint supervision of Drs. Amy Styring, Rick Schulting and Andrzej Weber. Specializing in stable isotope analysis, Corrie will be working to further develop the freshwater reservoir correction methods that refine the microregion chronologies of Lake Baikal. She will be expanding on the use of stable hydrogen and sulfur isotope analysis, as [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-09-02T11:18:48-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Hyland|

Welcome our new BAP team member, Dr. Andrea Czermak!

We have a new BAP team member! Dr. Andrea Czermak is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and was introduced to the BAP by Dr. Rick Schulting. She is a trained biologist who specializes in sequential tooth dentine analysis to reconstruct early life histories of individuals. Andrea has developed and applied new refined methods for dentine analysis and micro-sampling. She is particularly interested in childhood and adolescence, stress and crisis events, subsistence strategies and mobility during times [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-08-20T10:36:21-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Czermak|

Science Advances September 2019

Rick Schulting and Paula Reimer article published in Radiocarbon

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

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and BAP Advisory Board member Dr. Paula Reimer (and colleagues) on their new paper published in Radiocarbon! Title: Millet consumption in Siberia prior to Mid-Second Millennium BC? A review of recent developments Authors: Svetlana V. Svyatko, Rick J. Schulting, Dmitriy Papin, Paula J. Reimer Abstract: In this paper we discuss recent developments in documenting the spread of millet across the Eurasian steppes. We emphasize that, despite a recent proposal that millet consumption in [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-08-20T10:50:16-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Reimer|

Science Advances September 2019

Dr. Rick Schulting article published in Journal of Archaeological Science

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

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Schulting and co-authors on the publication of their paper in Journal of Archaeological Science! Title: Subsistence shift and socio-economic response to cultural and climate changes aong north-central Iberian megalithic groups Authors: Fern´andez-Crespo, J. Ordo˜no, R.J. Schulting Abstract: The insufficient attention traditionally paid to the complex mortuary biographies of megalithic graves has long obscured a significant amount of synchronic and diachronic information. The Rioja Alavesa region of north-central Iberia holds a number of megalithic graves [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-08-20T11:11:31-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting|

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|