Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 43 (3) 2015

Annotation:  Lithic Raw Material Exploitation in the Sibiryachikha Facies, the Middle Paleolithic of Altai The Early Upper Paleolithic of the Gobi Altai Region in Mongolia (Based on Materials from the Chikhe On the Problem of Human Sacrifi ce in Northern Mesopotamia in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic The First Systematic Excavations on Suchu Island and Radiocarbon Dates of the Site (1972) “Tropical Package”: Peculiarities of the Lithic Industries of the Most Ancient Cultures, Coastal Ecu Fish in the Burial Rite of Andronovo (Fedorovka) People, Based on Tartas-1 Cemetery “Life Stones” from the Noyon Uul Burials (Based on Findings of the 2006–2012 Field Seasons) Ethno-Confessional Markers of Russian Identity in the 17th–18th-Century Siberia: Churches with Barre The Turkic Version of the Origins of the Ergene-Kun Legend: Mistakes and Delusions Nonmetric Dental Trait Distribution in the Neolithic Populations of Southwestern Siberia Barangol: A Pazyryk Cemetery on the Lower Katun, Gorny Altai Russkoye Ustye: Anthropological Study   

Russkoye Ustye: Anthropological Study

G.A. Aksyanova.

Results of a new multidisciplinary study of the descendants of Russian Old Settlers in Siberia are outlined. In the summer 2013, 216 adults and schoolchildren, Russians and Siberian natives, were studied at Russkoye Ustye on the Indigirka River, Yakutia, with regard to origin, ethnic identity, surnames, and physical type. This is an admixed group revealing mostly Caucasoid and, to a lesser extent, Mongoloid ties, and trait-combinations are occasionally mosaic. Based on the combination of diagnostic features, the closest groups are northern Komi and northern Russians, as well as admixed populations of the contact zone between Europe and Asia.

Keywords: Russians, Old Settlers, Yakutia, Russkoye Ustye, physical anthropology, ethnic identity, surnames, population, physical type, admixture.