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   

Field Trip by B.N. Gorodkov and G.M. Dmitirev-Sadovnikov to the Vakh River Valley in 1913

The present article describes a project run by the Tobolsk Provincial Museum. In 1913, B.N. Gorodkov and G.M. Dmitriev-Sadovnikov undertook an expedition to the Vakh River (the right tributary of the Ob). The results of their trip are refl ected in fi eld notes, a series of publications, and in a rich collection of photographs representing the natural landscape, everyday life and culture of the indigenous people and local Russian population living in the Vakh region. The photographs taken in the early 20th century illustrate many features of the traditional culture of the Vakh Khanty (Ostyaks) that no longer exist. As such, these photographic documents which are accompanied by detailed ethnographical descriptions are especially valued by contemporary ethnologists.

Keywords: Northwestern Siberia, the Vakh River, Ostyaks, B.N. Gorodkov, G.M. Dmitriev-Sadovnikov, ethnographic research.