Landscape and Culture in Northern Eurasia (UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications)

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 ethnographic, ethnohistoric and archaeological case-studies stretching from Fennoscandia, through Siberia, and into Chukotka and the Russian Far East. 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. Peter Jordan, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. CONTENTS 6 List of Illustrations 8 Preface 12 Notes on Russian Transliteration 16 1. Landscape and Culture in Northern Eurasia: 17An Introduction 18 Part 1. Landscape, Communication and Obligation 48 2. Seeing with Others’ Eyes: Hunting and ‘Idle Talk’ in the Landscape of the Siberian Iukagir 50 3. Shamanistic Revival in a Post-Socialist Landscape: Luck and Ritual among Zabaikal’e Orochen-Evenkis 72 4. Landscapes in Motion: Opening Pathways in Kamchatkan Hunting and Herding Rituals 98 5. Material and Linguistic Perspectives on Sel’kup Sacred Places 118 Part 2. Landscape, Dwelling 134 6. Dwelling in the Landscape Among the Reindeer Herding Chukchis of Chukotka 136 7. ‘Marking’ the Land: Sacrifices, Cemeteries and Sacred Places among the Iamal Nenetses 162 8. Landscape Perception and Sacred Places amongst the Vasiugan Khants 180 9. Perceptions of Landscape among the Lake Essei Iakut: Narrative, Memory and Knowledge 200 10. The Creation and Persistence of Cultural Landscapes among the Siberian Evenkis: Two Conceptions of ‘Sacred’ Space 216 Part 3. Landscapes in Long-term Transformation 234 11. The Mansi Sacred Landscape in Long-Term Historical Perspective 236 12. Sacred Places and Masters of Hunting Luck in the Forest Worlds of the Udege People of the Russian Far East 258 13. Komi Reindeer Herders: Syncretic and Pragmatic Notions of Being in the Tundra 280 14. Siberian Landscapes in Ket Traditional Culture 298 15. Sacred Sites, Settlements and Place-Names: Ancient 315Saami Landscapes in Northern Coastal Sweden 316 About the Editor and Contributors 340 Contact Details for Authors 344 Index 346