Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 37 (1) 2009

Annotation:  Environment and Human Behavior in Northern Mongolia during the Upper Pleistocene Bear in Mind: Bear Hunting in the Mesolithic of the Southern Caucasus L.B. Kirtcho. Two Bronze Age Steles in Gorny Altai Electron Probe Microanalysis of the Paste from Ceramics of the Far East Eurasian Coins of the 13th century from the Northern Caucasus Absolute Dendrochronological Scales of Archaeological Sites in European Russia A Dendrochronological Analysis of Wood from Pskov Dendrochronological Studies of Medieval Novgorod (Based on the Findings of Archaeological Excavatio On the Semantics of Animal Style Ornithomorphic Images in Pazyryk Ritual Artifacts Treasures of the Sacred River Everyday Diet of the Buryats in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries The Ethnic Environment of Diasporas in Western Siberia Demography of the Siberian Nenets in the First Third of the 20th Century Modern Altai Crafts Human Crania from the Tes Burial Ground, Kamenka III: The Analysis of Metric and Nonmetric Traits Analysis of Temporal Anthropometric Changes in Various Groups of Israeli Males The International Conference on the Neolithic of the Sea of Japan Basin (Vladivostok, 17–18 March, 2   

Demography of the Siberian Nenets in the First Third of the 20th Century

E.A. Volzhanina.

The present article examines temporal variations in population size and the demographic parameters of the Siberian Nenets in the fi rst third of the 20th cent. The history of the census among the nomadic population is outlined with regard to factors such as traditional lifestyle, ideas concerning the individual, time, and family, and the effect of language differences and relationships with the Russian population. The demographic characteristics estimated attest to the straightforward reproduction of generations, showing no evidence of their dying out. Based on the analysis of census records and land-use surveys, it has been demonstrated that the apparent high, absolute population growth is actually the result of improved registering and various assimilation processes.

Keywords: Ethnic demography, ethnography, Samoyeds, Nenets, Forest Nenets, Yamal Nenets, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Yamal, Circumpolar Census, demographic processes.