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Nour Moussa article published in Archaeological Research in Asia

Some great BAP news to share in the new year of 2021! Congratulations to Drs. Nour M. Moussa, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga I. Goriunova and Andrzej W. Weber on the recent publication of their article in Archaeological Research in Asia! Title: Insights into Lake Baikal's ancient populations based on genetic evidence from the Early Neolithic Shamanka II and Early Bronze Age Kurma XI cemeteries Authors: Nour M. Moussa, Hugh G. McKenzie, Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii, Olga [...]

Andrea Hiob2021-03-22T10:17:26-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, McKenzie, Weber, Moussa|

Insights into Lake Baikal’s ancient populations based on genetic evidence from the Early Neolithic Shamanka II and Early Bronze Age Kurma XI cemeteries

Although previous ancient DNA research has contributed to the investigation of middle Holocene culture history and population dynamics in the Cis-Baikal, most of this work has been limited to the Angara valley and southwest Baikal, with only restricted genetic analysis of skeletal materials from the Little Sea microregion. In this paper, we expand upon initial findings by analyzing new mtDNA results from the EN/EBA Kurma XI cemetery (Little Sea area) and the EN Shamanka II cemetery (southwest Baikal). [...]

Erin2021-10-05T16:31:35-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Bazaliiskii, Goriunova, McKenzie, Weber, Moussa|

Middle Holocene hunter–gatherers of Cis-Baikal, Eastern Siberia: Combined impacts of the boreal forest, bow-and-arrow, and fishing

Middle Holocene hunter–gatherers (HG) of the Cis-Baikal region, Eastern Siberia, display substantial spatio-temporal 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 [...]

Erin2022-01-05T11:48:42-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Weber|

Resource processing, early pottery and the emergence of Kitoi culture in Cis-Baikal: Insights from lipid residue analysis of an Early Neolithic ceramic assemblage from the Gorelyi Les habitation site, Eastern Siberia

In the early Holocene, Mesolithic hunter-gatherer communities inhabiting the Cis-Baikal region of Eastern Siberia were participating in a series of important cultural changes. These included the establishment of large cemeteries in the Angara Valley and on the Southwest shores of Lake Baikal, culminating in the formation of the distinctive Early Neolithic Kitoi cultural pattern ca. 7560 cal. BP. Around the same time, the appearance of clay pots in a few Kitoi graves and at some contemporary habitation sites marks [...]

Erin2022-01-28T10:58:06-07:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Jordan, Weber|

Chronological and regional variation in developmental stress and behavior of Early and Late Neolithic Cis-Baikal hunter-gatherer juveniles: Insights from diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry

This study explores growth (increase in size) and development (change in structure and function) in Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal hunter-gatherer populations to evaluate chronological and regional variation in developmental health and juvenile behavior using post-cranial Cross-Sectional Geometry (CSG). It also evaluates whether sexual differences in size and habitual behavior were evident by the end of adolescence. Age and body size standardized femur, tibia, and humerus midshaft CSG are used to test for differences between Early Neolithic (EN) and Late [...]

Erin2021-05-04T09:39:52-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Temple, Bazaliiskii, Weber|

Middle Holocene hunter–gatherer mortuary practices in the Little Sea microregion on Lake Baikal, part II: Late Neolithic

This is the second in a series of two papers dedicated to the examination of Neolithic mortuary variation within the Little Sea microregion of Cis-Baikal, Eastern Siberia. The first study, appearing also in this special issue, reviewed the Early Neolithic (EN) mortuary material (Goriunova et al., 2020), whereas the goal of this paper is to summarize the available archaeological material referred to as the Serovo mortuary tradition of the Little Sea area (henceforth, the Little Sea–Serovo). The focus [...]

Erin2021-04-08T14:21:17-06:00Categories: Publications, Journal Articles|Tags: Goriunova, Novikov, Weber|

Integrated stable isotopic and radiocarbon analyses of Neolithic and Bronze Age hunter-gatherers from the Little Sea and Upper Lena micro-regions, Cis-Baikal, Siberia

The Lake Baikal region of southern Siberia has a rich mortuary record that has provided the most comprehensive isotopic database for palaeodietary studies of north-temperate hunter-gatherers in the world, permitting more detailed reconstructions and finer-grained research questions than are usually possible. Building on previous work, this study contributes new δ13C, δ15N, and AMS radiocarbon dating results from the cemeteries of Verkholensk (n = 44) in the Upper Lena River micro-region and Ulan-Khada (n = 19) in the Little Sea micro-region. Our results [...]

Erin2021-01-05T11:12:43-07:00Categories: Journal Articles, Publications|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Weber, White|

Alyssa White article published in Journal of Archaeological Science

Congratulations to Alyssa White on her recent article published in the Journal of Archaeological Science! Mrs. White is currently a DPhil student at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Dr. Rick Schulting and Dr. Mark Hudson. This paper is based on Alyssa’s Master’s work for the BAP. She would like to acknowledge Andrew Lythe (another M.Sc. student from the year after her) whose research is also highlighted in the paper. He is currently a graduate student [...]

Andrea Hiob2020-06-29T16:19:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Schulting, Ramsey, Weber, White|

Dr. Andrzej Weber interviewed for Faculty of Arts News, University of Alberta

Dr. Andrzej Weber recently gave an interview to the Faculty of Arts, and the story is now up on Arts News. It will also be shared on social media, and be included in Anthology and the University of Alberta’s alumni newsletter Work of Arts Express. Title: Discovery helps international team of researchers better understand changes experienced by hunter-gatherers over hundreds of thousands of years Led by Faculty of Arts’ archaeologist Andrzej Weber, two decades of research yields fresh insight into [...]

Andrea Hiob2019-03-18T10:47:42-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach, News|Tags: Weber|

Dr. Andrzej Weber gives public lecture at Irkutsk State University

Dr. Andrzej Weber gave a public lecture on Saturday, February 16, at the Irkutsk State University entitled “25 years of joint research by the Russian-Canadian archaeological expedition on Lake Baikal”. The lecture was filmed and is posted on Facebook here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2324752147555620&id=100000625718642 Photo credit: Photograph by FotoVostSib Восточная Сибир https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1223770934447117&type=1&l=da0390f4c1

Andrea Hiob2019-03-15T11:59:57-06:00Categories: Media & Public Outreach|Tags: Weber|