PROGRAMME

3rd Baltic Bioarchaeology Meeting

15.05. – 16.05. 2014, University of Latvia, 19 Raiņa Blvd., room 153, Riga, Latvia

Thursday, May 15

900 – 1000 Registration

1000 – 1120 Opening session

Chair: Elīna Pētersone – Gordina

  • I. Muižnieks, vice-rector for Research, University of Latvia
  • G. Zemītis, director of the Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
  • A.Vīksna, V. Rudoviča, K. A. Gross. Analytical Quantification of Archeological Bone and Synthetic Apatites in Latvia
  • A. Mittnik, I. Lazaridis, N. Patterson, J. Kelso, D. Reich, J. Krause. Revealing the Ancestry of Present-Day Europeans with Ancient Human Genomes
  • A. Ščėsnaite-Jerdiakova, L. Pliss, G. Gerhards, E. Pētersone-Gordina, I. Pole, E. Zole, J. Ķimsis, A. Gustiņa, R. Ranka, I. Jansone. Evaluation of ancient DNA preservation by applying molecular approach for sex determination in archaeological human skeletal remains from Riga

1120 – 1200 Coffee Break

1200 – 1320 Session I

Chair: Arturs Vīksna

  • G. Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė, R. Skipitytė, R. Jankauskas. The Future Perspectives of Stable Isotope Analysis in Lithuania
  • R. Skipitytė, T. L. Dupras, K. Whitmore, K. Page, R. Jankauskas. First Results of Stable Isotope Analysis in Lithuanian Medieval Samples
  • V. Rudoviča, A. Vīksna, G. Zariņa. Application of Analytical Methods in the Analysis of Human Osteological Material
  • A. Brangule, G. Zariņa. Importance of FTIR Spectra Deconvolution in Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Analysis

1320 – 1430 Lunch

1430 – 1550 Session II

Chair: Svenja Weise

  • D. D. Pedersen.Diagnosing Childhood Tuberculosis in Human Skeletal Populations
  • P. D. Pedersen.Prevalence and Pathology of Tuberculosis in Odense AD 1050-1800
  • D. Piombino-Mascali, R. Jankauskas, S. Panzer. The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis as Illustrated by Computed Tomography of Lithuanian Mummies
  • M. Rasmussen.Christiansgade a Danish Medieval Cemetery

1550 – 1620 Coffee Break

1620 – 1740 Session III

Chair: Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen

  • J. Kozakaitė, R. Jankauskas. Fights and Unfortunate Accidents. Trauma and Treatment in Medieval Lithuania
  • M. Malve, M. Tõrv. Mass Grave of Ten Men from 13th Century AD, Veibri, Estonia
  • J. Kozakaitė, T. L. Dupras, L. J. Williams, R. Jankauskas. Child Abuse Case in Lithuanian Bioarchaeological Materials
  • E. Pētersone-Gordina, T. Jakob, G. Gerhards. A Study of New Woven Bone in Individuals Aged 0-6 Years from Six Different Skeletal Populations

1740 – 1840 Discussion

Friday, May 16

900 – 1040 Session IV

Chair: Andrejs Vasks

  • M. Daubaras, R. Jankauskas. New Data from Lithuanian Stone Age Burial Sites
  • I. Zagorska. Archaeological Aspects of Collective Graves from Zvejnieki Burial Ground, Latvia
  • K. Faccia.Is the Forest Neolithic Merely an Extension of the Mesolithic? Activity Patterns at Zvejnieki
  • D. Legzdiņa.Researching the Palaeodietary Practises in Latvian Stone and Bronze Age - Context and Perspectives
  • M. Oinonen, M. Lavento, A. Vasks, G. Zariņa. Natural Scientific Investigations of Ķivutkalns Bronze-Working Centre

1040 – 1120 Coffee Break

1120 – 1300 Session V

Chair: Rimantas Jankauskas

  • J. Limbo.The Occurrence of Dental Pathologies in Archaeological Populations from Estonia
  • R. Allmäe.On Iron Age Cremation Graves in Estonia
  • K. Salo.Palaeopathology of Nine Cemeteries in Southern Finland, Taphonomy and Some Problematic Case Studies
  • P. Tarp.Cranial Morphology in Western Denmark
  • M. Pamazanau.The Problem of the Southern Border of the Baltic Anthropological Area (A Preliminary Study)

1300 – 1400 Lunch

1400 – 1500 Session VI

Chair: Raili Allmäe

  • M. Zunde.Climatic Factors, Tree Rings and ... Epidemics
  • M. Tkachova. Plant Seeds Impressions in Neolithic Pottery from the Settlements Aziarnoje 1 and Staryja Jurkovičy 1
  • S. K. T. S. Wärmländer, S. J. Kristjánsdóttir, M. Buckley, L. Wåhlander, M. M. Smith, V. Muros, S. B. Sholts. Proteomics Identification of Sheep Hair in a Mediaeval Metal-Thread Posament of an Unusual Type, Excavated at Skriðuklaustur Monastery in Iceland

1500 – 1530 Coffee Break

1530 – 1650 Session VII

Chair: Guntis Gerhards

  • G. Zariņa, V. Muižnieks, A. Engīzere, V. Rudoviča. On Bioarchaeology of 17th – 18th Century Inhabitants of Jēkabpils
  • A. Marnica.Latvian Bioarchaeologists Research Results – in the Latvian Museum of Natural History
  • A. Vilka.Children, Age and Gender: Two Divergent Examples from the Middle and Late Iron Age Cemeteries in Latvia
  • O.V. Marfina. Investigation of Postcranial Skeleton Bones from

the 12th Century Burials in Drutsk Town, Vitebsk Region (Belarus)

1650 – 1730 Discussion and closing of the meeting