logging in or signing up Weber AIA Jan 2006 Willi Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 97 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: December 31, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript The enigma of prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Baikal region: Andrzej Weber Department of Anthropology University of Alberta The enigma of prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Baikal region Archaeological Institute of America Edmonton, 19 Jan., 2006 Baikal Archaeology Project Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Irkutsk State University, Russia University of Alberta, CanadaLocation: Location Shamanskii Mys Lake BaikalProject scope and rationale: Project scope and rationaleFieldwork location: Fieldwork location KUR K14 LOK UID SHA BUR BASAnalyses: Analyses Archaeological Osteological Laboratory testsSlide7: Teeth: Sr87/Sr86 C13 O18 Bone: Sr87/Sr86 C13 N15 O18 C14 Vertebrae: DNASummary of our knowledge to date : Summary of our knowledge to date Genetic and cultural discontinuity Very good health and demographic structure Variable subsistence and dietary patterns Unique level of social and political differentiation Mortuary variability Variable climatic conditions: periods of stability and instabilityMain unsolved questions: Main unsolved questions What are the processes behind the genetic and cultural discontinuity during the 7th millennium BP? Why did the local hunter-gatherers go through such a cycle of social complexity? What is the role of the environment in these processes?Enigma of Shamanskii Mys: Enigma of Shamanskii Mys Spectacular location 11 graves excavated between 1972 and 1975 Mostly adult people Unusual grave goods Dog interments Seal remains and complete intermentsExamination of seal skeletal remains: Examination of seal skeletal remains Mammalian tooth anatomy Tooth thin sectionsMammalian tooth anatomy.: Mammalian tooth anatomy. C D2 E C D1 E D C D E PC PC PC C/E Tr C/ETr CANINE MOLAR INCISOR CP E-enamel D-dentine C-cementum PC – pulp cavity CP – cementum pad C/E Tr – cementum enamel trnasitionTooth thin sections: Tooth thin sections 40 – 50 micronsDentine formation in the seal of Lake Baikal: Dentine formation in the seal of Lake BaikalPup of the year and 1 year old: Pup of the year and 1 year old Pre-natal dentine Neonatal line Opaque Translucent OpaqueAdolescents: Adolescents 2 years old 3 years oldAdults: Adults More than 10 years old 6 years oldArchaeological sites examined: Archaeological sites examined Camps CemeterySeason of death: Season of deathAge structure: Shamanskii Mys: Age structure: Shamanskii MysAge structure: Shamanskii Mys and modern sample: Age structure: Shamanskii Mys and modern sampleArchaeological sites examined: Archaeological sites examined Camp CemeteryAge structure: more comparison: Age structure: more comparisonAge structure: more analysis: Age structure: more analysisRole of ice in seal behaviour and ecology: Role of ice in seal behaviour and ecology December 1989 January 1989Distribution of seal population: Distribution of seal population No female dens within the first 10 km east of the island Maximum density of dens of pregnant females is 1.5/km2 WEST EAST Females Males and adolescents April 2003The story of age profiles: The story of age profilesSubsistence and diet of the Shamanskii Mys people: Subsistence and diet of the Shamanskii Mys peopleLecture 12: Subsistence and diet. Baikal case study.: Lecture 12: Subsistence and diet. Baikal case study.Diet of groups contemporary with Shamanskii Mys: Diet of groups contemporary with Shamanskii Mys Other groups Shamanskii MysPost-hiatus diets: Post-hiatus diets Baikal Angara and LenaLocation of contemporary cemeteries: Location of contemporary cemeteries Kurma Kuzhir-Nuge UliarbaSummary: Unusual status of Shamanskii Mys: Summary: Unusual status of Shamanskii Mys Special topographic location Special group of people Special grave goods Special sacrifices Special food What is the meaning of all of this?Feasting at Shamanskii Mys: Feasting at Shamanskii Mys What is feasting? What is the role or function of feasting? What is the range of feasting among hunter-gatherers? What does feasting tell us about the Baikal hunter-gatherers? How does this fit with the rest of our knowledge about the Baikal hunter-gatherers?Thank you Dziękuję: Thank you Dziękuję You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Weber AIA Jan 2006 Willi Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 97 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: December 31, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript The enigma of prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Baikal region: Andrzej Weber Department of Anthropology University of Alberta The enigma of prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the Baikal region Archaeological Institute of America Edmonton, 19 Jan., 2006 Baikal Archaeology Project Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Irkutsk State University, Russia University of Alberta, CanadaLocation: Location Shamanskii Mys Lake BaikalProject scope and rationale: Project scope and rationaleFieldwork location: Fieldwork location KUR K14 LOK UID SHA BUR BASAnalyses: Analyses Archaeological Osteological Laboratory testsSlide7: Teeth: Sr87/Sr86 C13 O18 Bone: Sr87/Sr86 C13 N15 O18 C14 Vertebrae: DNASummary of our knowledge to date : Summary of our knowledge to date Genetic and cultural discontinuity Very good health and demographic structure Variable subsistence and dietary patterns Unique level of social and political differentiation Mortuary variability Variable climatic conditions: periods of stability and instabilityMain unsolved questions: Main unsolved questions What are the processes behind the genetic and cultural discontinuity during the 7th millennium BP? Why did the local hunter-gatherers go through such a cycle of social complexity? What is the role of the environment in these processes?Enigma of Shamanskii Mys: Enigma of Shamanskii Mys Spectacular location 11 graves excavated between 1972 and 1975 Mostly adult people Unusual grave goods Dog interments Seal remains and complete intermentsExamination of seal skeletal remains: Examination of seal skeletal remains Mammalian tooth anatomy Tooth thin sectionsMammalian tooth anatomy.: Mammalian tooth anatomy. C D2 E C D1 E D C D E PC PC PC C/E Tr C/ETr CANINE MOLAR INCISOR CP E-enamel D-dentine C-cementum PC – pulp cavity CP – cementum pad C/E Tr – cementum enamel trnasitionTooth thin sections: Tooth thin sections 40 – 50 micronsDentine formation in the seal of Lake Baikal: Dentine formation in the seal of Lake BaikalPup of the year and 1 year old: Pup of the year and 1 year old Pre-natal dentine Neonatal line Opaque Translucent OpaqueAdolescents: Adolescents 2 years old 3 years oldAdults: Adults More than 10 years old 6 years oldArchaeological sites examined: Archaeological sites examined Camps CemeterySeason of death: Season of deathAge structure: Shamanskii Mys: Age structure: Shamanskii MysAge structure: Shamanskii Mys and modern sample: Age structure: Shamanskii Mys and modern sampleArchaeological sites examined: Archaeological sites examined Camp CemeteryAge structure: more comparison: Age structure: more comparisonAge structure: more analysis: Age structure: more analysisRole of ice in seal behaviour and ecology: Role of ice in seal behaviour and ecology December 1989 January 1989Distribution of seal population: Distribution of seal population No female dens within the first 10 km east of the island Maximum density of dens of pregnant females is 1.5/km2 WEST EAST Females Males and adolescents April 2003The story of age profiles: The story of age profilesSubsistence and diet of the Shamanskii Mys people: Subsistence and diet of the Shamanskii Mys peopleLecture 12: Subsistence and diet. Baikal case study.: Lecture 12: Subsistence and diet. Baikal case study.Diet of groups contemporary with Shamanskii Mys: Diet of groups contemporary with Shamanskii Mys Other groups Shamanskii MysPost-hiatus diets: Post-hiatus diets Baikal Angara and LenaLocation of contemporary cemeteries: Location of contemporary cemeteries Kurma Kuzhir-Nuge UliarbaSummary: Unusual status of Shamanskii Mys: Summary: Unusual status of Shamanskii Mys Special topographic location Special group of people Special grave goods Special sacrifices Special food What is the meaning of all of this?Feasting at Shamanskii Mys: Feasting at Shamanskii Mys What is feasting? What is the role or function of feasting? What is the range of feasting among hunter-gatherers? What does feasting tell us about the Baikal hunter-gatherers? How does this fit with the rest of our knowledge about the Baikal hunter-gatherers?Thank you Dziękuję: Thank you Dziękuję