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The Yakut people : a Siberian mystery / a film by Agnès Molia and Clémence Lutz.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Arkeo
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
- Ethnology.
- Yakut (Turkic people)--Social life and customs--Siberia--14th-18th centuries A.D.
- Yakut (Turkic people).
- Archaeothanatology--Yakut--Siberia.
- Archaeothanatology.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2016]
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Straddling the Arctic Circle, in eastern Siberia, lies one of the coldest inhabited areas on earth: Yakutia. Here lives a singular people whose origins were totally unknown until a team of archaeologists and geneticists studied this enigma. In Yakutia, temperatures can reach -70°C in winter. In summer the thermometer often displays 30°C, 100 degrees more than in winter! Here, for centuries, several peoples have lived together, including nomadic reindeer hunters who have now almost disappeared. However, another people who have survived until today are the Yakuts, horse breeders with a language and culture totally different from those of the reindeer hunters. Where do the Yakuts come from? How did they manage to survive in the land of ice? Archaeologists have revealed the story of a successful adaptation.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on August 15, 2024).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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