Baikal Archaeology Project
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Introduction The Baikal Archaeology Project (BAP) is an international and multi-disciplinary team of scholars investigating Middle Holocene hunter-gatherer culture dynamics in two Russian regions:...
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This month's featured team member is Dr Gunita Zariņa (@lvuniversity). Dr Zariņa's work focuses on the development of agriculture in #Latvia and the corresponding dietary, health & reproductive changes for ancient Latvians. Click to learn more!
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May's featured team member is @RickSchulting (@school_of_arch). Dr Schulting uses #stableisotopes and #C14dating to reconstruct the lifeways of Holocene hunter-gatherers at #LakeBaikal. Check out his page to learn more!
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The BAP team is just wrapping up a productive set of meetings in Istanbul. Grateful for the opportunity to get together and exchange ideas, ask questions & make plans!
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This month's featured team member is Dr Dan Temple (@GeorgeMasonU). Dr Temple studies growth, stress & resilience among pre-adult #huntergatherers of the #LakeBaikal region. Check out his page to learn more!
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http://soan.gmu.edu/people/dtemple3 Dr. Daniel Temple is currently an Associate Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. His research interests include bioarchaeology; skeletal and...
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February's featured team member is Dr. Tengwen Long (@UniofNottingham Ningbo China). Dr. Long's work is wide-ranging, covering #c14dating and modeling, #palaeoecology & #geoarchaeology. Check out his page to learn more!
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🚨Publication alert!🚨 Congratulations to BAP authors @RickSchulting et al. for their new paper in Radiocarbon, now available as FirstView. Unraveling this mystery was a real team effort! https://t.co/3PEAxShjnX
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A 350 14C yr discrepancy was found between dates on postcranial remains and mandibular teeth on what was thought to be the same individual from the Early Neolithic cemetery of Shamanka II, Lake...
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Our huge, heartfelt congratulations to BAP team member Dr. Ruairidh Macleod (@Cambridge_Uni) for the successful defense of his PhD dissertation. Ruairidh has now started his postdoctoral research at @ucl. Congratulations Ruairidh!! 🥳🥳🥳 https://t.co/ACa0EQ9Mqy
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Congratulations to Dr. Ruairidh Macleod, BAP PhD student at University of Cambridge, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation! On Wednesday the 18th of December, Ruairidh ('Rory') Macleod...
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Our first featured team member of 2025 is Dr. Pavel Tarasov (@FU_Berlin). Dr Tarasov reconstructs palaeoenvironments on a regional scale, helping us understand human–environment interactions in the past. He's also a supervisor extraordinaire!
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Dr. Pavel Tarasov is a Professor of Quaternary Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin. His research interests include pollen analysis, regional-scale reconstructions of Holocene and Pleistocene plant...
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Massive congrats to @Christophe_Fire on winning a @VUBrussel Excellent PhD Supervisor Award. Your support and enthusiasm mean the 🌍 to the team 🔥
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A huge congratulations to BAP graduate student Aleksandra Krikunova on the successful defense of her PhD dissertation on the palaeoecological impacts of glacial–interglacial climate change on the #huntergatherers of #LakeBaikal. Congrats Doctor Krikunova!
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Our last featured team member of 2024 is Dr Christopher Ramsey (@OxRadiocarbon). Dr Ramsey's work on the #freshwaterreservoireffect, #Bayesian modeling and dietary #isotopes has changed our understanding of #prehistoric peoples in the #LakeBaikal region
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Dr. Christopher Ramsey is currently the Director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and a Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford. His main research focus is in...
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November's featured team member is @Angela_Lieverse (@USaskArch_Anth). Dr Lieverse's work in the #LakeBaikal and #Karelia regions explores health, activity patterns and trauma in #prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Check out her page to learn more!
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This month's featured team member is Dr Christian Leipe (@FU_Berlin @MPI_GEA). Dr Leipe's research focuses on reconstructing human-environment interactions in #Holocene Asia using #pollen and #plantmacrofossil data. Check out his page to learn more!
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Dr. Christian Leipe is a post-doctoral researcher affiliated with the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher based at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Department of...
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Christopher Ramsey has contributed to a new review lead by @Heaton_T_J of Miyake events and why we are so excited about them. Single year dating, solar storms and carbon cycle. @school_of_arch
https://t.co/TbapIjY6rI
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Nature - Understanding how extreme solar storms affect radiocarbon dating has made it possible to obtain calendar ages with annual precision, and future studies could yield insights into...
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A huge congratulations to former BAP graduate student Lauren Michelman (@USaskArch_Anth) for the recent publication of her MA thesis in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology!
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Harris lines (HLs) are radiographically visible transverse lines of thickened bone that develop from temporary growth cessation during early life. Often attributed to physiological stress during...
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September's featured team member is Dr. Larisa Savelieva (@spb_university). Dr. Savelieva's work on the #paleoclimate of northern Eurasia is helping us understand human impacts on the Late #Holocene environment. Check out her page to learn more!
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Big congratulations to @FU_Berlin student Richard Arlt for defending his BAP-related thesis for a Master's of Science in Geology! 🥳🥳🥳
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Congratulations to Richard Arlt who successfully defended his BAP-related Master’s thesis on August 9, 2024! Richard is a Master’s of Science in Geology student at Freie Universität Berlin, under the...
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Congratulations to BAP PhD student Aleksandra Krikunova and coauthors on their recent publication in Quaternary Science Reviews on the history of wildfires in the #LakeBaikal region.
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With the increase in global wildfire activity in response to global climate warming, the reconstruction of long-term fire histories and their links to environmental and anthropogenic factors has...
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🔥🔥Smoking Hot Paper Alert🔥🔥 Did you ever wonder how #microfossils can help us to understand fossil wildfires and vegetation changes? Then check out our new #OpenAccess paper! 😀👇 #palynology #paleoclimate @BaikalAP @dai_weltweit @MemorialUSci
https://t.co/YpxPECHp0u
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