CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.K. Agadjanian and M.V. Shunkov. Evolution of the Quaternary Environment in the Northwestern Altai p. 2 - 18.

M.N. Zheltova. Kostenki-4: The Position of Artifacts in Space and Time (the Analysis of the Cultural Layer) p. 19 - 27.

A.K. Ocherednoi and E.V. Voskresenskaya. Stratigraphic Data on Middle Paleolithic Sites in the Upper Desna Basin p. 28 - 36.

D. Nadel and G. Lengyel. Human-made Bedrock Holes (Mortars and Cupmarks) as a Late Natufi an Social Phenomenon p. 37 - 48.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

S.S. Minyaev. Tsaram: A Burial Ground of the Hsiung-nu Elite in Transbaikalia p. 49 - 58.

V.I. Molodin, L.A. Prasolova, M.A. Potapov, V.I. Evsikov, H. Parzinger, and D. Tseveendorj. Species Attribution of Hair of the Pazyryk Fur Coat from the Olon-Kurin-Gol-10 Burial Ground, Mongolia (Based on Morphometric Analysis) p. 59 - 66.

Y.B. Serikov, O.N. Korochkova, S.V. Kuzminykh, and V.I. Stefanov. Shaitanskoye Ozero II: New Aspects of the Uralian Bronze Age p. 67 - 78.

P. Rowley-Conwy and Y.E. Vostretsov. Yankovsky Economics: Animal Bones from 1st Millennium BC Settlements in Primorye, Russian Far East p. 79 - 84.

I.V. Palaguta. “Technical Decoration” of the Tripolye Ceramics p. 85 - 91.

D.G. Savinov. On the Interpretation of Central Asian and South Siberian Rock Art p. 92 - 103.

ETHNOLOGY

D.M. Mansheev. Forms of Nomadism and Livestock Management of the Eastern Sayan Buryats in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries p. 104 - 109.

Harvesting of Siberian Pine Nuts in Mountain Shoria: Traditions and Nowadays p. 110 - 118.

ANTHROPOLOGY

S.L. Sankina. The Ethnic History of Medieval Novgorod (Based on Craniometric Data) p. 119 - 134.

A.A. Zubov. Seliungur Teeth Revisited p. 135 - 143.

L.K. Gudkova. L.K. Gudkova. p. 144 - 152.

PERSONALIA

Myths and Legends by Li Fuqing: B.L. Riftin – 75 Years p. 153 - 157.

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