Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2022 15 (5)

Authors

Prishchepa, Evgenii V.

Contact information

Prishchepa, Evgenii V.: The State Public Institution of the Republic of Khakassia «National Archive» Abakan, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-0344-3179

Keywords

Khakassia; Khakass Autonomous Region; the Khakass; material culture; traditional dwelling; chir ib; «dugout»; tura

Abstract

In ethnographic time, the indigenous people of Khakassia – the Khakass – had traditional dwellings that were polytypic by design and architecture, whose emergence was caused by the natural and geographical environment, a way of lifestyle and economic activity. Underground and semi-underground dwellings were one of the understudied types of their dwellings. The research relevance is associated with an insufficient study of these objects in material culture of the ethnos. The purpose of the work is to identify features of these dwellings, typological characteristics and questions of their existing in the traditional life support system. The research objective is to describe a structure of these dwellings for classification, consideration of issues of their features and existing. The work is based on an integrated and system and historical approach to the study of the past. The description of these dwellings’ structural features according to scientific ethnographic classifications on the basis of available sources and data, identification of their typology and classification should be considered to be the research results. The research showed that within the meaning of term «dugout» in the Khakass material culture, until recently, dwellings of ground log structures have been considered without their peculiar features based on the criterion of their positioning against the ground surface. The studying was also complicated by literal interpretation of nominations of the studied types of dwellings, and especially their linkage to the term «dugout» that resulted in the incorrect compliance in the system of classification of the Siberian peoples’ housing constructions. These dwellings did not attract proper attention – their description was quite general because of poor information about them and an insufficient study by ethnographers. The research also showed that the Khakass existing underground and semi-underground all-season dwellings were a little-known part of their material culture and planned future prospects for studying

Pages

606–613

DOI

10.17516/1997-1370-0805

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/143758

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