H 245 x W 174 mm
256 pages
112 Figures, 7 Tables (colour throughout)
Published Jul 2023
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803274935
Digital: 9781803274942
Keywords
Archaeology; Prehistory; Dental Anthropology; Biological Anthropology; Sequential Dentine Microsampling; Hunter-Gatherers; Middle Holocene; Siberia
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This volume analyses the dietary life histories of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from six cemeteries in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, Russia. The overarching goal was to better understand how they lived by examining what they ate, how they utilized the landscape, and how this changed over time.
List of Figures and Tables ;
Preface ;
Chapter 1: Introduction ;
Chapter 2: Geographic and archaeological background ;
Chapter 3: Stable isotope analysis for dietary reconstruction ;
Chapter 4: Tooth formation ;
Chapter 5: Materials and Methods ;
Chapter 6: Dietary life-histories in the Upper Lena ;
Chapter 7: Dietary life-histories in the Angara ;
Chapter 8: Dietary life-histories in the Little Sea ;
Chapter 9: Discussion ;
Chapter 10: Conclusions ;
Appendix A: Images of the molar occlusal surfaces ;
Appendix B: Molar wear assessment of all 49 Cis-Baikal individuals ;
Appendix C: Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values for all micro-samples ;
Bibliography