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Tables 1.1 Paleoenvironmental Proxy Records Referred to in Text [also on dvd] 6 2.1 Culture History Model for the Cis-Baikal Region 28 2.2 Cis-Baikal Middle Holocene Cemeteries Dated by Radiocarbon A: General Information 30 B: Geographic Distribution 31 2.3 New Culture History Model for the Cis-Baikal Region 32 2.4 Radiocarbon Dates from Middle Holocene Mortuary Sites in Cis-Baikal dvd 3.1 Summary of Grave Goods for the Khin’ (Late Mesolithic) Mortuary Tradition 55 3.2 Summary of Body Positions for the Shchukino (Final Mesolithic) Mortuary Tradition 61 3.3 Chronology of Mortuary Traditions in the Cis-Baikal 85 4.1 Summary of Bronze Age Mortuary Variability in the Little Sea Microregion dvd 4.2 Number (%) of Bronze Age Graves Containing Artifact Types 98 4.3 Summary of Mortuary Variability at Uliarba dvd 4.4 Summary of Grave Inclusions at Uliarba dvd 4.5 Distribution of Artifact Classes at Uliarba dvd 4.6 Summary of Mortuary Variability at Sarminskii Mys dvd 4.7 Summary of Mortuary Variability at Shamanskii Mys dvd 4.8 Summary of Grave Inclusions at Shamanskii Mys dvd 4.9 Summary of Mortuary Variability at Shide I dvd 4.10 Summary of Mortuary Variability at Ulan-Khada II dvd 4.11 Summary of Mortuary Variability at Ulan-Khada IV (Parts 1 and 2) dvd 5.1 mtDNA Haplogroup Frequencies for Three Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Cemetery Groups 113 5.2 Matrix of FST Distances Estimated from Prehistoric and Modern Siberian and Mongolian mtDNA Haplogroup Frequencies 115 Tables xiv 7.1 Summary of Bioarchaeological Categories 168 7.2 Seven Major Joint Regions and Their Articular Surfaces Observed for Osteoarthritis 138 7.3 Summary of Osteoarthritic Prevalence by Age at Death and Sex 143 7.4 Summary of Affected Individuals Exhibiting Osteoarthritis for Each Joint Region 146 7.5 Summary of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia Data 150 7.6 Summary of Skeletal Pathological Prevalence 154 7.7 Comparison of Fracture Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 155 7.8 Comparison of Violent Traumatic Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 156 7.9 Comparison of Cribra Orbitalia/Porotic Hyperostosis Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 158 7.10 Comparison of Periostitis Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 160 7.11 Comparison of Neoplastic Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 161 7.12 Summary of Dental Pathological Prevalence 163 7.13 Comparison of Periodontitis/Antemortem Tooth Loss Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 164 7.14 Comparison of Caries Prevalence among Archaeological Populations 165 8.1 Summary Data of Stable Isotope Analyses from Shamanka, Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, and Kurma XI, and Sites Previously Reported 183 8.2 Mean Values and Standard Deviations in Figure 8.2 for Prehistoric Mammals, Modern Fish, and Humans from Three Recently Excavated Sites 185 9.1 Comparative Hunter-Gatherer Skeletal Collections Used in this Study 199 9.2 Osteometric Variables, Indices, and Their Adaptive and Functional Relevance 200 9.3 ANOVA Results for Comparison of Body Size, Limb Proportions, and Body Breadth 202 9.4 ANOVA Results for Comparison of Limb Robusticity, Humeral Bilateral Asymmetry, and Diaphyseal Shape 209 ...

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