Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted with the support of the RFBR (project 20-09-00257A) "Anthropology of Cultural Landscape of Khatanga-Anabar region in the XX and XXI centuries". Within the framework of the project, the Anabar National (Dolgan-Evenki) ulus (district) is considered as part of the Khatango-Anabar region. The study of local cultural landscapes of this multi-ethnic region of Yakutia is in the article. It is established that the local cultural landscape of Anabar district is the result of centuries-old interaction of the indigenous ethnic groups inhabiting this area: Dolgans, Evenks, Yakuts and Russians. The purpose of the study is to develop and test the methodology of cultural and landscape zoning on the microgeographic level. Local cultural landscapes were identified based on the analysis of the development and settlement of the Anabar River basin by various tribes; economic activity, represented mainly by traditional branch and the placement of objects of historical and cultural heritage. The identification of local cultural landscapes was carried out on the basis of archival materials, published sources, field studies conducted in the Anabar district in September 2020, analysis of a sociological survey and an associative experiment, which revealed the features of the linguistic landscape of the area under consideration, depending on different layers of self-awareness: external, with a predominance of Russian-language text in the linguistic appearance of the settlements under study; individual, with a predominance of the Yakut language in intergroup communication; and the subconscious, which revealed the dominance of the Dolgan cultural codes. The result of the study was the identification of two local cultural landscape using GIS-technology – Saskylakhsky and Yuryung-Khainsky.

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