CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

R. Yeshurun, M.-H. Moncel, D. Pleurdeau, R. Pinhasi, N. Tushabramishvili, T. Agapishvili, and D. Lordkipanidze. Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic in Bondi Cave, Republic of Georgia p. 2 - 13.

A.V. Leonov, M.N. Anikushkin, A.E. Bobkov, I.V. Rys, M.B. Kozlikin, M.V. Shunkov, A.P. Derevianko, and Y.M. Baturin. Development of a Virtual 3D Model of Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains p. 14 - 20.

T.Y. Nomokonova, R.J. Losey, O.I. Goriunova, and V.I. Bazaliiskii. Holocene Seal Imagery in the Lake Baikal Region of Eastern Siberia p. 21 - 28.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V.I. Molodin, L.N. Mylnikova, D.V. Selin, and A.V. Neskorov. The Organization of the Mortuary Space in the Late Bronze Age: The Stary Sad Burial Ground, Baraba Forest-Steppe, Southern Siberia p. 29 - 45.

A.G. Bersenev, L.N. Koryakova, I.V. Chechushkov, and S.V. Sharapova. Cheek-Pieces for a Horse Harness from the Kamenny Ambar Settlement p. 46 - 54.

V.K. Fedorov. “Hoofed Carnivore” Image Carved on a Bone Spoon from the Sara Burial Ground, Eastern Orenburg Region p. 55 - 65.

T.V. Lobanova and O.V. Kardash. Subsistence and Ritual Practices at the Polui Fortifi ed Settlement, Western Siberia (Based on Fauna Remains) p. 66 - 79.

M.A. Shah. Revisiting the Chronology of the Early Sculptural Art of Kashmir, India p. 80 - 86.

A.V. Danich and N.B. Krylasova. New Belt of the “Byzantine Circle” from the Medieval Bayanovsky Burial Ground in the Perm Territory p. 87 - 94.

A.P. Borodovsky. Alloy Composition in the Prestigious Silver Ware of the Old Turkic Period of Southern Siberia p. 95 - 99.

A.N. Golotvin. Concerning the History of Russian Archaeology in the Studies of A.D. Pryakhin (For the 75th Anniversary of the Scholar) p. 100 - 105.

ETHNOLOGY

O.V. Maltseva and S.P. Nesterov. Elements of the Inau Cult in Ethnic and Cultural Contacts of the Southern Far East p. 106 - 116.

V.A. Burnakov and D.T. Tsydenova. The Mount of Yzykh Tagh with Relation to the Sacred Space and Ritual of the Khakas (Late 19th–20th Century) p. 117 - 127.

M.V. Ulyanova, M.B. Lavryashina, V.V. Nikolaev, I.V. Oktyabrskaya, and V.G. Druzhinin. Native Populations of the Northern Altai: Demographic Processes of the Late 19th–Early 21st Century as Refl ected in Surname Dynamics p. 128 - 140.

ANTHROPOLOGY

S.S. Tur. Bilateral Asymmetry of Long Bones in Bronze and Early Iron Age Pastoralists of the Altai p. 141 - 156.

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