A life history of a female hunter from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Karelia, Russia)

• Main Authors: Mannermaa, Kristiina, Arppe, Laura, Batanina, Olga, Hardy, Karen, Eckelmann, Rebekka, Kirkinen, Tuija, Macane, Aija, Roiha, Johanna, Treuillot, Julien
• Other Authors: Lahelma, Antti, Lavento, MIka, Ahola, Marja, Holmqvist, Elisabeth, Nordqvist, Kerkko, Department of Cultures, Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Arts), Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Earth Sciences Unit, Archaeology, Laboratory of Forest Resources Management and Geo-information Science, Stable Isotope Systematics
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: History and Archaeology; Life histories; Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov; Mesolithic; Karelia; stable isotopes; paleopathology; traceology; bone projectile points; Oleniy; Oleniy Ostrov; karelia*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/565940

Here we study the life history of a 25–35-year-old woman buried at the Late Mesolithic cemetery of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Karelia. Our study involves osteological analysis of the human skeletal materials, sequential isotopic analysis and macroscopic investigation of bone projectile points found in...