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SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL VALUE OF MAMMOTH TUSKS
JOURNAL: Volume 14, No. 2, 2024, p. 226-237HEADING: Study and development of nature resources of the Arctic
AUTHORS: Protopopov, A.V., Protopopova, V.V., Protopopova, G.A.
ORGANIZATIONS: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Institute of Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2024-2-226-237
UDC: 903.2:167.1:338.14
The article was received on: 22.12.2023
Keywords: Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, legal regulation, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), export, mammoth tusks, examination, cultural values, scientific value
Bibliographic description: Protopopov, A.V., Protopopova, V.V., Protopopova, G.A. Scientific and cultural value of mammoth tusks. Arktika: ekologiya i ekonomika. [Arctic: Ecology and Economy], 2024, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 226-237. DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2024-2-226-237. (In Russian).
Abstract:
The authors consider the issues of examination of mammoth tusks intended for export to classify them as cultural values. Mammoth tusks are a valuable export commodity, the extraction of which involves thousands of households in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. At the same time, some of the tusks have undeniable scientific and, therefore, cultural value. The article examines the shortcomings of current regulations governing the assessment of mammoth tusks in terms of their cultural value, as well as cultural value of special significance. The authors identify characteristics by which the examination of tusks due to be carried out, taking into account their scientific and corresponding cultural value.
Finance info: The article was prepared as part of the implementation of the State assignment of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 1.1.1. “Palaeoecological studies of the mammoth fauna living conditions in the Pleistocene and Holocene on the territory of Yakutia”.
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