CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

S.K. Vasiliev, A.P. Derevianko and S.V. Markin. Large Mammal Fauna of the Sartan Period from the Northwestern Altai (Based on Materials from Kaminnaya Cave) p. 2 - 22.

N.I. Drozdov and V.P. Chekha. The Mammoth Fauna and Environmental Changes on the Taimyr Peninsula from the Middle Pleistocene through the Holocene p. 23 - 34.

A.I. Saksa. The Karelian Isthmus: Origins of the Natural and Human Environment p. 35 - 44.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A.N. Alekseyev, E.K. Zhirkov, A.D. Stepanov, A.K. Sharaborin, and L.L. Alekseyeva. Burial of an Ymyiakhtakh Warrior in Kyordyughen, Yakutia p. 45 - 52.

I.V. Aseyev. Ritual Objects from a Neolithic Site at the Elgen River Mouth and their Relevance in Prehistoric, Eastern Siberian Shamanism p. 53 - 60.

S.P. Grushin. Origins of Various Design Elements in Seima-Turbino Bronze Artifacts p. 61 - 67.

M.G. Ivanova and I.V. Zhurbin. Evaluating Science-Based Approaches in the Study of the Medieval Udmurt Settlement Idnakar p. 68 - 79.

A.M. Novichikhin and V.A. Trifonov. Zoomorphic Scepter Head from Anapa Museum p. 80 - 86.

V.D. Kubarev and V.I. Zabelin. Avian Fauna in Central Asian Rock Art: Archaeological and Ethnological Evidence p. 87 - 103.

E.P. Matochkin. Petroglyphs at Green Lake: Altai Bronze Age Monument p. 104 - 115.

ETHNOLOGY

O.N. Shelegina. Results and Perspectives for Studying Adaptation Processes in the Sustenance Culture of the Russian Population of Siberia (18th – Early 20th Centuries) p. 116 - 125.

E.F. Fursova. Ornithomorphic Symbols in the Traditional Peasant Culture of the Ob Basin, Baraba and Kulunda Steppes, and the Altai (Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries) p. 126 - 136.

I.R.Vasilevsky. Religious Beliefs and Ritual Calendar of Pre-Christian Russia (Based on Archeological Finds from Chernaya Mogila) p. 137 - 144.

Spring. Russian Orthodoxy in the Altai: Old and New Faith in Changing Times p. 145 - 156.

PERSONALIA

Yury Fedorovich Kiryushin p. 157 - 158.