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1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Critical perspectives on cultural heritage |
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Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage.
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Landscape and culture in northern Eurasia: an introduction / Peter Jordan -- Seeing with others' eyes: hunting and 'idle talk' in the landscape of the Siberian Iukagir / Rane Willerslev -- Shamanistic revival in a post-socialist landscape: luck and ritual among Zabaikal'e Orochen-Evenkis / David G. Anderson -- Landscapes in motion: opening pathways in Kamchatkan hunting and herding rituals / Patrick Plattet -- Material and linguistic perspectives on Sel'kup sacred places / Alexandra A. Maloney -- Dwelling in the landscape among the reindeer herding Chukchis of Chukotka / Virginie Vaté -- 'Marking' the land: sacrifices, cemeteries and sacred places among the Iamal Nenetses / Sven Haakanson Jr. and Peter Jordan -- Landscape perception and sacred places amongst the Vasiugan Khants / Andrei Filtchenko -- Perceptions of landscape among the Lake Essei Iakut: narrative, memory and knowledge / Tatiana Argounova-Low -- The creation and persistence of cultural landscapes among the Siberian Evenkis: two conceptions of 'sacred' space / Alexandra Lavrillier -- The Mansi sacred landscape in long-term historical perspective / Elena Glavatskaia -- Sacred places and masters of hunting luck in the forest worlds of the Udege People of the Russian Far East / Shiro Saski -- Komi reindeer herders: syncretic and pragmatic notions of being in the tundra / Joachim Otto Habeck -- Siberian landscapes in Ket traditional culture /Edward J. Vajda -- Sacred sites, settlements and place-names: ancient Saami landscapes in northern coastal Sweden / Noel D. Broadbent and Britta Wennstedt Edvinger |
| Summary |
This unique volume aims to break down the lingering linguistic boundaries that continue to divide up the circumpolar world, to move beyond ethnographic 'thick description' to integrate the study of northern Eurasian hunting and herding societies more effectively by encouraging increased international collaboration between archaeologists, ethnographers and historians, and to open new directions for archaeological investigation of spirituality and northern landscape traditions. Authors examine the life-ways and beliefs of the Indigenous peoples of northern Eurasia; chapters contribute ethnograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
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Hunting and gathering societies -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
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Landscape assessment -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
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Material culture -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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Ethnology
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Hunting and gathering societies
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Landscape assessment
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Manners and customs
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Material culture
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Indigenes Volk
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Nomade
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Landschaft
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Kultur
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Alltag
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Siberia (Russia) -- Social life and customs
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Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
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Eurasien -- Nord
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Jordan, Peter, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9781598747065 |
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1598747061 |
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1315425653 |
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9781315425658 |
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1315425645 |
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9781315425641 |
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