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Tatiana Nomokonova PhD (University of Alberta)

Associate Professor

Faculty Member in Anthropology

Office
Archaeology 225

Research Area(s)

  • Collaborative archaeology
  • Human-animal studies
  • Zooarchaeology
  • Canadian Prairies
  • Circumpolar North

Publications

Books and edited volumes:

Losey, R.J., Nomokonova, T.(Eds.), 2017. Holocene Zooarchaeology of Cis-Baikal, Siberia. German German Archaeological Institute.Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt.

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Goriunova, O.I., 2009. Prehistoric Fishing on Lake Baikal, Siberia: Analyses of Faunal Remains from Ityrkhei Cove. VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller.


Selected Journal Articles: 

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Gusev, A.V., Kohut, G., Razdymakha, S., Vozelova, L., Plekhanov, A.V. 2024. The one-eyed Elder woman stitches an ornament: needles, needle cases, and women from the Iamal-Nenets region of Arctic Siberia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 74: 101589. 

Kohut, G., Losey, R., Kutz, S., Khidas, K., Nomokonova, T., 2024. Assessing current visual tooth wear age estimation methods for Rangifer tarandus using a known age sample from Canada. PLOS ONE 19(4): e0301408. 

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Razdymakha, S.E., Okotetto, S., Plekhanov, A.V., Gusev, A.V., 2022. Entangled with Antlers on the Iamal Peninsula of Arctic Siberia. Journal of Ethnobiology 42(1): 3-19.

Sick, J., Nomokonova, T., Bazaliiskii, V.I., Lieverse, A.R., 2022. Rekonstruktsiia aktivnosti v bioarkheologii: entezisnye izmeneniia i ikh primenenie v Pribaikal’e Sibiri. Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies 18(2): 22-36 [in Russian].

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Fedorova, N.V., Gusev, A.V. & Arzyutov, D.V., 2021. Reindeer imagery in making at Ust’-Polui in Arctic Siberia. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 31(1): 161-181.

Losey, R.J., Nomokonova, T., Arzyutov, D.V., Gusev, A.V., Plekhanov, A.V., Fedorova, N.V., Anderson, D.G., 2021. Domestication as enskilment: harnessing reindeer in Arctic Siberia. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 28: 197-231.

Nomokonova, T.,Losey, R.J., Plekhanov, A.V., McIntyre, H.J., 2020. The variable histories of reindeer scapula on the Iamal Peninsula of Arctic Siberia. Archaeological Research in Asia 21: 100176.

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., McLachlin, Bachura, O.P., Gusev, A.V., Kosintsev, P.A., Fedorova, N.V. & Sablin, M.V., 2020. Age estimation of archaeological dogs using pulp cavity closure ratios. Journal of Archaeological Science 123: 105252.

Nomokonova, T.,Losey, R.J., Plekhanov, A.V., McIntyre, H.J., 2018. Iarte VI and Late Holocene reindeer remains from the Iamal Peninsula of Arctic Siberia. Arctic Anthropology 55(2): 54-73.

Losey, R.J., Nomokonova, T.,Gusev, A.V., Bachura. O.P., Fedorova, N.V., Kosintsev, P.A., Sablin, M.V., 2018. Dogs were domesticated in the Arctic: sacrifice, consumption, and dog sledding at Ust’-Polui. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 51: 113-126.

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Goriunova O.I., Novikov A.G., Weber, A., 2015. A 9,000 year history of seal hunting on Lake Baikal, Siberia: The zooarchaeology of Sagan-Zaba II. PLoS One 10(5): e0128314.

Nomokonova, T.,Losey, R.J., Iakunaeva, V.N., Emel’ianova, Iu. A., Baginova, E.A., Pastukhov, M.V., 2013. People and seals at Siberia’s Lake Baikal. Journal of Ethnobiology 33(2): 259-280.

Nomokonova, T., Losey, R.J., Goriunova, O.I., Weber, A.W., 2013. A freshwater old carbon offset in Lake Baikal, Siberia and problems with the radiocarbon dating of archaeological sediments: evidence from the Sagan-Zaba II site. Quaternary International 290-291: 110-125.

Teaching & Supervision

ANTH 112: The Human Journey: Introduction to Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

ARCH 300: Archaeology Research Course

ARCH 353: Plains Archaeology

ARCH 398: Archaeology of Siberia

ANTH 358: Zooarchaeology I

ANTH 458: Zooarchaeology II

ARCH 462: Contemporary Archaeological Theory

ANTH 440: Archaeology of Food

ANTH 498: Collaborative Practice in Archaeology

ANTH 400: Contemporary Issues in Archaeology and Anthropology

ANTH 401: Independent Research in Anthropology

ARCH 805: Archaeological Method and Theory

ARCH 855: Problems in Archaeology

Research

Canadian Prairies Circumpolar North Collaborative archaeology Human-animal studies Zooarchaeology

My main scholarly interests are zooarchaeology and human-animal relationships in the Circumpolar North and on the Canadian Prairies. Over the last 20 years, I have studied reindeer domestication and hide working practices in the Western Siberian Arctic, the life histories of ancient dogs in the North, and the trans-Holocene diets and subsistence practices of the Lake Baikal regional populations in Eastern Siberia. The majority of these projects were devoted to the development of collaborative archaeological practices with Indigenous communities and a commitment to multidisciplinary and public outreach approaches. Some of my recent work includes the analysis of animal remains from Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, Late Holocene pastoralists sites from Mongolia, and Promontory Cave 1 in Utah in the United States.

Education & Training

PhD (University of Alberta)