THE SACRED AND THE SCIENTIFIC: TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN SIBERIAN RIVER CONSERVATION

• Main Author: ÖRKÜN, Berkant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Mehmet Ali YOLCU 2019
• Subjects: Altai Republic,conservation,grassland,headwaters,Katunz River,Ob River,pastoralist,perestroika,Russia,Siberian rivers,steppe,Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Altay Cumhuriyeti,Koruma,Otlaklar,Irmaklar,Katun Nehri,Ob Nehri,Rusya,Sibirya nehirleri,Bozkır,Geleneksel Ekolojik Bilgi,pastoralist,Perestroyka,Geleneksel Ekolojik Bilgi; Rus’; Nesli; ob river; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kulturder/issue/45850/565424

The Katun River originates in the steppe of theAltai Mountains in Siberia. One of the major headwaters of the Ob River, theKatun is considered central to the culture of the indigenous Altaians. TheKatun Valley contains large numbers of important cultural sites, dating fromthe Neolithic and represent...