CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.Y. Fedorchenko, S.V. Shnaider, М.T. Krajcarz, M.E. Romanenko, А.K. Abdykanova, К.А. Kolobova, S. Alisher kyzy, W. Taylor, and А.I. Krivoshapkin. Personal Ornament Production Technology in the Early Holocene Complexes of Western Central Asia: Insights from Obishir-5 p. 3 - 15.

E.V. Doronicheva, A.G. Nedomolkin, A.A. Muriy, M.A. Kulkova, T.V. Sapelko, and E.S. Nosevich. Hadjoh-2: A Middle Paleolithic Workshop-Camp in Northwestern Caucasus p. 16 - 26.

A.A. Shalapinin. The Late Chalcolithic Ceramics of the Volga Forest-Steppe p. 27 - 33.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V.A. Deryugin, S.V. Sukhoverkhov, Yoshihiro Ujiie, and A.D. Pavlov. On the Origin of Natural Bitumen at Yasnoye-8 (Sakhalin Island) p. 34 - 40.

Р.К. Dashkovsky and N.F. Stepanova. Inskoy Dol: A New Early Bronze Age Site in Western Altai p. 41 - 50.

V.Y. Mogritskaya. Decorated Birch-Bark Artifacts from the Ust-Polui Sanctuary (100 BC to 100 AD) p. 51 - 58.

L.N. Ermolenko, A.I. Soloviev, and Zh.K. Kurmankulov. An Old Turkic Statue from Borili, Ulytau Hills, Central Kazakhstan: Issues in Interpretation p. 59 - 65.

T.N. Prudnikova. On Ancient Agriculture in Arid Regions of Central Asia: The Case of the Uvs Nuur Basin p. 66 - 75.

I.V. Zhurbin and M.G. Ivanova. Geophysical Studies at the Kushmanskoye (Uchkakar) Fortifi ed Settlement, Kama Basin p. 76 - 85.

S.N. Korenevskiy and A.A. Kalmykov. Pit-Grave (Yamnaya) and Pit-Grave-Maikop Burials at Levoyegorlyksky-3, Stavropol p. 86 - 99.

L.V. Kuptsova, N.L. Morgunova, N.P. Salugina, and O.S. Khokhlova. A Periodization of the Timber-Grave Culture in the Western Orenburg Region: Archaeological and Natural Science-Based Evidence p. 100 - 107.

N.P. Matveeva, A.S. Yakimov, N.S. Larina, and L.I. Agafonov. The Russian Pioneers’ Winter Camp on Karachinsky Island, the Lower Tobol River, Western Siberia p. 108 - 116.

Chang Seok Oh, In Uk Kang, Jong Ha Hong, Jun Bum Park, and Dong Hoon Shin. An Experimental Assessment of the Cause of Mummification in the Joseon Period Burials, Republic of Korea p. 117 - 122.

ETHNOLOGY

A.V. Baulo. Celestial Bodies on the Ob Ugrian Ritual Artifacts (Based on Archaeological and Ethnographic Sources of the 2nd Millennium AD) p. 123 - 132.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

T.A. Chikisheva, A.L. Krivoshapkin, D.V. Pozdnyakov, and P.V. Volkov. Craniotomy as a Prehistoric Medical Practice: A Case of Antemortem Cranial Trepanation in Southern Siberia in the Late Bronze Age p. 133 - 143.

V.A. Batsevich, O.V. Yasina, and A.V. Sukhova. Secular and Age-Related Dynamics of Biological Characteristics in the Rural Population of Mongolia: A Study of Environmental Adaptation p. 144 - 153.

PERSONALIA

Always Moving Forward: On the Seventy-Fifth Birthday of A.P. Derevianko p. 154 - 156.

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