CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. Blade and Microblade Industries in Northern, Eastern and Central Asia 1. African Origin and Spread to the Near East p. 3 - 22.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

R. Shirazi and M. Soltani. The Evidence of Rock Art in Iranian Makran: Aps-e Goalm and Kouhbodan-e Jor Petroglyphs, Qasr-e Qand p. 23 - 33.

S.N. Korenevskiy, M.B. Mednikova, and V.V. Bochkovoy. New Findings Relating to the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya Burial Rite p. 34 - 42.

A.V. Polyakov and Y.N. Esin. Horn Figurines from an Okunev Burial on Lake Itkul, Khakassia, Southern Siberia p. 43 - 57.

V.V. Bobrov and P.V. German. An Anthropomorphic Horn Figurine from the Northern Foothills of the Kuznetsky Alatau, Southern Siberia p. 58 - 63.

N.L. Morgunova, A.A. Evgenyev, and L.V. Kuptsova. A Funerary Complex of the Sintashta Age at Maloyuldashevo I, Western Orenburg Region p. 64 - 71.

V.P. Mylnikov and L.N. Mylnikova. Dwellings and Utility Structures at Linevo-1 – a Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Settlement in the Salair Region, Western Siberia p. 72 - 86.

A.P. Borodovsky. The Reconstruction of Cultural Processes in the Forest-Steppe Ob Basin During the Early Iron Age, Based on the Chronology of the Bystrovka Cemetery p. 87 - 96.

L.T. Yablonsky. Unusual New Findings at Filippovka-1 Burial Mound 1, Southern Urals p. 97 - 108.

Y.S. Hudiakov, K.S. Tabaldiev, A.Y. Borisenko, and A. Orozbekova. Ancient Turkic Stone Statues at Tuura-Suu, Kyrgyzstan p. 109 - 115.

P.O. Senotrusova, P.V. Mandryka, and A.A. Tishkin. Metal Details of Mongolian Age Belt-Sets from the Angara Taiga p. 116 - 125.

ETHNOLOGY

A.V. Baulo. Gods and Humans: Living Under the Same Roof p. 126 - 137.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.S. Pilipenko, R.O. Trapezov, and N.V. Polosmak. A Genetic Analysis of Human Remains from Ak-Alakha-3 Burial Mound 1, Gorny Altai p. 138 - 145.

Y.V. Bogunov, O.V. Maltseva, A.A. Bogunova, and E.V. Balanovskaya. The Nanay Clan Samar: The Structure of Gene Pool Based on Y-Chromosome Markers p. 146 - 152.

INFORMATION

International Symposium “Cultural Developments in the Eurasian Paleolithic and the Origin of Anatomically Modern Human”. July 1–7, 2014. p. 153 - 155.

PERSONALIA

The Life of a Happy Person: for Tatiana Troitskaya at her Ninety p. 156 - 157.

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