Open AccessExperience in identifying Sami sacred objects in Russian Lapland: “bratya”of the Srednii Peninsula, Murmansk coast of the Barents sea.
Author(s) -
Mark Shakhnovich,
Marianna Kulkova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
trudy kolʹskogo naučnogo centra ran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2307-5252
DOI - 10.37614/2307-5252.2020.6.19.013
Subject(s) - peninsula , natural (archaeology) , object (grammar) , historiography , ethnography , kola peninsula , archaeology , geography , geology , history , philosophy , geochemistry , linguistics
The article is devoted by field investigations of stone natural object “Bratya”located in the Srednii Peninsula of the Murmansk coast of the Barents Sea which were in 2011. At the first the special study of objects-“sieidas”of theRussian Lapland was carried out in the Murmansk region. The geochemical investigations supported the speculation about some ancient rituals like sacrifices that has been performed around rock pillars. Apparently it was perceived as expressive natural object possessing sacred properties what named in historiography of the Sami ethnography as “sieid”.