Gunita Zariņa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4047898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gunita Zariņa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gunita |
| FAMILY NAME | Zariņa |
| SIGNATURE | ZARIŅA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Latvia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7769-4341 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Tracing the Onset of Agriculture Through Phytolith Analysis at the Abora I Neolithic Settlement, Eastern Latvia
Phytolith analysis was applied for the first time in Latvian archaeology to investigate plant use at the Abora I settlement, one of the key Late Neolithic sites in the Lubāns Wetland, eastern Latvia. Phytoliths were extracted from sediments, pottery sherds, grinding stones, and human teeth in order to assess evidence for cereal-type grasses and plant processing. A diverse range of phytolith morphotypes was identified, including rondel and bilobat…
Continuation of hunter-gatherer weaning practices in middle/late Neolithic Latvia
Kominterne no cita skatpunkta
Recenzija par grāmatu: Brigitte Studer. The Travellers of the World Revolution. A Global History of the Communist International. London 2023. 496 p.ISBN 978-1839-768-01-9
Dietary Practices During the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age in the Territory of Latvia
This paper deals with the identification and comparison of dietary practices and their changes from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age in two different ecosystems – the lower reaches of the Daugava river and Lake Lubāns wetland. Zooarchaeological, palaeobotanical, and stable isotope evidence of chemical elements were used. The obtained results show that the beginning of early farming in Latvia can be observed in the late Neolithic period, …
Life histories at stone age Zvejnieki based on stable isotope profiles of tooth dentine
The timing of infant weaning in the past is important for its implications for birth-spacing and infant survival, and hence for population maintenance or growth under different socio-economic regimes. Prior to the adoption of agriculture, breastfeeding is believed to have been more prolonged amongst hunter-gatherers due, at least partly, to the lack of suitable weaning foods that are available to agriculturalists. The introduction of pottery poss…
Arheoloģei Annai Zariņai – 100
ARHEOLOĢEI ANNAI ZARIŅAI -100 1Anna Zariņa (dzim.Ruņģe) dzimusi 1921.gada 1. augustā Cēsu apriņķa Veselavas pagasta "Mežgaiļu" mājās.Veselavas pagastā paiet viņas bērnība un pirmās skolas gaitas.Pēc Veselavas pamatskolas beigšanas mācības tiek turpinātas
New Data of Funeral Customs and Burials of Bronze Age Reznes Cemetery in Latvia
The Bronze Age barrow cemetery in Reznes was located on the right bank of the River Daugava on a paleoisland. In total, eight barrows have been recorded in the cemetery. Archaeological excavations took place in the 1930s, led by E. Å turms, and in the 1950s and 1960s, led by J. Graudonis. Altogether, seven barrows have been excavated. Several barrows had secondary burials from the Late Iron Age and the historical period, thus complicating archaeo…
Re-Evaluating the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age in Latvia
Until recently, there was a lack of radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates from the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age (1800–500–1 BC) burial sites in Latvia. The chronology of the sites was assessed on the basis of archaeological analogies with neighboring regions and typological studies of the rather meagre grave inventory. In order to establish a firm foundation for an absolute chronology of burial sites and to better understand changes in mortuary practices dur…
The genomic history of southeastern Europe
Stone-age subsistence strategies at Lake Burtnieks, Latvia
Dietary freshwater reservoir effects and the radiocarbon ages of prehistoric human bones from Zvejnieki, Latvia
Investigation of Mass Graves in the Churchyard of St. Gertrude’s, Riga, Latvia
New radiocarbon dates of human and bird bones from Zvejnieki Stone Age burial ground in northern Latvia
A total of 317 burials, mostly from the Stone Age, have been detected in the Zvejnieki archaeological complex in northern Latvia. Animal bones are often found in Zvejnieki graves. Some of them are modified into artefacts like pendants and can be associated with the human burials as grave goods. However, the behavioural interpretation of unmodified animal bones is less straightforward. By dating human and animal bones with the radiocarbon method i…
The main trends in the palaeodemography of the 7th-18th century population of Latvia
The study represents palaeodemographic research of osteological material of 3304 individuals from the funds of the Anthropological Laboratory of the Institute of History of the University of Latvia in Riga, dating from the 7th to the 18th century AD. Compensated life expectancy at birth is varying between 20.3 and 22.2 years during the research period. Crude mortality has changed between 49.3 and 45% per hundred. In the early period (7th-13th cen…
Stone-age subsistence strategies at Lake Burtnieks, Latvia
Dietary freshwater reservoir effects and the radiocarbon ages of prehistoric human bones from Zvejnieki, Latvia
New radiocarbon dates of human and bird bones from Zvejnieki Stone Age burial ground in northern Latvia
A total of 317 burials, mostly from the Stone Age, have been detected in the Zvejnieki archaeological complex in northern Latvia. Animal bones are often found in Zvejnieki graves. Some of them are modified into artefacts like pendants and can be associated with the human burials as grave goods. However, the behavioural interpretation of unmodified animal bones is less straightforward. By dating human and animal bones with the radiocarbon method i…
New Data of Funeral Customs and Burials of Bronze Age Reznes Cemetery in Latvia
The Bronze Age barrow cemetery in Reznes was located on the right bank of the River Daugava on a paleoisland. In total, eight barrows have been recorded in the cemetery. Archaeological excavations took place in the 1930s, led by E. Å turms, and in the 1950s and 1960s, led by J. Graudonis. Altogether, seven barrows have been excavated. Several barrows had secondary burials from the Late Iron Age and the historical period, thus complicating archaeo…
