Birch bark in the funeral rite of the Yakuts: a case-study of the Uchugei-Yuryakh burial (15th–17th cc.)

• Published in: VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII
• Main Authors: Bravina R.I., Solovyova E.N., Petrov D.M., Syrovatskiy V.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA 2021
• Subjects: yakutia; the late middle ages; burial; birch bark; birch bark covers and bedding; birch bark coffins; cisbaikalia; ob-irtysh; Archaeology; CC1-960; Yuryakh; lena river; Yakut; Yakutia; Yakuts; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2021-54-3-8; https://doaj.org/article/77c61ea89b0a43df9d04ee7e45fd1408

The Uchugei-Yuryakh birch-bark burial, radiocarbon dated to 1480–1640 cal AD, was discovered in the southern part of the Tuymaada valley, located in the basin of the Middle Lena River, one of the largest rivers in North-Eastern Siberia. This region is traditionally regarded as the area where the mos...