Soils of the cryolithozone and the traditional land use of the indigenous populations of North-Eastern European Russia and Western Siberia: research problem statement

• Published in: VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII
• Main Authors: Istomin K.V., Habeck J.O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA 2019
• Subjects: reindeer herding; permafrost; cryogenic processes; global climate change; Komi; Nenets; Archaeology; CC1-960; Dry Lake; nenets; Thermokarst; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2019-44-1-108-119; https://doaj.org/article/3eb29699c2d248ceb1ffc504342b2691

In this paper, ethnographic material on the Komi reindeer herders of eastern Bolshezemelskaya tundra and the Nenets reindeer herders of southern Gydan Peninsula is used to show how soil processes, which take place in the cryolithozone, can affect the life and economic practices of reindeer herding g...