Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia

"The Baikal Archaeology Project is an international and multidisciplinary team studying Middle Holocene (about 9000 to 3000 B.P.) hunter-gatherers of Siberia's Lake Baikal region. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the project includes scholars working in archaeology, physical anthropology, ethnography, molecular biology, geophysics, geochemistry, and climatology. This volume presents the current team's discoveries about long-term patterns of hunter-gatherer adaptive strategies in the region. Grounded in interdisciplinary approaches to primary research questions of cultural change and continuity over 6,000 years, the project utilizes advanced research methods and integrates diverse lines of evidence in making fundamental and lasting contributions to hunter-gatherer archaeology." "Lake Baikal is an archaeologically unique area of Eastern Siberia and one that offers opportunities to explore the complexity, variability, and dynamics of long-term culture change. The exceptional quality of archaeological materials from its mortuary sites facilitates interdisciplinary studies of hunter-gatherer behavior whose relevance extends far beyond the region. Overall, this project is one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the history of Subarctic archaeology."--Jacket.