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Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University (Geoarchaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology Series) 2022

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

Bourgeois RL, Weber AW, Bazaliiskii VI, McKenzie HG, Lieverse AR

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 [...]

2023-07-04T11:54:00-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , , |

Dr. Andrzej Weber interview on the “Modern Conversation” show

Check out the link for Dr. Weber’s interview with Alexei Petrov on the “Modern Conversation” show on February 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZNzrMGOSs From Petrov Media: Professor of the University of Alberta, archaeologist Andrzej Weber in Irkutsk in "Modern Conversation." Профессор Университета Альберты, археолог Анджей Вебер в Иркутске в "Современном разговоре." The guest of "Modern Conversation" is a well-known archaeologist, professor of the University of Alberta (Canada), honorary professor of Irkutsk State University Andrzej Weber. He has been excavating cemeteries in Baikal [...]

2022-03-31T13:06:58-06:00Categories: News, Media & Public Outreach|Tags: |

Dr. Andrzej Weber lecture at Rasputin Scientific Library, Irkutsk State University

Professor Weber spoke at the Scientific Library. Rasputin ISU on February 12 with a lecture "Features of the study of ancient burial grounds of the population of the Baikal region (based on the materials of the Bronze Age burial ground Khuzhir-Nuge XIV).”  You can watch it on the UNIVERSUM popular science blog: https://youtu.be/DpsoayVsCrY Read the announcement on "Glagol": https://glagol38.ru/text/09-02-2022/008 Гость "Современного разговора" - известный археолог, профессор Университета Альберы (Канада), почетный профессор Иркутского госуниверситета Анджэей Вебер. Он почти тридцать лет ведет [...]

2022-03-31T13:14:34-06:00Categories: News, Media & Public Outreach|Tags: |
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 [...]

2022-01-31T13:39:23-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |
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, [...]

2023-04-04T14:10:49-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , , |
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 [...]

2021-12-20T11:13:04-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |
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 [...]

2023-02-07T11:09:06-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , , , |
Science Advances September 2019

Dr. Ian Scharlotta article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

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

Congratulations to Dr. Ian Scharlotta and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Parental investment as social agency and catalyst to complexity Authors: Scharlotta I, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber AW Abstract: Re-examination of the relationships between diets as inferred isotopically and grave goods in light of new data has revealed the importance of parental investment for Early Neolithic populations in Cis-Baikal, Siberia. The Kitoi Culture developed and maintained a flexible but expensive broad-spectrum [...]

2021-12-15T09:04:58-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , , |
Archaeological Research in Asia December 2021

Parental investment as social agency and catalyst to complexity

Scharlotta I, Bazaliiskii VI, Weber AW

Re-examination of the relationships between diets as inferred isotopically and grave goods in light of new data has revealed the importance of parental investment for Early Neolithic populations in Cis-Baikal, Siberia. The Kitoi Culture developed and maintained a flexible but expensive broad-spectrum subsistence strategy. Moderately high extrinsic risk factors produced periodic famines and metabolic stress evidence in skeletons. The small-scale efforts of parents to support their offspring through increased breast milk and plant food provisioning led to a [...]

2023-01-03T10:11:15-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: , , |
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 [...]

2021-12-15T09:07:06-07:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , |