Tribes «which became wind»: autochthonous substrate in ethnocultural genesis of the Yakuts revisited
The study of the origin of the Yakuts focuses on the ethnic history of their alien Turkic-Mongolian ancestors. Issues of mutual ethnocultural influence of local and alien ethnic groups and identification of autochthonous tribes who took part in formation of the Yakut people are not fully researched....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2cc9344f2c394e218dc2d15c484cbd3d 2023-05-15T18:08:27+02:00 Tribes «which became wind»: autochthonous substrate in ethnocultural genesis of the Yakuts revisited Bravina R.I. Petrov D.M. 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2018-41-2-119-127 https://doaj.org/article/2cc9344f2c394e218dc2d15c484cbd3d RU rus Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA http://www.ipdn.ru/va-en/_private/a41/enga41-3-1.htm https://doaj.org/toc/1811-7465 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-0437 doi:10.20874/2071-0437-2018-41-2-119-127 1811-7465 2071-0437 https://doaj.org/article/2cc9344f2c394e218dc2d15c484cbd3d Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, Iss 2(41), Pp 119-127 (2018) Yakutia Yakuts ethnocultural genesis autochthonous tribes Samoyeds Paleo-Asiatics archaeological cultures the Neolithic the Paleometal Age the Middle Ages Archaeology CC1-960 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2018-41-2-119-127 2022-12-31T08:34:58Z The study of the origin of the Yakuts focuses on the ethnic history of their alien Turkic-Mongolian ancestors. Issues of mutual ethnocultural influence of local and alien ethnic groups and identification of autochthonous tribes who took part in formation of the Yakut people are not fully researched. Yakut legends mention the tribes «which became wind», Khara-Sagyly, the mysterious «long-headed» Sakha, the bellicose Tumats/Jirikinei, etc. The question of their ethnic identification is one of the most complex and not fully developed within the issue of ethnocultural genesis of the Yakuts. Some researchers (A.P. Okladnikov, S.I. Tokarev, I.V. Konstantinov, I.E. Zykov and A.I. Gogolev) consider these autochthonous tribes as the Tungusic peoples. According to a hypothesis by A.N. Alekseev and S.I. Nikolaev-Somogotto, an aboriginal layer in the Yakut culture was probably represented by paleo-Siberian and pre-Samoyedic tribes. A successful study of this issue was largely impeded by the lack of informative and sufficiently reliable sources. This problem has been partly solved due to new archaeological discoveries in the last decade, especially to that of a multi-layered man site in Ulakhan Segelenneekh on the Olekma river and thanks to the data of modern molecular-genetic researches. An attempt of a paleoethnic reconstruction of the original culture of the autochthonous tribes of Yakutia and of a comparative historical analysis of ancient traditions and cultures of indigenous peoples of Northern Asia was made in the article combining the data on folklore, toponymics, ethnography, archaeology and ethnic genetics. Integrated research data tell about the presence of ancient ethnocultural links between ancestors of the Yakuts and modern Ural peoples of Western Siberia. The tribes from historical lore and Yakutian legends are said to be aboriginal population of the north-western border of Yakutia, successors of the local archaeological cultures of the Late Neolithic and the Paleometal Age. The material given describes ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Sakha samoyed* Tungusic peoples Yakut Yakutia Yakuts Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Sakha Khara ENVELOPE(129.510,129.510,63.569,63.569) Tokarev ENVELOPE(152.433,152.433,-68.467,-68.467) VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII 2(41) 119 127 |
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The study of the origin of the Yakuts focuses on the ethnic history of their alien Turkic-Mongolian ancestors. Issues of mutual ethnocultural influence of local and alien ethnic groups and identification of autochthonous tribes who took part in formation of the Yakut people are not fully researched. Yakut legends mention the tribes «which became wind», Khara-Sagyly, the mysterious «long-headed» Sakha, the bellicose Tumats/Jirikinei, etc. The question of their ethnic identification is one of the most complex and not fully developed within the issue of ethnocultural genesis of the Yakuts. Some researchers (A.P. Okladnikov, S.I. Tokarev, I.V. Konstantinov, I.E. Zykov and A.I. Gogolev) consider these autochthonous tribes as the Tungusic peoples. According to a hypothesis by A.N. Alekseev and S.I. Nikolaev-Somogotto, an aboriginal layer in the Yakut culture was probably represented by paleo-Siberian and pre-Samoyedic tribes. A successful study of this issue was largely impeded by the lack of informative and sufficiently reliable sources. This problem has been partly solved due to new archaeological discoveries in the last decade, especially to that of a multi-layered man site in Ulakhan Segelenneekh on the Olekma river and thanks to the data of modern molecular-genetic researches. An attempt of a paleoethnic reconstruction of the original culture of the autochthonous tribes of Yakutia and of a comparative historical analysis of ancient traditions and cultures of indigenous peoples of Northern Asia was made in the article combining the data on folklore, toponymics, ethnography, archaeology and ethnic genetics. Integrated research data tell about the presence of ancient ethnocultural links between ancestors of the Yakuts and modern Ural peoples of Western Siberia. The tribes from historical lore and Yakutian legends are said to be aboriginal population of the north-western border of Yakutia, successors of the local archaeological cultures of the Late Neolithic and the Paleometal Age. The material given describes ... |
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Tribes «which became wind»: autochthonous substrate in ethnocultural genesis of the Yakuts revisited |
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