title: Indigenous Dogs of Baikal Region from Ivolginsk Fortress (Western Transbaikalia)
abstract: Archaeological sites of Baikal region have rich collections of canid remains. By the Iron Age dogs become abundant in some Transbaikalia archaeological sites, especially in Xiongnu complexes. Ivolginsk Fortress is one of Transbaikalia's most important Xiongnu sites, where a dog is the first (in faunal collections of 1955–1974 excavations) and the fourth (in faunal collection of 2017 excavation) numerous among domestic animals. However, the dog remains from the site are not extensively studied. T
journal: Bulletin of the Irkutsk State University Geoarchaeology Ethnology and Anthropology Series