CONTENTS
PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE
A. Sadraei, O. Garazhian, and H. Sabori. First Evidence of Pleistocene Archaeology on the Neyshabur Plain and its Role in Reconstructing the Dispersal of Hominins on the Northeastern Iranian Plateau p. 3 - 12.
V.E. Medvedev and I.V. Filatova. Materials from Dwelling 2 on Suchu Island, the Lower Amur (1977 Season, Excavation III) p. 13 - 23.
K.Y. Kiryushin, Y.F. Kiryushin, K.N. Solodovnikov, Y.V. Frolov, and A.V. Schmidt. Results of Radiocarbon Dating of Early Burials in the Firsovo Archaeological Area, Barnaul Stretch of the Ob p. 24 - 31.
THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD
P.K. Dashkovskiy. A Mortuary Complex with Animal Skulls at Khankarinsky Dol, a Scythian Age Cemetery in the Northwestern Altai p. 32 - 40.
A. Nachmias, G. Bar-Oz, D. Nadel, L. Petrosyan, and B. Gasparyan. A Monumental Horse Burial in the Armenian Highlands p. 41 - 50.
M.O. Tarasenko and Z.V. Khanutina. Scarab Amulet-Beads from 1st–2nd Century Children’s Burials at a Necropolis on the Iluraton Plateau, Eastern Crimea p. 51 - 59.
R.H. Suleimanov. Traces of the Dahaean and Sarmatian Cultural Legacy in Ancient Turan and Old Rus p. 60 - 74.
ETHNOLOGY
S.F. Tataurov and S.S. Tikhonov. Shovels Used by Russians in 17th–18th Century Siberia p. 75 - 82.
L.V. Tataurova and V.P. Mylnikov. Hunting Equipment of Russians Living near Tara on the Irtysh in the 17th and 18th Centuries p. 83 - 92.
K.N. Tikhomirov and M.N. Tikhomirova. Location of Tatar Settlements in the Middle and Lower Tara Region According to 18th Century Maps p. 93 - 100.
A.A. Mikhaylova. From the Serbian Fair to the Russian Museum: On the Ethnographic Relevance of the Gingerbread Collection from 1902 p. 101 - 111.
T.Y. Sem. Tungus-Manchu Traditional Beliefs. Part 1: Fertility Cult and Images of Divine Ancestresses p. 112 - 118.
A.P. Chemchieva. Urbanization Processes in the Indigenous Population of the Altai Republic: Stages, Factors, Prospects p. 119 - 126.
ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS
A.A. Kazarnitsky. The Ratio of Indigenous to Immigrant Populations in the Western Steppe During the Bronze Age (Based on Cranial Data) p. 127 - 135.
Z.V. Marchenko, M.S. Kishkurno, A.E. Grishin, S. Reinhold, and F.V. Zhuravkov. A Digital X-Ray Analysis of Middle Bronze Age Skeletal Samples from the Baraba Forest-Steppe p. 136 - 146.
A.V. Zubova, N.I. Ananyeva, I.K. Stulov, L.M. Dmitrenko, and E.V. Andreev. Cranial Traumas in a Sample from the Pucara de Tilcara Fortress (Jujuy Province, Argentina) p. 147 - 156.
CONTRIBUTORS