Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD
Abstract Reindeer herding emerged among the indigenous Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia between ca. 800 and 1500 CE. While the details of the reindeer domestication process are still actively debated, it has been hypothesized that the transition to reindeer herding affected Sámi ritual practice, especi...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe202101081368 2023-07-30T04:03:26+02:00 Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD Heino, M. T. (Matti T.) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Mannermaa, K. (Kristiina) Kirkinen, T. (Tuija) Sablin, M. (Mikhail) Ruokonen, M. (Minna) Núñez, M. (Milton) Okkonen, J. (Jari) Dalén, L. (Love) Aspi, J. (Jouni) 2020 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202101081368 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 © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ancient DNA Finland Offering sites Reindeer domestication Russia The Sámi info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:46Z Abstract Reindeer herding emerged among the indigenous Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia between ca. 800 and 1500 CE. While the details of the reindeer domestication process are still actively debated, it has been hypothesized that the transition to reindeer herding affected Sámi ritual practice, especially animal offerings given at various sacred sites. To explore this hypothesis, we analyzed DNA from reindeer bone samples dating to ca. 1200–1700 CE from Sámi offering sites located in present-day Northern Finland as well as from samples originating from ancient dwelling site in Southern Finland and Kola Peninsula, Russia. The results show that haplotypes related to wild Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) began to be replaced by haplotypes common in modern domesticated reindeer in the faunal assemblages from offering sites starting between 1400 and 1600 CE. The results suggest that, although the role of reindeer herding in the economy of the Sámi communities varied greatly, the transition to reindeer herding may have affected ritual practices, testifying to a shared way of reciprocating with the land and animals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia kola peninsula Northern Finland Rangifer tarandus Jultika - University of Oulu repository Kola Peninsula |
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Ancient DNA Finland Offering sites Reindeer domestication Russia The Sámi Heino, M. T. (Matti T.) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Mannermaa, K. (Kristiina) Kirkinen, T. (Tuija) Sablin, M. (Mikhail) Ruokonen, M. (Minna) Núñez, M. (Milton) Okkonen, J. (Jari) Dalén, L. (Love) Aspi, J. (Jouni) Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD |
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Abstract Reindeer herding emerged among the indigenous Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia between ca. 800 and 1500 CE. While the details of the reindeer domestication process are still actively debated, it has been hypothesized that the transition to reindeer herding affected Sámi ritual practice, especially animal offerings given at various sacred sites. To explore this hypothesis, we analyzed DNA from reindeer bone samples dating to ca. 1200–1700 CE from Sámi offering sites located in present-day Northern Finland as well as from samples originating from ancient dwelling site in Southern Finland and Kola Peninsula, Russia. The results show that haplotypes related to wild Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) began to be replaced by haplotypes common in modern domesticated reindeer in the faunal assemblages from offering sites starting between 1400 and 1600 CE. The results suggest that, although the role of reindeer herding in the economy of the Sámi communities varied greatly, the transition to reindeer herding may have affected ritual practices, testifying to a shared way of reciprocating with the land and animals. |
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Heino, M. T. (Matti T.) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Mannermaa, K. (Kristiina) Kirkinen, T. (Tuija) Sablin, M. (Mikhail) Ruokonen, M. (Minna) Núñez, M. (Milton) Okkonen, J. (Jari) Dalén, L. (Love) Aspi, J. (Jouni) |
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Heino, M. T. (Matti T.) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Äikäs, T. (Tiina) Mannermaa, K. (Kristiina) Kirkinen, T. (Tuija) Sablin, M. (Mikhail) Ruokonen, M. (Minna) Núñez, M. (Milton) Okkonen, J. (Jari) Dalén, L. (Love) Aspi, J. (Jouni) |
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Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD |
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Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD |
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Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD |
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Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD |
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Reindeer from Sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in Northern Finland starting from 1400 to 1600 AD |
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reindeer from sámi offering sites document the replacement of wild reindeer genetic lineages by domestic ones in northern finland starting from 1400 to 1600 ad |
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Fennoscandia kola peninsula Northern Finland Rangifer tarandus |
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Fennoscandia kola peninsula Northern Finland Rangifer tarandus |
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