CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. Findings from the Paleolithic Studies in Siberia p. 3 - 17.

M.V. Shunkov and M.B. Kozlikin. The Earliest Paleolithic Assemblages from Denisova Cave in the Altai p. 18 - 32.

S.A. Vasiliev. Upper Paleolithic of the Yenisey: New Discoveries, Old Debates p. 33 - 41.

I.M. Berdnikov, N.P. Makarov, T.M. Savenkova, N.E. Berdnikova, N.B. Sokolova, A.M. Kim, and D. Reich. Middle Neolithic Burials in Baikal-Yenisey Siberia: Problems of Cultural Identity and Genesis p. 42 - 51.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V.I. Molodin. The Most Important Archaeological Discoveries Relating to the Neolithic to Early Iron Age Cultures of Siberia p. 52 - 58.

L.V. Zotkina and S.V. Sutugin. Possibilities of Direct Dating of Rock Art in the Khakass-Minusinsk Basin p. 59 - 69.

A.A. Kovalev. On the Chronological Position of Siba Culture Metal Artifacts, Northwest China p. 70 - 79.

V.I. Molodin. The Current Model of Historical and Cultural Processes in the Stone and Bronze Ages of the Ob-Irtysh Forest-Steppe p. 80 - 92.

N.V. Polosmak. The Pazyryk Dwelling p. 93 - 99.

I.V. Tunkina. D.G. Messerschmidt’s Collection of Siberian Antiquities in Drawings at the St. Petersburg Archive of the Academy of Sciences p. 100 - 107.

I.P. Lazaretov, A.V. Poliakov, V.M. Lurye, and P.B. Amzarakov. The Final Bronze Age in the Minusinsk Basin p. 108 - 118.

A.A. Tishkin and O.V. Orfi nskaya. A Study of Silk Fabric from the Xiongnu Age Under-Headdress Discovered at Yaloman II Mound 51 in the Central Altai p. 119 - 126.

P.B Amzarakov. Origin and Evolution of the Earliest Iron-Smelting Technologies in the Khakass-Minusinsk Basin p. 127 - 137.

O.A. Mitko. “D.G. Messerschmidt’s Cups” p. 138 - 145.

A.V. Kharinsky. Use of Parts of Ram Carcasses in the Funerary Practices of the Baikal Region Population in the 13th–14th Centuries p. 146 - 153.

PERSONALIA

We Just Dream of Rest… Academician A.P. Derevianko’s 80th Birthday p. 154 - 157.

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