Археологические исследования Г.А.Пытлякова в Оймяконском районе Якутии

Abstract

The article presents results of archaeological survey conducted by G. A. Pytlyakov, the Lecturer of the Yakut State Pedagogical Institute, in the Oymyakonsky District of Yakutia in 1955. The works under discussion resulting in the discovery of materials related to the Yakut first-settlers in the territory: remains of balagan-type housing structures, traces of urasa-type temporary portable dwellings, ground burials, and petroglyphs. It has been noted that the economy and material culture of the Upper Indigirka Yakuts had a number of features determined by harsh natural conditions of the region. An opinion has been expressed that, in the past, the Oymyakon yakuts were not engaged in cattle breeding, as their settlements were located in the places neither convenient nor suitable for cattle breeding. It has been assumed that the Ingigirka basin may have a certain potential for searching other petroglyphs.