CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. Levantine Middle Pleistocene Blade Industries p. 3 - 26.

S. Shidrang, F. Biglari, J.-G. Bordes, and J. Jaubert. Continuity and Change in the Late Pleistocene Lithic Industries of the Central Zagros: A Typo-Technological Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Ghar-E Khar Cave, Bisotun, Iran p. 27 - 38.

V.S. Slavinsky, E.P. Rybin, and N.E. Belousova. Variation in Middle and Upper Paleolithic Reduction Technology at Kara-Bom, the Altai Mountains: Refi tting Studies p. 39 - 50.

M. Fajer, E. Foltyn, and J.M. Waga. Different Models of Settlement of the Upper Paleolithic Cultures in the Northern Foreland of the Moravian Gate (Central Europe) p. 51 - 64.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A.V. Epimakhov and N.A. Berseneva. Metal-Production, Mortuary Ritual, and Social Identity: The Evidence of Sintashta Burials, Southern Urals p. 65 - 71.

S.N. Skochina and Y.V. Kostomarova. The Function of Pebble-Tools from Late Bronze Age Sites in the Tobol Forest-Steppe: An Experimental Traceological Analysis p. 72 - 81.

A.A. Kovalev, D. Erdenebaatar, and I.V. Rukavishnikova. A Ritual Complex with Deer Stones at Uushigiin Uvur, Mongolia: Composition and Construction Stages (Based on the 2013 Excavations) p. 82 - 92.

V.V. Zaykov, L.T. Yablonsky, P.K. Dashkovsky, V.A. Kotlyarov, E.V. Zaykova, and A.M. Yuminov. Platinoid Microinclusions of a Native Osmium Group in Ancient Gold Artifacts from Siberia and the Urals as a Source of Geoarchaeological Information p. 93 - 103.

A.G. Brusnitsyna and N.V. Fedorova. “Protecting the Mistress”: A Plaque with an Anthropomorphic Representation, from Shuryshkary, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District p. 104 - 113.

M.P. Chernaya. What History Says Versus What Archaeology Shows: Sources and Methods in the Study of Russian Culture in Siberia p. 114 - 122.

E.T. Shev. The Introduction of the Domesticated Horse in Southwest Asia p. 123 - 136.

ETHNOLOGY

I.R. Atnagulov. The Nagaybaks: From Social Stratum to Ethnic Group (the Origins of Ethnic Identity) p. 137 - 146.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

N.I. Khaldeyeva, S.V. Vasiliev, E.V. Akimova, A.Y. Vasiliev, N.I. Drozdov, N.V. Kharlamova, I.S. Zorina, V.V. Petrovskaya, and N.G. Perova. An Upper Paleolithic Mandible from Listvenka, Siberia: A Revision p. 147 - 156.

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