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Contents DVD Contents vii List of Illustrations ix List of Tables xiii Preface xv 1. Holocene Climate, Environmental Change, and Neolithic Biocultural Discontinuity in the Baikal Region 1 DustinWhiteandAndrewBush 2. Radiocarbon Dating of Middle Holocene Culture History in Cis-Baikal 27 AndrzejW.Weber,HughG.McKenzie,andRoelfBeukens 3. Mesolithic and Neolithic Mortuary Complexes in the Baikal Region 51 VladimirI.Bazaliiskii 4. Variability in Bronze Age Mortuary Practices in the Little Sea Microregion of Cis-Baikal 87 HughG.McKenzie 5. Uncovering the Genetic Landscape of Prehistoric Cis-Baikal 107 KarenP.Mooder,TiaA.Thomson,AndrzejW.Weber, VladimirI.Bazaliiskii,andFionaJ.Bamforth 6. Genetic Diversity in Native Siberians: Implications for the Prehistoric Settlement of the Cis-Baikal Region 121 TheodoreG.Schurr,LudmillaP.Osipova,SergeyI.Zhadanov, andMatthewC.Dulik 7. Health and Behavior in Mid-Holocene Cis-Baikal: Biological Indicators of Adaptation and Culture Change 135 AngelaR.Lieverse 8. Diet Reconstruction of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in the Lake Baikal Region 175 M.AnneKatzenberg,VladimirI.Bazaliiskii,OlgaI.Goriunova, NikolaiA.Savel’ev,andAndrzejW.Weber Contents vi 9. Skeletal Morphology, Climatic Adaptation, and Habitual Behavior among Mid-Holocene Cis-Baikal Populations 193 JayT.Stock,VladimirI.Bazaliiskii,OlgaI.Goriunova, NikolaiA.Savel’ev,andAndrzejW.Weber 10. Identifying Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Patterns Using Strontium Isotopes 217 CarolineM.Haverkort,VladimirI.Bazaliiskii,and NikolaiA.Savel’ev 11. The Bronze Age in Cis-Baikal: A Review of Research and Future Prospects 239 OlgaI.GoriunovaandAlekseiG.Novikov Epilogue: Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal Hunter-Gatherers in Overview 257 AndrzejW.WeberandRobertBettinger Bibliography 261 Contributors 313 ...

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