CONTENTS
PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE
A.P. Derevianko, Gao Xing, J.W. Olsen, and E.P. Rybin. The Paleolithic of Dzungaria (Xinjiang, Northwest China) Based on Materials from the Luotuoshi Site p. 2 - 18.
N.K. Anisyutkin, A.L. Chepalyga, S.I. Kovalenko, and A.K. Ocherednoi. Excavations at the Bairaki Lower Paleolithic Site, Trans-Dniesteria, in 2011 p. 19 - 27.
V.T. Petrin , T.I. Nokhrina, N.A. Kulik, and I.V. Usacheva. Upper Paleolithic Rock Crystal Artifacts from the Southeastern Shore of Lake Bolshiye Allaki, the Southern Urals p. 28 - 40.
K.Yu. Kiryushin, Yu.F. Kiryushin, and I.G. Glushkov . The Use of Animal Hair in Ceramic Manufacturing at the Tytkesken-2 Neolithic Site, Western Siberia p. 41 - 50.
A.D. Stepanov, Ya.V. Kuzmin, G.W.L. Hodgins, and A.J.T. Jull. Kyordyughen Site, Ymyiakhtakh Culture, Yakutia: An Interpretation of Burial Rite p. 51 - 61.
THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD
V.I. Molodin, A.S. Pilipenko, A.A. Zhuravlev, R.O. Trapezov, and A.G. Romaschenko. An Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA from the Pakhomovskaya Population of the Late Bronze Age, Western Siberia p. 62 - 69.
N.P. Matveyeva. Kozlov Mys-2 Burial Ground and Issues of Chronology for the Early to Late Iron Age Transition in the Trans-Ural Region p. 70 - 85.
L.N. Ermolenko and Zh.K. Kurmankulov. New Early Iron Age Statue from Sary-Arka p. 86 - 94.
I.V. Kovtun. “Horse-Headed” Staffs and the Cult of the Horse Head in Northwestern Asia in the 2nd Millennium BC p. 95 - 105.
V.M. Dyakonov. Ceramics of the Ulakhan-Segelennyakh Culture, Early Bronze Age, Yakutia p. 106 - 115.
S.V. Polin and E.G. Karnaukh. Scythian Burial Mound of the 4th Century BC at Kremenevka, Northeastern Azov Region p. 116 - 128.
P.V. Volkov and A.V. Novikov. A Carnelian Cabochon from Tashara-Karier-2, the Upper Ob Basin: Technological Issues p. 129 - 133.
A.S. Yakimov, A.I. Kaidalov, E.A. Sechko, K.E. Pustovoytov, and Ya.V. Kuzyakov. Soils of an Early Medieval (4th–6th Centuries) Settlement in the Middle Tobol Region and their Paleogeographic Implication p. 134 - 143.
ETHNOLOGY
Yu.E. Berezkin. Folklore Parallels Between Siberia and South Asia and the Mythology of the Eurasian Steppes p. 144 - 155.
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