Hunter–Herder Continuum in Anabarski District, NW Sakha, Siberia, Russian Federation

• Published in: Nomadic Peoples
• Main Author: Ventsel, Aimar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: White Horse Press 2006
• Subjects: Demography; Arctic; Sakha; Slaughter; Anabar; Republic of Sakha; taiga; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/np.2006.100205; https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/nomp/2006/00000010/00000002/art00005

Anabarski district in NW Sakha was traditionally a region with mixed hunting/reindeer herding economy. Unusual for tundra reindeer herding, domestic reindeer herding in the Anabar tundra contained many features typical of taiga reindeer herding (riding on mounted deer, milking). In the local economi...