CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko, S.V. Markin, N.A. Kulik, and K.A. Kolobova. Lithic Raw Material Exploitation in the Sibiryachikha Facies, the Middle Paleolithic of Altai p. 3 - 16.

A.P. Derevianko, S.V. Markin, S.A. Gladyshev, and J.W. Olsen. The Early Upper Paleolithic of the Gobi Altai Region in Mongolia (Based on Materials from the Chikhen-2 Site) p. 17 - 41.

T.V. Kornienko. On the Problem of Human Sacrifi ce in Northern Mesopotamia in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic p. 42 - 49.

A.P. Okladnikov , V.E. Medvedev, and I.V. Filatova. The First Systematic Excavations on Suchu Island and Radiocarbon Dates of the Site (1972) p. 50 - 63.

A.V. Tabarev and Y. Kanomata. “Tropical Package”: Peculiarities of the Lithic Industries of the Most Ancient Cultures, Coastal Ecuador, Pacifi c Basin p. 64 - 76.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V.I. Molodin, I.A. Durakov, L.S. Kobeleva, and L.A. Koneva. Fish in the Burial Rite of Andronovo (Fedorovka) People, Based on Tartas-1 Cemetery p. 77 - 90.

E. S. Bogdanov. “Life Stones” from the Noyon Uul Burials (Based on Findings of the 2006–2012 Field Seasons) p. 91 - 99.

ETHNOLOGY

A.Y. Mainicheva. Ethno-Confessional Markers of Russian Identity in the 17th–18th-Century Siberia: Churches with Barrel Roofing p. 100 - 106.

B.R. Zoriktuev. The Turkic Version of the Origins of the Ergene-Kun Legend: Mistakes and Delusions p. 107 - 115.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.V. Zubova and T.A. Chikisheva. Nonmetric Dental Trait Distribution in the Neolithic Populations of Southwestern Siberia p. 116 - 127.

A.P. Borodovsky and S.S. Tur. Barangol: A Pazyryk Cemetery on the Lower Katun, Gorny Altai p. 128 - 141.

G.A. Aksyanova. Russkoye Ustye: Anthropological Study p. 142 - 155.

PERSONALIA

Professor Vladimir Vasilievich Bobrov (in Honor of his 70th Birthday) p. 156 - 157.

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