CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

I. Karavanić and N. Vukosavljević. Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic of the Eastern Adriatic and the Problem of the Regional Middle/Upper Paleolithic Interface p. 3 - 12.

M. Iserlis. Insight into Ceramic Technologies at the Maikop Site of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkessia p. 13 - 23.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

S.N. Korenevskiy. Chalcolithic and Bronze Age (4th to 3rd Millennia BC) Burials with Gold Ornaments in the Caucasian Mineral Waters Area p. 24 - 32.

A.Y. Rassadnikov. Archaeozoological Studies at Konoplyanka, the Southern Trans-Urals p. 33 - 39.

A.V. Tabarev, A.E. Patrusheva, and N. Cuevas. Burials in Anthropomorphic Jars in the Philippines p. 40 - 47.

A.E. Rogozhinsky and D.V. Cheremisin. The Tamga Signs of the Turkic Nomads in the Altai and Semirechye: Comparisons and Identifi cations p. 48 - 59.

O.V. Zelentsova. Belt Sets of the “Redikar Type” in Medieval Cemeteries of the Volga Finns p. 60 - 68.

A.V. Gusev, A.V. Plekhanov, and Y.A. Podosenova. An Assemblage from a Medieval Burial at Lake Parisento, Gydan Peninsula, the Arctic Zone of Western Siberia p. 69 - 76.

A.V. Pachkalov. Finds of Medieval Coins from Eski-Yurt, Crimea p. 77 - 83.

M.P. Chernaya and S.F. Tataurov. Children’s Games in the Sociocultural Space of a Siberian Town: Historical and Archaeological Context p. 84 - 92.

L.V. Zotkina. On the Methodology of Studying Palimpsests in Rock Art: The Case of the Shalabolino Rock Art Site, Krasnoyarsk Territory p. 93 - 102.

I.V. Zhurbin, A.V. Borisov, A.I. Nazmutdinova, V.N. Milich, R.P. Petrov, M.G. Ivanova, R.N. Modin, L.F. Knyazeva, N.G. Vorobieva, and S.V. Zinchuk. The Use of Remote Sensing, Geophysical Methods and Soil Analysis in the Study of Sites Disturbed by Agricultural Activity p. 103 - 111.

ETHNOLOGY

A.V. Tutorsky, E.V. Govor, and C. Ballard. Miklouho-Maclay’s Legacy in Russian- and English-Language Academic Research, 1992–2017 p. 112 - 121.

V.A. Burnakov and A.A. Burnakov. Remnants of the Snake Cult Among the Khakas (Late 19th to Mid 20th Century) p. 122 - 130.

O.V. Maltseva. “Taiga” and “River” Components in the Nanai Socio-Tribal Organization at Lake Bolon, the Lower Amur p. 131 - 139.

Y.V. Vassilkov. The Armenian Epic Poem “Daredevils of Sassoun” and the Mahabharata: Similarity of the Ethnographic Substratum p. 140 - 147.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

S.S. Tur. Antemortem Cranial Injuries in the Altai Mountains Pastoralists of the Scythian and Xiongnu-Sarmatian Periods (5th Century BC to 5th Century AD) p. 148 - 157.

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