ABORIGINE CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH AS HERITAGE OBJECTS

Abstract

The paper presents a problem of preservation of cultural landscapes of indigenous peoples as a part of national cultural heritage of Russia. The structure and features of aboriginal cultural landscapes of the North that reflect semiotic arrangement of areas under economic development are discussed. This paper also focuses on the problem of identification and mapping of real and virtual aboriginal cultural landscapes of the North and their ecological—economic functions.

Keywords

• cultural landscapes
• indigenous peoples of the north
• heritage
• preservation
• mapping