Studies in Siberian Ethnogenesis No. 2 / / ed. by Henry Michael.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bernshtam, A.,; Cheboksarov, N. N.,; Debets, G. F.,; Dolgikh, B. O.,; Gurvich, I. S.,; Levin, M. G.,; Okladnikov, A. P.,; Potapov, L. P.,; Smolyak, A. V.,; Suslov, I. M.,; Tokarev, S. A.,; Tretyakov, P. N.,
• HerausgeberIn: Michael, Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1962
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

This collection of translations from articles by Russian scholars continues the valuable contribution to Western knowledge of the anthropology of the North which is being made under the sponsorship of the Arctic Institute of North America. The subjects treated include: "The Ethnic Affiliation of the Population in the Northwest of the Yakut A.S.S.R." (with related papers); "Ancient Petroglyphs and Modern Decorative Art in the Amur Region"; "Contributions to the History of the Buryat People"; "On the Origin of the Kirgiz People"; "The Origins and Ethnic Composition of the Koybals"; "Volga-Oka Place Names and Some Problems of the Ethnogenesis of the Finno-Urgic Peoples of the Nganasans," nomadic hunters of tundra and forest like many of the other tribes studied. Volume II in the series Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- GLOSSARY -- THE ETHNIC AFFILIATION OF THE POPULATION IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE YAKUT A.S.S.R. -- THE POPULATION OF THE OLENEK AND UPPER ANABAR RIVER BASINS -- THE NATIONAL AFFILIATION OF THE PRESENT POPULATION OF NORTHWESTERN YAKUTIA -- À PROPOS THE ETHNIC AFFILIATION OF THE POPULATION OF THE OLENEK AND ANABAR RIVER BASINS -- ON THE POPULATION OF THE OLENEK AND ANABAR RIVER BASINS -- ANCIENT PETROGLYPHS AND MODERN DECORATIVE ART IN THE AMUR REGION -- CERTAIN QUESTIONS ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS INHABITING THE AMUR RIVER VALLEY AND THE MARITIME PROVINCE -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE BURYAT PEOPLE -- ON THE ORIGIN OF THE BURYAT NATION -- ON THE ORIGIN OF THE KIRGIZ PEOPLE -- THE ORIGIN OF THE KIRGIZ PEOPLE IN THE LIGHT OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL FINDINGS -- THE ORIGINS AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE KOYBALS -- THE ORIGIN OF THE ALTAYANS -- VOLGA-OKA PLACE NAMES AND SOME PROBLEMS OF THE ETHNOGENESIS OF THE FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES OF THE VOLGA REGION -- QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGINS OF THE FINNO-UGRIAN LANGUAGE GROUP -- ON THE ORIGIN OF THE NGANASANS–PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- TRANSITION FROM KINSHIP TO TERRITORIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLES OF NORTHERN SIBERIA -- THE ARCTIC INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA