Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia : : Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways / / ed. by Andrzej W. Weber, Theodore G. Schurr, M. Anne Katzenberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
• MitwirkendeR: Bamforth, Fiona J.,; Bazaliiskii, Vladimir I.,; Bettinger, Robert,; Beukens, Roelf,; Bush, Andrew,; Dulik, Matthew C.,; Goriunova, Olga I.,; Haverkort, Caroline M.,; Katzenberg, M. Anne,; Lieverse, Angela R.,; McKenzie, Hugh G.,; Mooder, Karen P.,; Novikov, Aleksei G.,; Osipova, Ludmilla P.,; Savel'ev, Nikolai A.,; Schurr, Theodore G.,; Stock, Jay T.,; Thomson, Tia A.,; Weber, Andrzej W.,; White, Dustin,; Zhadanov, Sergey I.,
• HerausgeberIn: Katzenberg, M. Anne,; Schurr, Theodore G.,; Weber, Andrzej W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 63 illus.

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 interdisciplina...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• DVD Contents
• Illustrations
• Tables
• Preface
• 1. Holocene Climate, Environmental Change, and Neolithic Biocultural Discontinuity in the Baikal Region
• 2. Radiocarbon Dating of Middle Holocene Culture History in Cis-Baikal
• 3. Mesolithic and Neolithic Mortuary Complexes in the Baikal Region
• 4. Variability in Bronze Age Mortuary Practices in the Little Sea Microregion of Cis-Baikal
• 5. Uncovering the Genetic Landscape of Prehistoric Cis-Baikal
• 6. Genetic Diversity in Native Siberians: Implications for the Prehistoric Settlement of the Cis-Baikal Region
• 7. Health and Behavior in Mid-Holocene Cis-Baikal: Biological Indicators of Adaptation and Culture Change
• 8. Diet Reconstruction of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in the Lake Baikal Region
• 9. Skeletal Morphology, Climatic Adaptation, and Habitual Behavior among Mid-Holocene Cis-Baikal Populations
• 10. Identifying Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Patterns Using Strontium Isotopes
• 11. The Bronze Age in Cis-Baikal: A Review of Research and Future Prospects
• Epilogue: Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Hunter-Gatherers in Overview
• Bibliography
• Contributors