CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko, A.V. Kandyba, Nguyen Khac Su, S.A. Gladyshev, Nguyen Gia Doi, V.A. Lebedev, A.M. Chekha, A.G. Rybalko, V.M. Kharevich, and A.A. Tsybankov. The Discovery of a Bifacial Industry in Vietnam p. 3 - 21.

V.A. Alakbarov. Technological Development of the Neolithic Pottery at Göytepe (West Azerbaijan) p. 22 - 31.

G.T. Omurova, V.V. Barinov, O.V. Kardash, E.A. Vaganov, and V.S. Myglan. Reconstruction of Extreme Paleoclimatic Events in Northwestern Siberia Using Ancient Wood from Fort Nadym p. 32 - 40.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

L.I. Avilova and A.N. Gey. On the Construction Features of Wheeled Vehicles in Iran and Mesopotamia (Third to First Millennia BC) p. 41 - 48.

V.I. Molodin, I.A. Durakov, L.N. Mylnikova, and M.S. Nesterova. The Adaptation of the Seima-Turbino Tradition to the Bronze Age Cultures in the South of the West Siberian Plain p. 49 - 58.

A.P. Borodovsky. A Half of a Metal Bipartite Mold of the Seima-Turbino Period from the Upper Irtysh Region p. 59 - 65.

V.A. Borzunov. Zotino III: An Early Iron Age Metallurgical Center in the Trans-Urals p. 66 - 74.

A.S. Fedoruk, D.V. Papin, and O.A. Fedoruk. Middle and Late Bronze Age House-Building in the Steppe and Forest-Steppe Altai p. 75 - 82.

K.V. Kononchuk and A.G. Marochkin. Artistic Metalwork Found Near the Tomskaya Pisanitsa p. 83 - 91.

P.O. Senotrusova and P.V. Mandryka. Cultural Ties Across Taiga and Steppe: Material Culture from the Medieval Lower Angara River and Prospikhinskaya Shivera IV p. 92 - 99.

A.Y. Borisenko and Y.S. Hudiakov. Bronze Plaques from Northern Kyrgyzstan with Representations of Horsemen p. 100 - 106.

V.V. Tishin. Kimak and Chu-mu-kun 處木昆: Notes on an Identification p. 107 - 113.

ETHNOLOGY

S.G. Zhambalova. Traditional Buryat Burials: Changes and Stereotypes p. 114 - 121.

A.V. Baulo. Substitute Offering: An Ob Ugrian Ritual Tradition Surviving in the 20th and Early 21st Century p. 122 - 128.

A.A. Lyutsidarskaya and N.A. Berezikov. Seventeenth Century Siberia as a Land of Opportunity: Social Mobility Among the Russian Pioneers p. 129 - 137.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.V. Zubova, V.G. Moiseev, G.A. Khlopachev, and A.M. Kulkov. Deciduous Human Teeth from the Upper Paleolithic Site of Yudinovo, Western Russia p. 138 - 145.

M.O. Vergeles. Realism of Face Depiction in Portraiture p. 146 - 152.

PERSONALIA

To the 65th Birthday of Mikhail Vasilievich Shunkov p. 153 - 155.

To the Anniversary of Evgeniya Ivanovna Derevianko p. 156 - 157.

CONTRIBUTORS