UrFU scientist will discover secrets of the Arctic

10:50, August 28, 2015

Andrey Golovnev will present a report on settlement of new territories by the ancient nomads in the north of Eurasia

Head of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Faculty of History of Ural Federal University Andrey Golovnev prepared a report for the International Northern Archaeological Congress. At the forum the scientist will talk about the development of remote areas by the ancient nomads and a person's ability to establish control over the space.

"Today, there are several models of the development in the Arctic, which are represented by nomadic cultures, and their comparison with the ancient cultures gives a clue to the secret how the Arctic and northern Eurasia had been developed. Our country is the north of Eurasia. In ancient times it was the periglacial region, which is generally looked like the Arctic. So when we speak about the Arctic in relation to antiquity, we speak about the space that is now called Russia".

Modern nomads kept the key technologies of conquering the north that were invented in ancient times. Today the style of nomadic movement is slightly different, but in general, it is possible to draw analogies.

"In Congress, I will present the report prepared on the basis of a new method of so-called three-dimensional recording: road, map and action, - says Andrey Golovnev. - We apply a live mapping, the recording of movement of nomads by the GPS-navigator, multiscale mapping and photo and video filming. As a result we receive to just a text description, but a live picture and thereby restore the picture of the movement, migration and interaction".

IV International Northern Archaeological Congress will be held on October 19-23 in Khanty-Mansiysk. More than 200 scientists from Russia, Finland, France, Kazakhstan, India, Canada and other countries submitted applications to participate in the Congress.

The organizers of the event are the government of Ugra, Ugra Department of Culture, the Institute of History and Archaeology ( Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Ural Federal University, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the "Center for Protection of Cultural Heritage."