Department of Archaeology

People

Liliana Danuta Janik

Assistant Director in Research

Office: 2.1, George Pitt-Rivers Laboratory for Bioarchaeology.
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 339295
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 333503.
Email: lj102@cam.ac.uk

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Research interests

My current research can be divided into the three distinctive areas of research: art, religion and the cultural categorisation of self and the natural environment, which in turn relate to different aspects of archaeological theory and practice. I conduct field work in Northern Russia, Siberia and Japan.

• Fisher-gatherer-hunters of Eurasia
• Art of prehistoric communities
• Animism and Shamanism as expressions of, or aspects of, oldest religions
• Use of art and food in the creation of identities by prehistoric communities

Current research projects

• Visual perception and cognition in the rock carvings of northern Russia
• The origins of Shamanism: Rock art and the world's `oldest religion'
• The role of the natural environment in art, beliefs and rituals in Jomon and Yayoi Japan

Related links

• George Pitt-Rivers Laboratory for Bioarchaeology
• Rock carvings of Russian Karelia: Visual perception and cognition