Nurturing Heritage Science with Novel Bioarchaeological Methods in the Eastern Baltics

Project Information

PaleoMIX

Grant agreement ID: 101079396

DOI

10.3030/101079396

Project closed

EC signature date 19 July 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Total cost

€ 1 333 347,50

EU contribution

€ 1 333 347,50

Coordinated by

TARTU ULIKOOL
Estonia

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (5)

Health and safety manuals

D3.1 Health and safety manuals relevant to each novel bioarchaeology method applied at UT, and SOPs for the analytical instruments (n=10; M6).

Code of conduct

D5.1 Code of conduct on the handling of tangible heritage (with the focus on archaeology) (M17).

Dissemination-Exploitation-Communication Plan

D6.1 DEC Plan will be an online material that will be made immediately available to all consortium members (M6).

Progress report

D1.4 Progress report (M17; 36) to indicate the progress of the PaleoMIX.

Data Management Plan

D1.3 Data Management Plan (M6) is a detailed and “living” document outlining issues related to project data management.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

An open-access database – PaleoMIX O.A.D.

D3.3 PaleoMIX O.A.D. is an open-access database about the invasive sampling of tangible heritage in E Baltics, also accessible via the PaleoMIX web site (M17).

PaleoMIX web site

D6.2 PaleoMIX website will be developed and shared immediately with the consortium partners and other target groups of the project (M5).

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Segregated food culture? Bronze Age (1250–500 cal BCE) dietary practices in northern Estonia

Author(s): Mari Tõrv, Shidong Chen, Agnes Unt, Kristiina Johanson, Eve Rannamäe, Liivi Varul, Sandra Sammler, Holar Sepp, Valter Lang, Andres Tvauri, Siim Salmar, John Meadows, Ester Oras
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Issue 69, 2026, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JASREP.2025.105514

Buried at home? Stable isotope analysis of the late hunter-gatherer cemetery population at Tamula, SE Estonia

Author(s): Mari Tõrv, Gunilla Eriksson
Published in: Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Issue 27, 2, 2023, ISSN 1736-7484
Publisher: Estonian Academy Publishers
DOI: 10.3176/arch.2023.2.02

Parallel worlds and mixed economies: multi-proxy analysis reveals complex subsistence systems at the dawn of early farming in the northeast Baltic

Author(s): Ester Oras, Mari Tõrv, Kristiina Johanson, Eve Rannamäe, Anneli Poska, Lembi Lõugas, Alexandre Lucquin, Jasmine Lundy, Samantha Brown, Shidong Chen, Liivi Varul, Vanda Haferberga, Dardega Legzdiņa, Gunita Zariņa, Lucy Cramp, Volker Heyd, Michaela Reay, Łu
Published in: R. Soc. Open Sci., Issue 10: 230880, 2023, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: The Royal Society Publishing
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230880

Beyond bones: how biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications

Author(s): Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna, Mari Tõrv
Published in: World Archaeology, 2026, ISSN 0043-8243
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2026.2632228

Food Equality: Multiproxy Biomolecular Dietary Analysis Shows Unstratified Foodways Among Protohistoric E Baltic Communities

Author(s): Ester Oras, Mari Tõrv, Eve Rannamäe, Kristiina Johanson, Agnes Unt, Shidong Chen, Almira de Villa, Holar Sepp, Annaliisa Männik, Sven Isaksson
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Issue 33, 2026, ISSN 1072-5369
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10816-026-09765-5

Pets or functional animals: dogs and cats in medieval and early modern Estonia

Author(s): Sander Nuut, Eve Rannamäe, Mari Tõrv, Ülle Aguraiuja-Lätti
Published in: Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Issue 27, 2025, ISSN 1406-2933
Publisher: Estonian Academy Publishers
DOI: 10.3176/ARCH.2023.3S.04