Tuvan reindeer husbandry in the early 20th century

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Whitaker, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Yenisey; Polar Record; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400018817; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400018817

Among students of the history of reindeer domestication the Tuva occupy a special position. Their homeland, the Sayan mountains and the basin of the upper Yenisey, to the south-west of lake Baykal and to the north of the present-day frontier between the USSR and Mongolia, has frequently been suggest...