Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 43 (2) 2015

Annotation:  Blade and Microblade Industries in Northern, Eastern and Central Asia 1. African Origin and Spread t The Evidence of Rock Art in Iranian Makran: Aps-e Goalm and Kouhbodan-e Jor Petroglyphs, Qasr-e Qand New Findings Relating to the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya Burial Rite Horn Figurines from an Okunev Burial on Lake Itkul, Khakassia, Southern Siberia An Anthropomorphic Horn Figurine from the Northern Foothills of the Kuznetsky Alatau, Southern Siber A Funerary Complex of the Sintashta Age at Maloyuldashevo I, Western Orenburg Region Dwellings and Utility Structures at Linevo-1 – a Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Settlement in the Sal The Reconstruction of Cultural Processes in the Forest-Steppe Ob Basin During the Early Iron Age, B Unusual New Findings at Filippovka-1 Burial Mound 1, Southern Urals Ancient Turkic Stone Statues at Tuura-Suu, Kyrgyzstan Metal Details of Mongolian Age Belt-Sets from the Angara Taiga Gods and Humans: Living Under the Same Roof A Genetic Analysis of Human Remains from Ak-Alakha-3 Burial Mound 1, Gorny Altai The Nanay Clan Samar: The Structure of Gene Pool Based on Y-Chromosome Markers   

Gods and Humans: Living Under the Same Roof

A.V. Baulo.

The article integrates the growing knowledge of domestic (family) shrines of the northern Mansi living in the Berezovo District, Khanty-Mansi-Yugra District. Variants of location and composition of ritual paraphernalia are listed. Religious traditions and recent changes they have undergone are discussed. New types of sacrifi cial cloths, the arrangement of the fi gures of deities, the characters of the shamanistic practices, unusual ancient artifacts cast of bronze, and late 18th-century silver items are described.

Keywords: Shrines, ritual, sacrifi ces, shamanism, Mansi, religious traditions.