Detecting the children zone at the abandoned Nenets campsites: An ethnoarchaeological example from the Polar Ural Mts., Russia

• Main Authors: Sázelová, S. (Sandra), Svoboda, J. (Jiří), Novák, M. (Martin)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Nenets; ethnoarchaeology; Siberia; nenets
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0241286

The paper presents an ethnoarcheological approach to questions arising from archaeological studies of Upper Paleolithic settlements in Europe concerning the role of children and their activities in site formation processes. Within surveyed micro-region at Yangana Pe, they were recorded and documented several Nenets abandoned campsites with traces of childreln's play. During the play, Nenets children create specific patterns, usually detectable within the domestic and activity zones of abandoned campsites. In order to interpret them in context, supplementary ethnoarcheological evidence should be incorporated and evaluated.