Abstract

Author:
Donatas Brandišauskas translated by Baozang Yong, Xiang Wan

Doi: 10.7508/jra.01.2024.78.87

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This article is based on my ethnographic fieldwork research among indigenous Evenki reindeer herders and hunters in the Yakutiia and Amurskaia Oblast’ in 2016–2017 as well as on my long-term field research in the northern part of the Zabaikalskii Krai and the Buriatiia Republics. Here, this research aims to elaborate on contemporary indigenous perceptions of and engagements with the rock art sites in east Siberia. It demonstrates how socalled archaeological monuments have been serving as significant landscape features as well as a source of ritual and cosmological inspiration for local inhabitants for centuries. Thereby, it demonstrates some ethnographic evidence and interpretations proposing that different landscape features were used in creating permanent ritual sites and are standing as important monumental objects conveying cosmological ideas of the Evenki. This article also reflects on some practical aspects of how these ritual monuments were created, modified and used for centuries. It will also demonstrate how experiences of engagements with rock art sites play an important role in humans’ interactions with non-human beings and land use.
本文基于作者在2016~2017年对雅库特共和国和阿穆尔州土著鄂温克驯鹿牧民和猎人进行的民族志田野调查研究，以及作者在后贝加尔边疆区北部和布里亚特共和国进行的长期田野研究。该研究旨在深入探讨当代土著对东西伯利亚岩画遗址的认知和与之互动的情况。本文展示了所谓的考古遗迹如何几个世纪以来一直作为重要的景观特征，并为当地居民提供仪式和宇宙启示的源泉。同时，本研究展示了一些民族志证据和解释，提出不同的景观特征得以用于创建永久性的仪式场所，并成为传达鄂温克人宇宙观的重要遗迹。本文还从一些实际方面探讨了几个世纪以来上述仪式遗迹是如何得以创建、修改和使用的。同时展示了与岩画遗址互动的经历如何在人类与非人类的互动和土地利用中发挥重要作用。

KEYWORDS
Perception of rock art – Evenki rituals – Yakutiia Republic – Amurskaia Oblast
岩画认知；鄂温克仪式；雅库特共和国；阿穆尔州