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

Kristiina Mannermaa; Laura Arppe; Olga Batanina; Karen Hardy; Rebekka Eckelmann; Tuija Kirkinen; Aija Macane; Johanna Roiha; Julien Treuillot

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

Kristiina Mannermaa, Laura Arppe, Olga Batanina, Karen Hardy, Rebekka Eckelmann, Tuija Kirkinen, Aija Macane, Johanna Roiha, Julien Treuillot

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Abstract

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 the grave. We suggest that she could have been a hunter. Her diet was based on freshwater fish, hunted animals, and gathered plants. However, it was likely to have been seasonally variable. She was in good health, based on morphological evidence, but a DNA-analysis revealed that she carried the hepatitis B virus.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Moving northward. Professor Volker Heyd´s Festschrift as he turns 60
Editors	Antti Lahelma, MIka Lavento, Kristiina Mannermaa, Marja Ahola, Elisabeth Holmqvist, Kerkko Nordqvist
Number of pages	17
Place of Publication	Helsinki
Publisher	The Archaeological Society of Finland
Publication date	Sept 2023
Pages	265-281
ISBN (Print)	978-952-69942-3-9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-69942-4-6
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

Publication series

Name	Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland
Publisher	Archaeological Society of Finland
Number	11
ISSN (Print)	1799-862X
ISSN (Electronic)	1799-8611

Fields of Science

615 History and Archaeology
Life histories
Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov
Mesolithic
Karelia
stable isotopes
paleopathology
traceology
bone projectile points

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Finnish Museum of Natural History
Facility/equipment: Core Facility

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Mannermaa, K., Arppe, L., Batanina, O., Hardy, K., Eckelmann, R., Kirkinen, T., Macane, A., Roiha, J., & Treuillot, J. (2023). A life history of a female hunter from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Karelia, Russia). In A. Lahelma, MI. Lavento, K. Mannermaa, M. Ahola, E. Holmqvist, & K. Nordqvist (Eds.), Moving northward. Professor Volker Heyd´s Festschrift as he turns 60 (pp. 265-281). (Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland; No. 11). The Archaeological Society of Finland. http://www.sarks.fi/masf/masf_11/masf_11.html

Mannermaa, Kristiina ; Arppe, Laura ; Batanina, Olga et al. / A life history of a female hunter from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Karelia, Russia). Moving northward. Professor Volker Heyd´s Festschrift as he turns 60. editor / Antti Lahelma ; MIka Lavento ; Kristiina Mannermaa ; Marja Ahola ; Elisabeth Holmqvist ; Kerkko Nordqvist. Helsinki : The Archaeological Society of Finland, 2023. pp. 265-281 (Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland; 11).

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Mannermaa, K , Arppe, L , Batanina, O, Hardy, K, Eckelmann, R , Kirkinen, T , Macane, A , Roiha, J & Treuillot, J 2023, A life history of a female hunter from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Karelia, Russia). in A Lahelma, MI Lavento, K Mannermaa, M Ahola, E Holmqvist & K Nordqvist (eds), Moving northward. Professor Volker Heyd´s Festschrift as he turns 60. Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland, no. 11, The Archaeological Society of Finland, Helsinki, pp. 265-281. <http://www.sarks.fi/masf/masf_11/masf_11.html>

A life history of a female hunter from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Karelia, Russia). / Mannermaa, Kristiina ; Arppe, Laura ; Batanina, Olga et al.
Moving northward. Professor Volker Heyd´s Festschrift as he turns 60. ed. / Antti Lahelma; MIka Lavento; Kristiina Mannermaa; Marja Ahola; Elisabeth Holmqvist; Kerkko Nordqvist. Helsinki: The Archaeological Society of Finland, 2023. p. 265-281 (Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland; No. 11).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

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Mannermaa K , Arppe L , Batanina O, Hardy K, Eckelmann R , Kirkinen T et al. A life history of a female hunter from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Karelia, Russia). In Lahelma A, Lavento MI, Mannermaa K, Ahola M, Holmqvist E, Nordqvist K, editors, Moving northward. Professor Volker Heyd´s Festschrift as he turns 60. Helsinki: The Archaeological Society of Finland. 2023. p. 265-281. (Monographs of the Archaeological Society of Finland; 11).

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

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