PROGRAMME
3rd Baltic Bioarchaeology Meeting
15.05. – 16.05. 2014, University of Latvia, 19 Raiņa Blvd., room 153, Riga, Latvia
Thursday, May 15
900 – 1000 Registration
1000 – 1120 Opening session
Chair: Elīna Pētersone – Gordina
 I. Muižnieks, vice-rector for Research, University of Latvia
 G. Zemītis, director of the Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
 A.Vīksna, V. Rudoviča, K. A. Gross. Analytical Quantification of Archeological Bone and
Synthetic Apatites in Latvia
 A. Mittnik, I. Lazaridis, N. Patterson, J. Kelso , D. Reich, J. Krause. Revealing the Ancestry of
Present-Day Europeans with Ancient Human Genomes
 A. Ščėsnaite-Jerdiakova, L. Pliss, G. Gerhards, E. Pētersone-Gordina, I. Pole, E. Zole, J. Ķimsis,
A. Gustiņa, R. Ranka, I. Jansone. Evaluation of ancient DNA preservation by applying
molecular approach for sex determination in archaeological human skeletal remains from Riga
1120 – 1200 Coffee Break
1200 – 1320 Session I
Chair: Arturs Vīksna
 G. Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė, R. Skipitytė, R. Jankauskas. The Future Perspectives of Stable
Isotope Analysis in Lithuania
 R. Skipitytė, T. L. Dupras, K. Whitmore, K. Page, R. Jankauskas. First Results of Stable Isotope
Analysis in Lithuanian Medieval Samples
 V. Rudoviča, A. Vīksna, G. Zariņa. Application of Analytical Methods in the Analysis of Human
Osteological Material
 A. Brangule, G. Zariņa. Importance of FTIR Spectra Deconvolution in Amorphous Calcium
Phosphate Analysis
1320 – 1430 Lunch
1430 – 1550 Session II
Chair: Svenja Weise
 D. D. Pedersen. Diagnosing Childhood Tuberculosis in Human Skeletal Populations
 P. D. Pedersen. Prevalence and Pathology of Tuberculosis in Odense AD 1050-1800
 D. Piombino-Mascali, R. Jankauskas, S. Panzer. The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis as
Illustrated by Computed Tomography of Lithuanian Mummies
 M. Rasmussen. Christiansgade a Danish Medieval Cemetery
1550 – 1620 Coffee Break
1620 – 1740 Session III
Chair: Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen
 J. Kozakaitė, R. Jankauskas. Fights and Unfortunate Accidents. Trauma and Treatment in
Medieval Lithuania
 M. Malve, M. Tõrv. Mass Grave of Ten Men from 13th Century AD, Veibri, Estonia
 J. Kozakaitė, T. L. Dupras, L. J. Williams, R. Jankauskas. Child Abuse Case in Lithuanian
Bioarchaeological Materials
 E. Pētersone-Gordina, T. Jakob, G. Gerhards. A Study of New Woven Bone in Individuals Aged
0-6 Years from Six Different Skeletal Populations
1740 – 1840 Discussion
Friday, May 16
900 – 1040 Session IV
Chair: Andrejs Vasks
 M. Daubaras, R. Jankauskas. New Data from Lithuanian Stone Age Burial Sites
 I. Zagorska. Archaeological Aspects of Collective Graves from Zvejnieki Burial Ground, Latvia
 K. Faccia. Is the Forest Neolithic Merely an Extension of the Mesolithic? Activity Patterns at
Zvejnieki
 D. Legzdiņa. Researching the Palaeodietary Practises in Latvian Stone and Bronze Age Context and Perspectives
 M. Oinonen, M. Lavento, A. Vasks, G. Zariņa. Natural Scientific Investigations of Ķivutkalns
Bronze-Working Centre
1040 – 1120 Coffee Break
1120 – 1300 Session V
Chair: Rimantas Jankauskas
 J. Limbo. The Occurrence of Dental Pathologies in Archaeological Populations from Estonia
 R. Allmäe. On Iron Age Cremation Graves in Estonia
 K. Salo. Palaeopathology of Nine Cemeteries in Southern Finland, Taphonomy and Some
Problematic Case Studies
 P. Tarp. Cranial Morphology in Western Denmark
 M. Pamazanau. The Problem of the Southern Border of the Baltic Anthropological Area (A
Preliminary Study)
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1500 Session VI
Chair: Raili Allmäe
 M. Zunde. Climatic Factors, Tree Rings and ... Epidemics
 M. Tkachova. Plant Seeds Impressions in Neolithic Pottery from the Settlements Aziarnoje 1 and
Staryja Jurkovičy 1
 S. K. T. S. Wärmländer, S. J. Kristjánsdóttir, M. Buckley, L. Wåhlander, M. M. Smith, V.
Muros, S. B. Sholts. Proteomics Identification of Sheep Hair in a Mediaeval Metal-Thread
Posament of an Unusual Type, Excavated at Skriðuklaustur Monastery in Iceland
1500 – 1530 Coffee Break
1530 – 1650 Session VII
Chair: Guntis Gerhards
 G. Zariņa, V. Muižnieks, A. Engīzere, V. Rudoviča. On Bioarchaeology of 17th – 18th Century
Inhabitants of Jēkabpils
 A. Marnica. Latvian Bioarchaeologists Research Results – in the Latvian Museum of Natural
History
 A. Vilka. Children, Age and Gender: Two Divergent Examples from the Middle and Late Iron
Age Cemeteries in Latvia
 O.V. Marfina. Investigation of Postcranial Skeleton Bones from
the 12th Century Burials in Drutsk Town, Vitebsk Region (Belarus)
1650 – 1730 Discussion and closing of the meeting