Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Hunting and Cattle Breeding Among the Population of Tuva in the 3rd‑4th Centuries CE

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Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (9)
Authors
Sadykov, Timur R.; Kasparov, Aleksey K.
Contact information
Sadykov, Timur R. : Institute for the History of Material Culture of the RAS Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000‑0001‑8535‑1173; Kasparov, Aleksey K.: Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000‑0001‑7761‑9301
Keywords
Tuva; Kokel archaeological culture; Xiongnu; Xianbei; paleozoology; hunting; cattle breeding
Abstract

The fortified settlement Katylyg 5 is located in Central Tuva in the taiga zone. This is the first and so far the only studied settlement of the Kokel archaeological culture (the territory of distribution of this culture approximately coincides with the territory of the modern Republic of Tuva); more than half of the area has been excavated. 77 % of the paleozoological collection are bones of domestic animals. Hunting was a source not only of meat but also of horn. By the 3rd‑4th centuries CE, the nomadic cattle‑breeding culture in Tuva had long tradition, but hunting remained an integral part of everyday life. The settlement was the site of a full cycle of iron‑making and bone‑cutting. Here cloth was made, leather was processed, and auxiliary farming or gathering was practised. Hunting was only one of the traditional summer activities. The composition of the herd, places of camps, ways of travelling, traditional occupations, etc. of modern Tuvinian households remained largely the same as in the period under consideration, and we can reconstruct the way of life of this ancient community on the basis of both ethnographic literature and direct field observation of economic and cultural practices adopted by modern nomads

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1705–1713
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OMSIXC
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/153760

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