CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

V.S. Zykin, V.S. Zykina, L.G. Smolyaninova, N.A. Rudaya, I.V. Foronova, and D.G. Malikov. New Stratigraphic Data on the Quaternary Sediments in the Peschanaya River Valley, Northwestern Altai p. 3 - 16.

V.E. Medvedev and I.V. Filatova. A Comprehensive Study of Neolithic Stone Tools from Dwelling D on Suchu Island, the Lower Amur (1974, Excavation Area I) p. 17 - 28.

ART. THE STONE AGE AND THE METAL AGES

J.-M. Geneste. From Chauvet to Lascaux: 15,000 Years of Cave Art p. 29 - 40.

L.V. Zotkina and J.-J. Cleyet-Merle. New Engravings from Abri Du Poisson (Dordogne, France) p. 41 - 47.

L.V. Lbova, P.V. Volkov, E.N. Bocharova, V.S. Kovalev, and N.A. Khaykunova. The Techniques of Modeling and Decorating Upper Paleolithic Anthropomorphic Figurines from Malta, Eastern Siberia p. 48 - 55.

A.S. Pakhunov, E.G. Devlet, V.I. Molodin, B.V. Lazin, I.A. Karateev, P.V. Dorovatovsky, A.A. Kaloyan, K.M. Podurets, R.A. Senin, A.E. Blagov, and E.B. Yatsishina. A Comparative Analysis of Paints on the Karakol Burial Slabs p. 56 - 68.

A.P. Zabiyako and Wang Jianlin. Petroglyphs from Northeast China: New Sites and Interpretations p. 69 - 78.

Y.N. Esin, J. Magail, C. Yeruul-Erdene, and J. Gantulga. Paint on Deer Stones of Mongolia p. 79 - 89.

Y.S. Hudiakov, A.Y. Borisenko, and Z. Orozbekova. Old Turkic Stone Statues from Taldy-Suu, Kyrgyzstan p. 90 - 95.

THE CHALCOLITHIC TO THE MIDDLE AGES

V.N. Myshkin. Scythian Age Barrows with Burials on the Ground Surface in the Southern Ural Steppes: Features of the Funerary Rite p. 96 - 105.

A.L. Nesterkina, E.A. Solovieva, A.V. Tabarev, and D.A. Ivanova. The Megaliths of Korea and Japan: An Analysis of Origins and Functions p. 106 - 114.

ETHNOLOGY

E.F. Fursova. Traditional Tailoring Technology as an Ethnographic Source (the Case of Eastern Slavic Clothing in Southern Siberia) p. 115 - 125.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

M.B. Mednikova, M.V. Shunkov, and S.V. Markin. Robusticity of Hand Phalanges: Relevance to the Origin of the Altai Neanderthals p. 126 - 135.

A.V. Zubova, A.I. Krivoshapkin, and A.V. Shalagina. Human Teeth from Strashnaya Cave, the Altai Mountains, with Reference to the Dental Variation in Stone Age Siberia p. 136 - 145.

S.M. Slepchenko. Prevalence of Caries Among Siberian Tatars of the Omsk Region in the 17th to Early 20th Centuries p. 146 - 154.

PERSONALIA

To the Anniversary of Dr. Lyudmila Mylnikova p. 155 - 156.

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