CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 1: The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Central Asia and the Near East p. 2 - 38.

R. Ghukasyan, D. Colonge, S. Nahapetyan, V. Ollivier, B. Gasparyan, H. Monchot, and Ch. Chataigner. Kalavan-2 (North of Lake Sevan, Armenia): A New Late Middle Paleolithic Site in the Lesser Caucasus p. 39 - 51.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Yu.B. Tsetlin and E.V. Volkova. The Role of Science-Based Methods in the Study of Ancient Pottery as a Source of Historical Information p. 52 - 59.

V.A. Drebushchak, L.N. Mylnikova, and T.N. Drebushchak. Physical and Chemical Properties of Ceramics from the Chronologically Transitional (Late Bronze – Early Iron Age) Site of Linyovo-1, Southern Siberia: Methodological Prospects and Interpretation of the Results p. 60 - 75.

V.V. Bobrov, P.V. Volkov, and P.V. German. The Utinka Burial p. 76 - 84.

N.M. Chairkina. Peat-Bog Sites in the Eastern Urals p. 85 - 92.

S.V. Lapteff. The Origin and Development of the Wucheng Culture (in the Context of Intercultural Contacts between Bronze Age Inhabitants of the Lower Yangtze Valley and Indochina Peninsula) p. 93 - 102.

ETHNOLOGY

T.I. Dronova. Circle Dance Festival “Gorka”: Traditions and Innovations p. 103 - 109.

The Open Letters of Sergei Borisov: From the History of Photography in the Altai p. 110 - 121.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Yu.F. Kiryushin and K.N. Solodovnikov. The Origins of the Andronovo (Fedorovka) Population of Southwestern Siberia, Based on a Middle Bronze Age Cranial Series from the Altai Forest-Steppe Zone p. 122 - 142.

M.L. Butovskaya, E.V. Veselovskaya, and A.V. Prudnikova. Models of Man’s Biosocial Adaptation in an Industrial Society p. 143 - 154.

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