Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 37 (4) 2009

Annotation:  Paleolithic Site Biryuchya Balka-2: Geology, Chronology, and Paleoecology Tolbaga: Upper Paleolithic Settlement Patterns in the Trans-Baikal Region Paleogeography of Kostenki-14 (Markina Gora) Triquestrums of the Scythian Period in the Northern Altai Woven Belts from Sargat Mound 7 at Chepkul-9 Early and Middle Bronze Age Portable Art Pieces from the Forest-Steppe Zone of the Ob-Irtysh Region Anthropomorphic, Zoomorphic, and Solar Symbolisms on Bronze Age Ceramics from the Western Baikal Re Petroglyphs on the Poperechnaya Krasnoyarka River Images of Eurasian Ethnicity in Works of Renaissance Polish Historians The Pleiades as Openings, the Milky Way as the Path of Birds, and the Girl in the Moon: Northern Eur Felt Boot Rollers of the Altai Craniometric Evidence of the Early Caucasoid Migrations to Siberia and Eastern Central Asia, with R Principal Findings of the 20th-Century Population Studies in Tuva On the Origin of the Ryukyu Islanders: The Integration of Craniometric and Cranial Nonmetric Data   

Felt Boot Rollers of the Altai

The article describes felt boot craftsmanship in Russia and in the Altai, and the history of the origin and development of felt boot rolling in the area of the cultural frontier in the Volga region. It provides evidence of the development of felt boot production in the Altai in the late 19th to early 20th century in connection with migration processes. Domestic production of felt boots is described on the basis of fi eld materials. Currently, according to our available data, the felt boot craft in the Altai is in decline. The development of handicraft traditions in the region requires support targeted at the preservation of this cultural heritage.

Keywords: Peasant crafts, migrant movement, felt boot rolling, the Altai.