CONTENTS
PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE
N. Rolland. The Pleistocene Peopling of the North: Paleolithic Milestones and Thresholds Horizons in Northern Eurasia.
Part I: Lower Paleolithic Antecedents p. 2 - 17.
P. Biagi and E. Starnini. The Levallois Mousterian Assemblages of Sindh (Pakistan) and Their Relations with the Middle
Paleolithic of the Indian Subcontinent p. 18 - 32.
A.A. Vybornov, V.S. Mosin, and A.V. Epimakhov. Chronology of the Uralian Neolithic p. 33 - 48.
THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD
V.I. Molodin. The Late Krotovo (Cherno-Ozerye) Culture in the Irtysh Forest-Steppe, Western Siberia p. 49 - 54.
L.V. Zotkina, A.S. Tekhterekov, V.M. Kharevich, and H. Plisson. An Experimental Study of Percussion Technologies in
the Minusinsk Basin: Percussion and Tool Types p. 55 - 65.
S.N. Korenevsky. Prehistoric Wars and the Origin of Military Power (Based on Archaeological and Historical-
Ethnological Data) p. 66 - 80.
N.M. Chairkina. Anthropomorphic Wooden Figures from the Trans-Urals p. 81 - 89.
N.V. Fedorova. Images on Metal Ware: The Graphic Art of Northwestern Siberia and the Cis-Urals p. 90 - 99.
S.I. Baranova. Seventeenth Century Moscow Tiles in Russia p. 100 - 106.
Y.S. Hudiakov. Female Ornaments of the Xiongnu-Xianbei Age from Ulug-Choltukh, the Edigan River Valley, Gorny
Altai p. 107 - 114.
D.A. Trynkina. Kayakers Near Scotland’s Northern Shores at the Turn of the 17th–18th Centuries: Main Theories of
Origin p. 115 - 122.
ETHNOLOGY
F.F. Bolonev and E.D. Fedotova. Bichura Village (Transbaikalia): Foundation and Population Growth (18th–Late
20th Century) p. 123 - 129.
ANTHROPOLOGY
T.A. Chikisheva, A.V. Zubova, A.L. Krivoshapkin, V.P. Kurbatov, P.V. Volkov, and A.T. Titov. Trepanation Among the
Early Nomads of Gorny Altai: A Multidisciplinary Study p. 130 - 141.
A.A. Kazarnitsky. On the Biological Distinctness of the Pit-Grave (Yamnaya) People in the Northwestern Caspian: Cranial
Evidence p. 142 - 150.
INFORMATION
Y.B. Tsetlin. International Symposium “Recent Approaches to Ancient Ceramics in Archaeology” October 29–31, 2013 p. 151 - 157.
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