CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

K.A. Kolobova, D. Flas, A.P. Derevianko, K.K. Pavlenok, U.I. Islamov, and A.I. Krivoshapkin. The Kulbulak Bladelet Tradition in the Upper Paleolithic of Central Asia p. 2 - 25.

A.A. Anoykin, V.S. Slavinski, N.A. Rudaya, and A.G. Rybalko. New Findings on Lithic Industries of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Boundary in Dagestan p. 26 - 39.

E.V. Doronicheva, M.A. Kulkova, and M.S. Shackley. Exploitation of Lithic Raw Material in the Northwestern Caucasus Upper Paleolithic p. 40 - 53.

A.J. Tripp and N.E. Schmidt. Analyzing Fertility and Attraction in the Paleolithic: The Venus Figurines p. 54 - 60.

T. Meshveliani. On Neolithic Origins in Western Georgia p. 61 - 72.

N.A. Rudaya, A.A. Vasilevski, V.A. Grishchenko, and A.V. Mozhaev. Environmental Conditions of the Late Paleolithic and Early Neolithic Sites in Southern Sakhalin p. 73 - 82.

V.N. Karmanov, A.V. Chernov, N.E. Zaretskaya, A.V. Panin, and A.V. Volokitin. Paleochannel Studies in Archaeology: The Case of the Vychegda River, Northeastern European Russia p. 83 - 93.

V.E. Medvedev and Yu.B. Tsetlin. Technological Analysis of the Earliest Ceramics from the Amur Region (13–10 Thousand Years BP) p. 94 - 107.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

M.G. Ivanova, I.V. Zhurbin, and A.N. Kirillov. Fortifi cations at Idnakar Settlement: The Findings of Interdisciplinary Research p. 108 - 119.

A.V. Gordienko. The Plamya Sibiri Sanctuary p. 120 - 125.

N.Yu. Kungurova and Yu.V. Oborin. A Hoard Found on the Uibat River, Minusinsk Basin p. 126 - 136.

S.V. Lapteff. Early Iron Age Burial Practices of the Ancient Khmer People: The Phum Snay Necropolis, Northwestern Cambodia p. 137 - 145.

ANTHROPOLOGY

M.B. Mednikova. Distal Phalanx of the Hand of Homo from Denisova Cave Stratum 12: A Tentative Description p. 146 - 155.

PERSONALIA

Geoarchaeologist Viktor Vladimirovich Zaikov p. 156 - 157.

CONTRIBUTORS