Baikal Archaeology Project

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
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This month's featured team member is Dr Dustin White (@york.ac.uk). Dr White's been with the BAP since the beginning (‼️)and his research focuses on #Quaternary #chronology and #palaeoecology. Check out his page to learn more!

I did one this afternoon and it was honestly the best way to end the week - feeling excited to be bringing the joy and wonder of archaeology to a brand new audience 🏺

September's featured team member is Dr Klervia Jaouen (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse). Dr Jaouen's work with BAP involves examining #zinc, #strontium, #carbon & #nitrogen #isotopes in the humans and animals of #Holocene Lake Baikal. Check out her page to learn more!

Culture, education and attitudes Experts at Oxford are working to understand our past climate history, uncover how our perceptions are shaped by the media, and emphasising the important role of the humanities in helping to tackle the...

Great to see so many of the School's staff highlighted in this @ox.ac.uk feature - Profs Schulting, Ramsey, Barton & Smith & Drs Hulin & Styring all investigating different evidence for how humans have responded historically to #climatechange. www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-... #archeaology past & future!

Our recent monograph on the hunter-gatherer Shamanka II cemetery is available online in open access! It's a bit (ok, more than a bit) oversized but the general structure could be helpful.
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CZERMAK Andrea - Baikal Archaeology Project Dr. Andrea Czermak is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is a trained biologist who specializes in sequential tooth dentine analysis to reconstruct early life histories of ind...

This month's featured team member is Dr Andrea Czermak (@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social). Dr Czermak has been applying her methods for sequential #dentine sampling to BAP materials for a number of years. We couldn't do it without her!

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I love this photo by current DPhil in Archaeological Science, Karolina Werens, taken in our lab
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She's really captured the drama of scientific discovery and exploration #science #womeninstem #lablife

July's featured team member is Dr Franziska Kobe (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social‬). Franziska is a former BAP PhD student and now offers her palynological and environmental reconstruction expertise as a scientific service. Check out her page to learn more!

ZARIŅA Gunita - Baikal Archaeology Project Dr. Gunita Zariņa is senior researcher and head of the Bioarchaeological repository of institute of Latvian History of University of Latvia. Her research interests are related to demographics, nutriti...

This month's featured team member is Dr Gunita Zariņa (University of Latvia). 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! 🏺

May's featured team member is @rschulting.bsky.social (@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social). Dr Schulting uses #stableisotopes and #C14dating to reconstruct the lifeways of Holocene hunter-gatherers at #LakeBaikal. Check out his page to learn more! 🏺

A group of archaeologists pose for a photo in a conference room. They look jet-lagged but happy.

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! ⚱️

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! 🏺

LONG Tengwen - Baikal Archaeology Project Dr. Tengwen Long is Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests cover a range of topics in physical geography, with a particular e...

February's featured team member is Dr. Tengwen Long (University of Nottingham Ningbo China). Dr. Long's work is wide-ranging, covering #c14dating and modeling, #palaeoecology & #geoarchaeology. Check out his page to learn more! 🏺

A 350 14C yr discrepancy between bone and tooth dates from the same grave at the Early Neolithic cemetery of Shamanka II, Lake Baikal, southern Siberia: reservoir effects or a misplaced mandible? - Ba... 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 Baikal...

🚨Publication alert!🚨 Congratulations to BAP authors Schulting et al. for their new paper in Radiocarbon, now available as FirstView. Unraveling this mystery was a real team effort!

Dr. Ruairidh Macleod successfully defends PhD dissertation! - Baikal Archaeology Project 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 succ...

Our huge, heartfelt congratulations to BAP team member Dr. Ruairidh Macleod (University of Cambridge) for the successful defense of his PhD dissertation. Ruairidh has now started his postdoctoral research at @ucl.ac.uk. Congratulations Ruairidh!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Our first featured team member of 2025 is Dr. Pavel Tarasov (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social). Dr Tarasov reconstructs palaeoenvironments on a regional scale, helping us understand human–environment interactions in the past. He's also a supervisor extraordinaire!

Massive congrats to @Christophe-fire.bsky.social on winning a VUB Brussel 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! 🏺

RAMSEY Christopher - Baikal Archaeology Project 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 radioca...

Our last featured team member of 2024 (and our first on Bluesky!) is Dr Christopher Ramsey (@ox.ac.uk). 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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