CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko, J.W. Olsen, D. Tseveendorj, S.A. Gladyshev, T.I. Nokhrina, and A.V. Tabarev. New Insights into the Archaeological Record at Chikhen Agui Rockshelter (Mongolia) p. 2 - 12.

A.P. Derevianko, M.V. Shunkov, and P.V. Volkov. A Paleolithic Bracelet from Denisova Cave p. 13 - 25.

V.V. Pitulko. Principal Excavation Techniques under Permafrost Conditions (Based on Zhokhov and Yana Sites, Northern Yakutia) p. 26 - 33.

S.K. Vasiliev. Late Pleistocene Bison (Bison p. priscus Bojanis, 1827) from the Southeastern Part of Western Siberia p. 34 - 56.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A.S. Pilipenko, A.G. Romaschenko, V.I. Molodin, I.V. Kulikov, V.F. Kobzev, D.V. Pozdnyakov, and O.I. Novikova. Infant Burials in Dwellings at Chicha-1, in the Baraba Forest-Steppe: Results of DNA Analysis p. 57 - 67.

A.N. Popov. Burial Assemblages of Boisman-2 – a Stratifi ed Site in Southern Primorye p. 68 - 76.

N.V. Polosmak, E.S. Bogdanov, D. Tseveendorj, and N. Erdene-Ochir. The Burial Construction of Noin Ula Mound 20, Mongolia p. 77 - 87.

I.V. Filatova. Ornamental Traditions of the Lower Amur Neolithic p. 88 - 95.

I.V. Aseyev. Horseman Image on an Ostrich Eggshell Fragment p. 96 - 99.

Yu.N. Esin and Yu.I. Ozheredov. Gamma-shaped Artifacts from Western and Southern Siberia, the Urals, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia p. 100 - 111.

ETHNOLOGY

D.Ts. Tsydenova. Destiny in the Traditional Beliefs of the Aginsk Buryats p. 112 - 121.

E.E. Voytishek. A Historical and Ethnological Analysis of Intellectual Play in the Japanese Art of Incense Blending: The Banmono Board Play p. 122 - 132.

Gypsy Easter p. 133 - 142.

ANTHROPOLOGY

A.V. Zubova. The Paleodemography of Western Siberia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age p. 143 - 153.

Pang M.K. and V.Yu. Bakholdina. The Origins of the Koreans: Evidence of Physical Anthropology p. 154 - 159.