Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings
Abstract This paper presents new osteometric and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings. Previous archaeological studies have shown that reindeer domestication and intensification of reindeer herding transformed Sámi indigenous religion. However, because of the methodological challenges...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe202003067591 2023-07-30T04:06:39+02:00 Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Fjellström, M. (Markus) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Spangen, M. (Marte) Núñez, M. (Milton) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) 2020 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202003067591 eng eng Elsevier info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/756431/EU/Domestication in Action - Tracing Archaeological Markers of Human-Animal Interaction/DOMESTICATION info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Animal domestication Archaeology of religion Reindeer Scandinavia Stable isotope analysis Zooarchaeology info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:43Z Abstract This paper presents new osteometric and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings. Previous archaeological studies have shown that reindeer domestication and intensification of reindeer herding transformed Sámi indigenous religion. However, because of the methodological challenges in the identification of wild and domesticated reindeer in the archaeological record, the exact nature of the relationship between people and offered reindeer has remained elusive. To address this problem, we analyze zooarchaeological and stable isotope data from thirteen Sámi offering sites situated in Finland and Sweden and dating to c. 1200–1700 CE. We employ zooarchaeological analysis of age, sex and size and explore the possibilities of these analyses to identify domestication and other characteristics of reindeer selected for offering. Analyses of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are utilized to identify human influence on reindeer feeding patterns and mobility. Our results show that many kinds of reindeer with different engagements with people were offered. The results confirm that people had different motives for giving offerings and that a simple dichotomy of wild/domesticated does not adequately reflect the range of relationships the Sámi had with reindeer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sámi Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Animal domestication Archaeology of religion Reindeer Scandinavia Stable isotope analysis Zooarchaeology Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Fjellström, M. (Markus) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Spangen, M. (Marte) Núñez, M. (Milton) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings |
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Abstract This paper presents new osteometric and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings. Previous archaeological studies have shown that reindeer domestication and intensification of reindeer herding transformed Sámi indigenous religion. However, because of the methodological challenges in the identification of wild and domesticated reindeer in the archaeological record, the exact nature of the relationship between people and offered reindeer has remained elusive. To address this problem, we analyze zooarchaeological and stable isotope data from thirteen Sámi offering sites situated in Finland and Sweden and dating to c. 1200–1700 CE. We employ zooarchaeological analysis of age, sex and size and explore the possibilities of these analyses to identify domestication and other characteristics of reindeer selected for offering. Analyses of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are utilized to identify human influence on reindeer feeding patterns and mobility. Our results show that many kinds of reindeer with different engagements with people were offered. The results confirm that people had different motives for giving offerings and that a simple dichotomy of wild/domesticated does not adequately reflect the range of relationships the Sámi had with reindeer. |
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Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Fjellström, M. (Markus) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Spangen, M. (Marte) Núñez, M. (Milton) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) |
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Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Fjellström, M. (Markus) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Spangen, M. (Marte) Núñez, M. (Milton) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) |
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Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) |
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Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings |
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Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings |
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Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings |
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Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings |
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Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings |
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zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of sámi reindeer offerings |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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