CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. The Bifacial Technique in China p. 2 - 32.

P.Yu. Pavlov. The Paleolithic of Northeastern Europe: New Data p. 33 - 45.

A. Zieba, V. Sitlivy, K. Sobczyk, and A.V. Kolesnik. Raw Material Exploitation and Intra-site Spatial Distribution at Two Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic Sites in the Krakow Region: Piekary IIa and Ksiecia Jozefa p. 46 - 57.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V.A. Deryugin. On the Defi nition of the Term ‘Okhotsk Culture’ p. 58 - 66.

V.I. Molodin and N.S. Efremova. The Kuilyu (Kucherla-1) Sanctuary: Continuity of Irrational Experience p. 67 - 78.

P.V. Mandryka. Pottery of the Samodelka Type from the Final Bronze Age in the Middle Yenisei p. 79 - 84.

S.V. Bashtannik. Archaeobotanical Studies at Medieval Sites in the Arys River Valley p. 85 - 92.

A.A. Tishkin and V.P. Mylnikov. Wooden Artifacts from Yaloman II Mound 31, the Altai p. 93 - 102.

A.P. Borodovsky. Specializations in Ancient Bone Carving p. 103 - 108.

I.V. Schmidt. Siberian Paleolithic Ornithomorphous Figurines: A Forgotten Hypothesis and Its Prospects p. 109 - 114.

ETHNOLOGY

M.I. Vasiliev. Evolution of the Russian Sleigh: Functional Aspect p. 115 - 122.

“Kamva-2007”: Traditional Culture in the Context of the Ethno-Futuristic Festival p. 123 - 133.

ANTHROPOLOGY

V.G. Moiseyev. On the Origin of the Okhotsk Population of Northern and Eastern Hokkaido: Cranial Evidence p. 134 - 141.

S.L. Sankina. The Norse Problem in Light of Craniometric Data: Medieval Populations of Northern and Northwestern Russia (11th – 13th Centuries) p. 142 - 156.

PERSONALIA

Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Chindina p. 157 - 159.