People of the Tundra

Anthony Freschi
Anthropology 102
Professor Dr. rump Ziker
September 18, 2010
Peoples of the Tundra
By Dr. John Ziker
Dr. John Ziker in Chapter two of Peoples of the Tundra (2002) begins with discussing the geography, climate, environment, and ecology. Ziker explains the importance in the northern Taimyr argonna because it is a feeding ground for the wild reindeer, which is the largest in the world. He also explains the four main river systems named the Yenisei River, the Piasina River, the Avam River, and the Dudypta River. The Avam and the Dudypta rivers be essential to the Dolgan and Nganasans, because the areas just about the rivers are utilized by both tribes. The climate in the Taimyr is based on a paired day and polar night system. In the polar day, the days are bimestrial and the sun does not set. Where in polar nights the sun does the opposite, and the nights are longer. The winters associated with the polar night raft be extremely cold, and temperatures can be well below the freezing point. Where the temperature warms up in the polar day enough to melt the snow, and vegetation is more(prenominal) frequent.
The wildlife in the in the region, ranges from different types of species, which includes mammals, fish, birds, mushrooms, and berries.



Each species are principal(prenominal) to the Dolgan and Nganasan, because they are all are utilized in their hunt activities. In both of the tribes hunts, the animals being employ for food are mainly reindeer and fish. There are many strategic ways of hunt and killing their prey, peripheral hunting, on the water caribou hunting, and on land caribou hunting. The most dangerous type hunting is the incidental hunting because the hunters are pursual the migrating herd of caribou, and there could be a chance the hunters could run into brown bears, which are also following the herd for food. Other foraging activities include geese hunts, arctic dodger trapping, and fishing. They also collect firewood, and gather mushrooms and berries.
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