Castration as Part of Reindeer Herd Management
It has been suggested that reindeer castration is a practice that started very early in the process of reindeer domestication. Castrated males have long been favoured as working animals, and have been used for the transport of people and goods. Castration makes reindeer easier to handle and may have...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/6fd648df-0030-4394-aee5-d128ae68d8d5 2024-05-19T07:40:12+00:00 Castration as Part of Reindeer Herd Management Soppela, Päivi van den Berg, Mathilde Kynkäänniemi, Sanna Wallen, Henri Salmi, Anna-Kaisa 2022 application/pdf https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/6fd648df-0030-4394-aee5-d128ae68d8d5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98643-8_3 https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/37806626/Castration-as-Part-of-Reindeer-Herd-Management.pdf https://research.ulapland.fi/en/publications/6fd648df-0030-4394-aee5-d128ae68d8d5 eng eng Palgrave Macmillan https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/6fd648df-0030-4394-aee5-d128ae68d8d5 urn:ISBN:978-3-030-98642-1 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Soppela , P , van den Berg , M , Kynkäänniemi , S & Wallen , H 2022 , Castration as Part of Reindeer Herd Management . in A-K Salmi (ed.) , Domestication in Action : Past and Present Human-Reindeer Interaction in Northern Fennoscandia . Palgrave Macmillan , pp. 65-94 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98643-8_3 reindeer herding management practices draught reindeer traditional knowledge ethnoarchaeology ethnobiology /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/4 name=Genetics developmental biology physiology bookPart 2022 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98643-8_3 2024-04-28T23:49:42Z It has been suggested that reindeer castration is a practice that started very early in the process of reindeer domestication. Castrated males have long been favoured as working animals, and have been used for the transport of people and goods. Castration makes reindeer easier to handle and may have played a key role in associating humans with wild reindeer in the past. Although the importance of castration is recognised, there are few methods to define castrated reindeer from archaeological materials. This chapter explores past and present reindeer castration in Fennoscandian reindeer herding through historical and ethnographic evidence, presenting promising methods that can be used for the identification of castration from reindeer bone collections. We address the role of castration in reindeer that serve different purposes such as working and for meat, and consider how they have changed in relation to past and present reindeer herding, and herd management strategies. Various aspects of castration such as age, timing, and its physical and behavioural effects on reindeer are dealt with and discussed based on our fieldwork among present-day reindeer herders. The castration of draught reindeer working in tourism and racing is discussed based on reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge, practical expertise, and experiences. Book Part Fennoscandian LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System 65 94 |
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It has been suggested that reindeer castration is a practice that started very early in the process of reindeer domestication. Castrated males have long been favoured as working animals, and have been used for the transport of people and goods. Castration makes reindeer easier to handle and may have played a key role in associating humans with wild reindeer in the past. Although the importance of castration is recognised, there are few methods to define castrated reindeer from archaeological materials. This chapter explores past and present reindeer castration in Fennoscandian reindeer herding through historical and ethnographic evidence, presenting promising methods that can be used for the identification of castration from reindeer bone collections. We address the role of castration in reindeer that serve different purposes such as working and for meat, and consider how they have changed in relation to past and present reindeer herding, and herd management strategies. Various aspects of castration such as age, timing, and its physical and behavioural effects on reindeer are dealt with and discussed based on our fieldwork among present-day reindeer herders. The castration of draught reindeer working in tourism and racing is discussed based on reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge, practical expertise, and experiences. |
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Soppela , P , van den Berg , M , Kynkäänniemi , S & Wallen , H 2022 , Castration as Part of Reindeer Herd Management . in A-K Salmi (ed.) , Domestication in Action : Past and Present Human-Reindeer Interaction in Northern Fennoscandia . Palgrave Macmillan , pp. 65-94 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98643-8_3 |
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