CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.G. Rybalko, V.N. Zenin, and A.V. Kandyba. Early Middle Paleolithic Industries in Southeastern Dagestan p. 3 - 13.

K.A. Kolobova, A.S. Kolyasnikova, V.P. Chabai, P.V. Chistyakov, M. Baumann, S.V. Markin, and A.I. Krivoshapkin. Middle Paleolithic Bone Retouchers: Size or Proportions p. 14 - 26.

А.А. Anoikin, G.D. Pavlenok, V.M. Kharevich, N.A. Kulik, and Z.K. Taimagambetov. Shulbinka Paleolithic Site, Eastern Kazakhstan, Revisited p. 27 - 44.

A.V. Kandyba, Nguyen Khac Su, S.A. Gladyshev, Nguyen Gia Doi, A.M. Chekha, and A.P. Derevianko. Con Moong Cave: A Stratifi ed Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Site in Northern Vietnam p. 45 - 56.

A.P. Derevianko, S.P. Nesterov, A.V. Tabarev, S.V. Alkin, Kazunori Uchida, Dai Kunikita, Kazuki Morisaki, and Hiroyuki Matsuzaki. Novopetrovka III—an Early Neolithic Site in the Western Amur Basin and Its Chronology p. 57 - 66.

V.V. Olenchenko, L.V. Tsibizov, P.S. Osipova, T.T. Chargynov, B.T. Viola, K.A. Kolobova, and A.I. Krivoshapkin. Peculiarities of Using 2D Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Caves p. 67 - 74.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

L.V. Zotkina, N.V. Basova, A.V. Postnov, and K.A. Kolobova. Elk Figurine from Tourist-2, Novosibirsk: Technological and Stylistic Features p. 75 - 83.

I.A. Durakov and L.N. Mylnikova. Foundries at Stary Tartas-5—an Early Bronze Age Site in the Baraba Forest-Steppe p. 84 - 94.

A.V. Epimakhov, S.E. Panteleeva, and L.N. Koryakova. Wells as a Source of Cultural and Chronological Information: The Case of Kamennyi Ambar, Southern Trans-Urals p. 95 - 105.

M.V. Dobrovolskaya, N.A. Makarov, and M.A. Samorodova. Mobility of the Suzdal Opolye Settlers in 900–1150 AD p. 106 - 115.

ETHNOLOGY

B.Z. Nanzatov. Descendants of Eleudei: The Problem of Oirat-Buryat Ethnic Contacts p. 116 - 124.

E.F. Fursova and M.V. Vasekha. Floral Designs on Sacrifi cial Towels from an Old Believers’ Prayer House p. 125 - 134.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.G. Kozintsev. The Origin of the Okunev Population, Southern Siberia: The Evidence of Physical Anthropology and Genetics p. 135 - 145.

A.S. Pilipenko, R.O. Trapezov, S.V. Cherdantsev, I.V. Pilipenko, A.A. Zhuravlev, M.S. Pristyazhnyuk, and V.I. Molodin. The Paleogenetic Study of Bertek-33, an Afanasyevo Cemetery on the Ukok Plateau, the Altai Mountains p. 146 - 154.

PERSONALIA

Aleksandr Ivanovich Solovyev: In Honor of his 65th Birthday p. 155 - 156.

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