CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

А.P. Derevianko, E.I. Derevianko, S.P. Nesterov, А.V. Tabarev, Kazunori Uchida, Dai Kunikitа, Kazuki Моrisaki, and Hiroyuki Matsuzaki. New Data on the Chronology of the Initial Neolithic Gromatukha Culture, Western Amur Region p. 3 - 12.

T.Y. Nomokonova, A.G. Novikov, R.J. Losey, O.I. Goriunova, N.A. Saveliev, and A.W. Weber. Holocene Fishing in the Big Sea Region of Lake Baikal (Based on Materials from Multilayered Habitation Sites) p. 13 - 23.

E.L. Lychagina, E.N. Mitroshin, and G.N. Poplevko. Comparative Characteristics of Stone Tools from the Neolithic Sites on the Upper and Middle Kama p. 24 - 33.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A.A. Malyshev, D.O. Dryga, A.S. Klemeshov, and T.N. Smekalova. On the History of Asian Bosporus in the Early Byzantine Times: Excavations at Verkhnegostagayevskoye p. 34 - 44.

A.V. Tabarev, D.A. Ivanova, A.L. Nesterkina, and E.A. Solovieva. The Jomon Megalithic Tradition in Japan: Origins, Features, and Distribution p. 45 - 55.

I.V. Filatova. A Morphological Analysis of Malyshevo Middle Neolithic Pottery from the Lower Amur p. 56 - 64.

V.S. Mosin, V.V. Bobrov, and A.G. Marochkin. New Absolute Dates for the Trans-Uralian and Western Siberian Neolithic p. 65 - 73.

O.V. Zaitceva, O.B. Belikova, and E.V. Vodyasov. Anthropomorphic Bronze Masks from the Timiryazevo-1 Burial Ground p. 74 - 81.

M.E. Kilunovskaya, V.E. Prikhodko, T.A. Blyakharchuk, V.A. Semenov, and V.O. Glukhov. A Multidisciplinary Study of Burial Mounds and a Reconstruction of the Climate of the Turan-Uyuk Depression, Tuva, During the Scythian Period p. 82 - 92.

S.A. Akhmedov. Classifi cation of 9th–13th Century Arrowheads Found in Azerbaijan p. 93 - 101.

P.К. Dashkovskiy and О.G. Novikova. Chinese Lacquerware from the Pazyryk Burial Ground Chineta II, Altai p. 102 - 112.

L.A. Bobrov and S.P. Orlenko. A Late 16th to Early 17th Century Mongolian Ceremonial Helmet from the Moscow Kremlin Armoury p. 113 - 121.

ETHNOLOGY

M.O. Sidorova, Z.Y. Zharnikov, Z.Y. Dorzhu, A.Y. Mainicheva, and V.S. Myglan. Dendrochronological Methods in the Architectural and Ethnographic Study of Russian Towns in Siberia: The Case of Tara, Omsk Region p. 122 - 131.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.S. Pilipenko, S.V. Cherdantsev, R.O. Trapezov, V.I. Molodin, L.S. Kobeleva, D.V. Pozdnyakov, and N.V. Polosmak. Kinship Analysis of Human Remains from the Sargat Mounds, Baraba Forest-Steppe, Western Siberia p. 132 - 142.

A.A. Evteev and O.V. Dvurechensky. Intragroup Variation of the Facial Skeleton in 16th–19th Century Rural Russian Populations in the Worldwide Context: A Principal Component Analysis p. 143 - 151.

PERSONALIA

Sergei Pavlovich Nesterov p. 152 - 153.

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