Ecological Aspects of the Burial Rites Performed by Siberian Ethnic Groups

This study is meant to be the start toa series of discussions relating to the complex subject of the\n“Ecological aspects in the burial rites performed by Siberian ethnic groups ”. Taking into account that\nfor aboriginals of Taiga, the symbolic or sacral attributes of living space had the same, if not greater,\nimportance thanits practical aspects, the first publication in the series focuseson the symbolism in the\nlocation of burial sites, that are specific in Selkup culture – one of the largest ethnos in the Samoyedic\nlanguage group – resided in the northern part of Western Siberia.\nThe study is based on the materials relating to the 16th-17th centuries, however the actual time\nframe of the research is much wider: withmodern Selkupsat the top of the chronological scale and\nthe Rjolkinskaya culture (VI-X centuries), linguistically related to the Samoyeds, at the bottom.\nThe latter was formed as a result of the arrival of nomadic Turkic cultures from the south and\ntheir consequential influence on the Proto Samoyedic Kulaj cultural groupsthat occupied the\nterritories of Western Siberia inthe early Iron Age (5 century B.C. – 5 century A.D.). It was\nthereforedetermined, that Selkuptraditionswere formed on the basis of a complex cultural and\nethnical conglomerate, comprising ofthe materials, linguistics and religious elements belonging\nto the aboriginals of Taiga and many other ethnic groups from neighboring territories present\nsince the II century B.C. This study has thereforeengaged mainlyin the materials relating to the\nmost archaeologically studied local dialectic group, thatof the“Shieshgula”. The members of this\ngroup usually chose landscape elevations near river forks, oxbow lakes or ravines as their burial\nsites

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