Reindeer grazing has been entitled as ecological keystone in arctic–alpine landscapes. In
addition, reindeer husbandry is tightly connected to the identity of the indigenous Sámi …

There is no single volume that encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the
Sámi people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. Neil Kent's book fills this …

A recurrent topic in ethnographic, historical and archaeological research has been the
origins of Sámi reindeer pastoralism. The article discusses how prevailing theories have …

The question of how reindeer pastoralism came about has been the subject of recurrent
scientific inquiry from many different disciplines. In order to investigate the genetic traces …

This study focuses on the transitional steps leading from a hunter-gatherer economy to
reindeer pastoralism among the Sami of northern Sweden. Changes in land use and …

It is not until the fourteenth century that written records offer a glimpse into the coastal
societies of Northern Sweden. Records include references to a social stratum referred to as …

The distinctive Sami historical land use concerning reindeer management and settlement of
inner Troms, North Norway, is reflected in places with archaeological remains. The insight …

Historical contingency is the impact of past events, like the timing and order of species
arrival, on community assembly, and can sometimes result in alternative stable states of …

In studies on natural dynamics, biodiversity and reference conditions legacies of
preindustrial human land use are often neglected. In this study, using archaeology and …

We study forestry in the Sámi people homeland to understand an ongoing conflict between
conventional forestry and maintaining forests as reindeer pastures vital for indigenous Sámi …