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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464084403321

Titolo

Prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Baikal region, Siberia [[electronic resource] ] : bioarchaeological studies of past life ways / / edited by Andrzej W. Weber, M. Anne Katzenberg, Theodore G. Schurr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2010

ISBN

1-283-89110-7

1-934536-39-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KatzenbergMary Anne

SchurrTheodore G <1961-> (Theodore George)

WeberAndrzej W. <1954->

Disciplina

957/.5

Soggetti

Burial - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region

Excavations (Archaeology) - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region

Human remains (Archaeology) - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region

Hunting and gathering societies - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region

Neolithic period - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region

Electronic books.

Baikal, Lake, Region (Russia) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front  matter -- Contents -- DVD Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. Holocene Climate, Environmental Change, and Neolithic Biocultural Discontinuity in the Baikal Region / White, Dustin / Bush, Andrew -- 2. Radiocarbon Dating of Middle Holocene Culture History in Cis-Baikal / Weber, Andrzej W. / McKenzie, Hugh G. / Beukens, Roelf -- 3. Mesolithic and Neolithic Mortuary Complexes in the Baikal Region / Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. -- 4. Variability in Bronze Age Mortuary Practices in the Little Sea Microregion of Cis-Baikal / McKenzie, Hugh G. -- 5. Uncovering the Genetic Landscape of Prehistoric Cis-Baikal / Mooder, Karen P. / Thomson, Tia A. / Weber,



Andrzej W. / Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. / Bamforth, Fiona J. -- 6. Genetic Diversity in Native Siberians: Implications for the Prehistoric Settlement of the Cis-Baikal Region / Schurr, Theodore G. / Osipova, Ludmilla P. / Zhadanov, Sergey I. / Dulik, Matthew C. -- 7. Health and Behavior in Mid-Holocene Cis-Baikal: Biological Indicators of Adaptation and Culture Change / Lieverse, Angela R. -- 8. Diet Reconstruction of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in the Lake Baikal Region / Katzenberg, M. Anne / Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. / Goriunova, Olga I. / Savel'ev, Nikolai A. / Weber, Andrzej W. -- 9. Skeletal Morphology, Climatic Adaptation, and Habitual Behavior among Mid-Holocene Cis-Baikal Populations / Stock, Jay T. / Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. / Goriunova, Olga I. / Savel'ev, Nikolai A. / Weber, Andrzej W. -- 10. Identifying Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Patterns Using Strontium Isotopes / Haverkort, Caroline M. / Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I. / Savel'ev, Nikolai A. -- 11. The Bronze Age in Cis-Baikal: A Review of Research and Future Prospects / Goriunova, Olga I. / Novikov, Aleksei G. -- Epilogue: Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Hunter-Gatherers in Overview / Weber, Andrzej W. / Bettinger, Robert -- Bibliography -- Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Siberia's Lake Baikal region is an archaeologically unique and emerging area of hunter-gatherer research, offering insights into the complexity, variability, and dynamics of long-term culture change. The exceptional quality of archaeological materials recovered there facilitates interdisciplinary studies whose relevance extends far beyond the region. The Baikal Archaeology Project-one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the history of subarctic archaeology-is conducted by an international multidisciplinary team studying Middle Holocene (about 9,000 to 3,000 years B.P.) hunter-gatherers of the region. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the project includes scholars in archaeology, physical anthropology, ethnography, molecular biology, geophysics, geochemistry, and paleoenvironmental studies. This book presents the current team's research findings on questions about long-term patterns of hunter-gatherer adaptive strategies. Grounded in interdisciplinary approaches to primary research questions of cultural change and continuity over 6,000 years, the project utilizes advanced research methods and integrates diverse lines of evidence in making fundamental and lasting contributions to hunter-gatherer archaeology. Content of this book's DVD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376587.