Life histories at stone age Zvejnieki based on stable isotope profiles of tooth dentine
The timing of infant weaning in the past is important for its implications for birth-spacing and infant survival, and hence for population maintenance or growth under different socio-economic regimes. Prior to the adoption of agriculture, breastfeeding is believed to have been more prolonged amongst hunter-gatherers due, at least partly, to the lack of suitable weaning foods that are available to agriculturalists. The introduction of pottery poss…
Re-Evaluating the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age in Latvia
Until recently, there was a lack of radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates from the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age (1800–500–1 BC) burial sites in Latvia. The chronology of the sites was assessed on the basis of archaeological analogies with neighboring regions and typological studies of the rather meagre grave inventory. In order to establish a firm foundation for an absolute chronology of burial sites and to better understand changes in mortuary practices dur…
Investigation of Mass Graves in the Churchyard of St. Gertrude’s, Riga, Latvia
The main trends in the palaeodemography of the 7th-18th century population of Latvia
The study represents palaeodemographic research of osteological material of 3304 individuals from the funds of the Anthropological Laboratory of the Institute of History of the University of Latvia in Riga, dating from the 7th to the 18th century AD. Compensated life expectancy at birth is varying between 20.3 and 22.2 years during the research period. Crude mortality has changed between 49.3 and 45% per hundred. In the early period (7th-13th cen…
New radiocarbon dates of human and bird bones from Zvejnieki Stone Age burial ground in northern Latvia
A total of 317 burials, mostly from the Stone Age, have been detected in the Zvejnieki archaeological complex in northern Latvia. Animal bones are often found in Zvejnieki graves. Some of them are modified into artefacts like pendants and can be associated with the human burials as grave goods. However, the behavioural interpretation of unmodified animal bones is less straightforward. By dating human and animal bones with the radiocarbon method i…
Investigation of Mass Graves in the Churchyard of St. Gertrude’s, Riga, Latvia
Dietary freshwater reservoir effects and the radiocarbon ages of prehistoric human bones from Zvejnieki, Latvia
Stone-age subsistence strategies at Lake Burtnieks, Latvia
The genomic history of southeastern Europe
Re-Evaluating the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age in Latvia
Until recently, there was a lack of radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates from the Bronze and Earliest Iron Age (1800–500–1 BC) burial sites in Latvia. The chronology of the sites was assessed on the basis of archaeological analogies with neighboring regions and typological studies of the rather meagre grave inventory. In order to establish a firm foundation for an absolute chronology of burial sites and to better understand changes in mortuary practices dur…
Arheoloģei Annai Zariņai – 100
ARHEOLOĢEI ANNAI ZARIŅAI -100 1Anna Zariņa (dzim.Ruņģe) dzimusi 1921.gada 1. augustā Cēsu apriņķa Veselavas pagasta "Mežgaiļu" mājās.Veselavas pagastā paiet viņas bērnība un pirmās skolas gaitas.Pēc Veselavas pamatskolas beigšanas mācības tiek turpinātas
New Data of Funeral Customs and Burials of Bronze Age Reznes Cemetery in Latvia
The Bronze Age barrow cemetery in Reznes was located on the right bank of the River Daugava on a paleoisland. In total, eight barrows have been recorded in the cemetery. Archaeological excavations took place in the 1930s, led by E. Å turms, and in the 1950s and 1960s, led by J. Graudonis. Altogether, seven barrows have been excavated. Several barrows had secondary burials from the Late Iron Age and the historical period, thus complicating archaeo…
Life histories at stone age Zvejnieki based on stable isotope profiles of tooth dentine
The timing of infant weaning in the past is important for its implications for birth-spacing and infant survival, and hence for population maintenance or growth under different socio-economic regimes. Prior to the adoption of agriculture, breastfeeding is believed to have been more prolonged amongst hunter-gatherers due, at least partly, to the lack of suitable weaning foods that are available to agriculturalists. The introduction of pottery poss…
Dietary Practices During the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age in the Territory of Latvia
This paper deals with the identification and comparison of dietary practices and their changes from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age in two different ecosystems – the lower reaches of the Daugava river and Lake Lubāns wetland. Zooarchaeological, palaeobotanical, and stable isotope evidence of chemical elements were used. The obtained results show that the beginning of early farming in Latvia can be observed in the late Neolithic period, …
Kominterne no cita skatpunkta
Recenzija par grāmatu: Brigitte Studer. The Travellers of the World Revolution. A Global History of the Communist International. London 2023. 496 p.ISBN 978-1839-768-01-9
Tracing the Onset of Agriculture Through Phytolith Analysis at the Abora I Neolithic Settlement, Eastern Latvia
Phytolith analysis was applied for the first time in Latvian archaeology to investigate plant use at the Abora I settlement, one of the key Late Neolithic sites in the Lubāns Wetland, eastern Latvia. Phytoliths were extracted from sediments, pottery sherds, grinding stones, and human teeth in order to assess evidence for cereal-type grasses and plant processing. A diverse range of phytolith morphotypes was identified, including rondel and bilobat…
Continuation of hunter-gatherer weaning practices in middle/late Neolithic Latvia
Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Biology (6 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (5 works) · Bronze Age (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Population (4 works)