CONTENTS
PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE
N. Rolland. The Pleistocene Peopling of the North: Paleolithic Milestones and Thresholds Horizons In Northern Eurasia. Part II: The Middle Paleolithic Human Biogeographic Realm p. 3 - 18.
A.A. Anoikin. Transitional Middle to Upper Paleolithic Industries in the Rubas Valley, Coastal Dagestan p. 19 - 32.
A.V. Shalagina, А.I. Krivoshapkin, and K.А. Kolobova. Truncated-Faceted Pieces in the Paleolithic of Northern Asia p. 33 - 45.
A.V. Vybornov, A.A. Tsybankov, and V.I. Makulov. Archaeological Sites on the Angara Bank from the Chadobets River to Boguchany: Findings of a Survey p. 46 - 53.
THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD
V.I. Molodin and G.I. Medvedev. A Rare Bronze Sword from Lake Baikal Shore p. 54 - 62.
S.P. Nesterov, P.V. Volkov, and S.V. Alkin. A Stone Abrasive Tile from Cheremkhova, Western Amur Region p. 63 - 71.
A.E. Astafyev and E.S. Bogdanov. A Ceremonial Saddle from Altynkazgan, Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan p. 72 - 84.
N.A. Makarov, O.V. Zelentsova, D.S. Korobov, A.P. Chernikov, and A.N. Voroshilov. First Steps Towards a National Geographic Information System, “Archaeological Sites of Russia” p. 85 - 93.
E.G. Devlet and A.R. Laskin. Petroglyphs of Khabarovsk Territory: The Impact of the 2013 Amur and Ussuri Flooding p. 94 - 105.
L.A. Bobrov. Shakan: Kazakh 18th–19th Century Narrow-Bladed Battle Axes p. 106 - 113.
ETHNOLOGY
E.F. Fursova. Mapping the Traditional Dress Types of Southwestern Siberian Old Believers (late 1800s–early 1900s) p. 114 - 126.
V.S. Efimov, A.V. Lapteva, and E.I. Mikhailova. The Impact of Urbanization on the Transmission of Culture and Language of the Sakha People: A Sociological Analysis p. 127 - 134.
ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS
A.V. Zubova and T.A. Chikisheva. The Morphology of Human Teeth from Afontova Gora II, Southern Siberia, and Their Status Relative to the Dentition of Other Upper Paleolithic Northern Eurasians p. 135 - 143.
A.S. Pilipenko, R.O. Trapezov, and N.V Polosmak. A Paleogenetic Study of Pazyryk People Buried at Ak-Alakha-1, the Altai Mountains p. 144 - 150.
PERSONALIA
To the Anniversary of Academician Nikolay Andreyevich Makarov p. 151 - 152.
To the Anniversary of Corresponding Member of RAS Evgeny Nikolaevich Chernykh p. 153 - 154.
CONTRIBUTORS