CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko, V.I. Molodin, and M.V. Shunkov. Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS: Principal Results of Archaeological Research p. 2 - 23.

V.S. Zykin, V.S. Zykina, and V.S. Zazhigin. Issues in Separating and Correlating Pliocene and Quaternary Sediments of Southwestern Siberia p. 24 - 40.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

L.A. Sokolova. Okunev Cultural Tradition in the Stratigraphic Aspect p. 41 - 51.

A.P. Borodovsky and А.N. Telegin. Horn Saddle Ornaments Dating to the Scythian Period from the Ob Plateau p. 52 - 62.

A.V. Gordienko. Raduzhny “Hoard” p. 63 - 74.

S.Y. Gutsalov. Burials of the Nomadic Elite in the South Ural Region (mid-1st Millennium BC) p. 75 - 92.

I.V. Aseyev. Shaman Burial Rituals in the Cis-Baikal Region (Olkhon, Irkutsk Province) Based on Archaeological and Ethnographic Data p. 93 - 99.

Z.V. Dode. Bestiary on Mongolian Silks: Style and Semantics of Design p. 100 - 113.

I.V. Zhurbin, A.A. Bobachev, and V.P. Zverev. Geophysical Studies of a Cultural Horizon: The Case of the Idnakar Settlement (9th – 13th centuries) p. 114 - 124.

E.P. Matochkin. Petroglyphs of Komdosh-Bom p. 125 - 135.

A.P. Laskin. The Rock Art of Sikachi-Alian: Future Study and Preservation p. 136 - 142.

ETHNOLOGY

E.A. Volzhanina. The Forest Nenets: Habitat and Population Size in the 20th Century, and the Present Demographic Situation p. 143 - 154.

A.S. Zuyev. Their Faith Prevents them from Giving Hostages”: The Chukotan Attitude to the Russian Practice of Taking Hostages (17th – 18th Centuries) p. 155 - 159.