Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 38 (3) 2010

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 1: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of Upper Paleolithic Sites in Mongolia Projectile Points and their Implications The “Malta Realism”: On Interpreting Siberian Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Upper Paleolithic Private Collection of Seima-Turbino Bronzes from the Irtysh: The Tragedy of a Unique Site Destroyed Sargat Burial Sites in the Middle Irtysh Area: A Gender Analysis The Archaeological and Geophysical Study of Defense Works Yenisei Kyrgyz “Forts” in the Russian Reports of the 17th Century and the Archaeological Reality The Wusun in Northeastern Central Asia Eighteenth Century Trends in the Development of Buryat Clothing Field Trip by B.N. Gorodkov and G.M. Dmitirev-Sadovnikov to the Vakh River Valley in 1913 A Comparison of the Medieval and Modern Populations of the Novgorod Region, Based on Facial Reconst The Origin of the Late Medieval Population of the Novgorod Republic (13th–16th Centuries), Based on   

Eighteenth Century Trends in the Development of Buryat Clothing

A.A. Badmaev.

On the basis of literary and archival materials, the article describes social and local ethnic differences in the traditional Buryat costume. Specifi c features such as the use of leather and fabric in the clothing of different ethnic groups are identifi ed. The article calls attention to the regulation of clothing among the aristocracy and to the signifi cance of Russian-Chinese trade links in the development of the Buryat material culture. Through the example of clothing the ethnic and cultural ties of the Buryats with the peoples of Central Asia and Southern Siberia are explored.

Keywords: Ethnography, Buryats, material culture, culture of sustenance, national clothing.