Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 35 (3) 2008

Annotation:  Sergeyevka-1: Neolithic Site in the Khanka Plain, and the Typology of Middle Neolithic Sites in Pri Cultural Change during the Late Prehistoric Period in Southern Primorye (Based on Archaeological Ev Formation of the Eurasian “Steppe Belt” of Stockbreeding Cultures: Viewed through the Prism of Arch Stages in the Settlement History of Chicha-1: The Results of Ceramic Analysis New Early Iron Age Culture in the Southern Taiga Zone of Central Siberia Prospects for Correlating Radiocarbon and Archaeological Chronologies of the Scythian and Hunno- Sa The Role of Migration in the Evolution of the Andronov Community The Bear Image in Western Siberian Art of the 2nd Millennium BC and its Relevance for Delimiting the Ethnic and Cultural Functions of Name in Traditional Japanese Society G.I. Choros-Gurkin’s Archaeological and Ethnographic Drawings at the National Museum of the Altai R Eco-museums in Siberia as Centers for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Natural Envi Cranial Characteristics of the Saka Populations of the Eastern Pamirs   

Eco-museums in Siberia as Centers for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Natural Environment

V.M. Kimeev.

Ethno-ecological museums, or ecomuseums represent a new type of multidisciplinary open-air museums focused both on the natural and the cultural environment of native groups. Their aim is to assist in implementing socio-cultural and ecological programs which include large-scale involvement of the local community in the preservation and use of its cultural and natural heritage as integral parts of the greater landscape. Originally launched in France in the early 1970s, the ecomuseum movement has spread across the world. In Siberia is has acquired a particular form, being highly dependent on the ethno-political situation in local indigenous communities and regional policies. Siberian ecomuseums such as “Tazgol” and “Kalmaki” open up wide prospects for the community. The involvement of both the local population and specialists offers the opportunity to develop and implement mutually benefi cial projects, and to elaborate new approaches to the resolution of one of the key issues of the modern age: the revival of the multinational culture of a region in a favorable environment.