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Dr. Angela Lieverse presents at Paleopathology Society Annual Meeting

Dr. Angela Lieverse presented a poster, with our BAP colleagues as co-authors, at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Society, held in Los Angeles, March 18-20, 2024. Title: Postcranial trauma in the Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Authors: Lieverse AR, Schulting RJ, Bazaliiskii VI, Goriunova OI, Kharinskii AA, Weber AW

2024-03-21T13:28:36-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Multilayer Geoarchaeology object Sagan-Zaba II on Lake Baikal: Archaeology and Paleoecology [in Russian]

The purpose of this monograph is to disseminate the new archaeological materials from the Sagan-Zaba II camp site, located in a cove of the same name on the west coast of Lake Baikal, about 12 km SW of the mouth of the Anga River and 154 km NE of the Irkutsk city. The three excavation seasons (2006–2008) carried out at Sagan-Zaba by the Russian–Canadian archaeological expedition provided new knowledge regarding the complex cultural processes taking place within the [...]

2024-03-05T09:21:37-07:00Categories: Publications, Books & Monographs|Tags: , , |

Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Cis-Baikal: Main Factors and Processes in the Development of Hunter-Gatherer Cultures [in Russian]

Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers (HG) of the Cis-Baikal, Eastern Siberia, display substantial spatiotemporal variation in adaptive strategies highlighted by several cultural transitions. These transitions are examined focusing on the role of the following factors: (1) changes in the distribution of the boreal forest; (2) technological innovations; (3) intensification of fishing; and (4) their combined impacts on subsistence and social structure. The expansion and retreat of boreal forest was important because it directly affected the distribution and abundance of large [...]

2023-12-05T10:47:08-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: |

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

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 [...]

2023-11-06T11:06:48-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , , |

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

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 [...]

2023-10-03T10:51:42-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , , |

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 [...]

2023-07-26T13:25:34-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

New BAP Monograph on Sagan-Zaba II published in Russian!

Congratulations to Drs. Alexei G. Novikov, Galina A. Vorobieva, Olga I. Goriunova and Dr. Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their BAP Monograph on Sagan-Zaba II! Title: Multilayer Geoarchaeology object Sagan-Zaba II on Lake Baikal: Archaeology and Paleoecology Authors: Alexei G. Novikov, Galina A. Vorobieva, Olga I. Goriunova and Dr. Andrzej W. Weber Summary: The purpose of this monograph is to disseminate the new archaeological materials from the Sagan-Zaba II camp site, located in a cove of the [...]

2023-07-10T09:47:02-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Corrie Hyland awarded best student paper at Radiocarbon and Diet Conference, Oxford!

Congratulations to BAP graduate student Corrie Hyland, who was awarded best student paper at the recent Radiocarbon and Diet Conference, held June 20-23 at the University of Oxford! Along with the title, Corrie was awarded 100GBP (kindly  sponsored by IonPlus)! Title: Using Amino Acid Isotope Values to Determine Freshwater Reservoir Offsets Authors: Corrie Hyland, Amy Styring, Rick Schulting, Andrzej Weber Abstract: Previous paired dating studies of early hunter-gatherer populations from the Upper Lena and Little Sea microregions in Cis-Baikal [...]

2023-10-27T11:43:34-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , |

BAP Symposium at the SAA 88th Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, organized by Corrie Hyland and Karolina Werens

Corrie Hyland and Karolina Werens, our BAP PhD students from University fof Oxford, recently organized a BAP Symposium at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Portland, Oregon, March 29-April 2, 2023. SYMPOSIUM  NORTHEAST ASIAN PREHISTORIC HUNTER-GATHER LIFEWAYS: MULTIDISCIPLINARY, INDIVIDUAL LIFE HISTORY APPROACH Chairs: Corrie Hyland and Karolina Werens Andrzej Weber: Discussant Andrzej Weber and Olga Goriunova: Early Bronze Age Cemeteries on Lake Baikal, Siberia: Their History and Patterns of Use Corrie Hyland, Rick Schulting, Amy Styring and Andrzej Weber: [...]

2023-03-31T13:46:19-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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. [...]

2022-05-11T10:45:38-06:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |