Andrzej Weber
Baikal Archaeology Project
Edmonton, 29 Sep., 2004
Research perspectives in Cis-Baikal
Model evaluation
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Radiocarbon evidence
Osteological data
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Health and demography
Genetic data
Biochemical data
Environmental data
Radiocarbon evidence
Genetic data
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Discontinuity between the pre- and post hiatus
populations
Continuity between the post-hiatus groups (?)
Relatively small and genetically isolated prehiatus groups
Relatively large and genetically interacting
post-hiatus groups
Osteological data, health
Osteological data, demography
general
Osteological data, demography
Biochemical data
Environmental data
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Evidence of climate change roughly during the
second half of the Kitoi’s existence (?)
Effects on the region’s food resources
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Terrestrial
Aquatic lacustrine
Aquatic riverine
Summary
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Validated elements
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Invalidated elements
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The discontinuity and continuity notions
Subsistence and dietary patterns
Some of the social patterns
Mortuary behaviour and world views
Health and demographic patterns
Some of the social patterns
New findings
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Climatic change
Future research opportunities
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Archaeology
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New focus on habitation sites
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Regional approach
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spatial analysis of site distribution
Microregional approach
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Original fieldwork
 Horizontal excavations
 Work with known profiles of good resolution
Future research opportunities
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Archaeology – additions resulting from the
new focus
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Zooarchaeology
Paleothnobotany
Artifact studies
Procurement
 Exchange
 Social organization
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Future research opportunities
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Archaeology – expansion of the mortuary focus
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No new fieldwork (?)
Module A – cemetery level
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Small cemeteries
Spatial analysis
Module D – object level
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Procurement
Exchange
Social organization
Fieldwork opportunities
Little Sea
Belaia River: Gorelyi Les, Khaita
Northern Baikal
Future research opportunities in other
modules
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Human osteology
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Completion of chemical analysis
New nondestructive analysis
Integration with other data sets
Human genetics
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Completion of laboratory analysis
Future research opportunities in other
modules
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Paleoenvironment
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Microregional studies
Environment modeling
Integration with other data sets
Ethnographic context
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All of the above
Plan of action and deadlines
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October 15, 2004 – meeting of the letter of intent
team
January 31, 2005 – letter of intent due date
April, 2005 – announcement of the results
April, 2005 – Weber goes to Russia
May and June, 2005 – work on proposal
July 2005 – reconnaissance in Russia
Aug. 2005 – proposal fine tuning
Aug. 31, 2005 – proposal due date
Zeng yu
Acknowledgements
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada
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Irkutsk State University, Russia
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University of Alberta, Canada