CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.A. Anoikin, A.G. Rybalko, T.U. Khudjageldiev, P.M. Sosin, A.F. Sharipov, and R.N. Kurbanov. Lakhuti-IV: A New Site of the Loessic Paleolithic in Tajikistan p. 3 - 13.

G.D. Pavlenok, S.A. Kogai, R.N. Kurbanov, G.A. Mukhtarov, and K.K. Pavlenok. The Emergence of Levallois Blade Industry in the Western Foothills of Tien Shan: Kulbulak Layer 24 p. 14 - 26.

I.D. Zolnikov, A.A. Anoikin, R.N. Kurbanov, E.A. Filatov, L.V. Zotkina, A.V. Vybornov, A.V. Postnov, E.V. Parkhomchuk, and M.O. Filatova. The Kushevat Site and the Paleogeographic Context of the Initial Peopling of Northern Urals p. 27 - 37.

M.A. Kudinova, D.A. Ivanova, and A.V. Tabarev. The Concept of Civilization in Modern Studies of the Neolithic in China and Japan p. 38 - 48.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A.L. Zaika. The Pisany Kamen Rock Art Site on the Angara (Marking the Tercentenary of Its Discovery by D.G. Messerschmidt) p. 49 - 56.

O.N. Korochkova, I.A. Spiridonov, and V.I. Stefanov . A Chalcolithic Burial in the Mountain-Forest Zone of the Trans-Urals p. 57 - 65.

A.G. Kozintsev. Okunev Culture and the Dene-Caucasian Macrofamily p. 66 - 73.

V.S. Myglan, A.R. Agatova, R.K. Nepop, A.V. Taynik, M.O. Filatova, and V.V. Barinov. A New Approach to the Study of Archaeological Charcoal: The Case of Metallurgical Furnaces of the Southeastern Altai p. 74 - 84.

N.G. Artemieva. A Jurchen Temple at the Southern Ussuri Fortifi ed Site, in Primorye p. 85 - 92.

N.A. Konstantinov, T.A. Beketova (Akimova), V.I. Soenov, S.V. Zhilich, and N.A. Rudaya. Irrigation Systems of the Altai: Results and Prospects of Archaeological Studies p. 93 - 101.

A.P. Borodovsky. An Old Believers’ Skete near Maltsevo, Fort Chaus, Based on Mid-18th Century Documents and Their Comparison with Ethnographic and Archaeological Sources p. 102 - 109.

ETHNOLOGY

A.V. Baulo. Artifacts from the Ural-Hungarian Center (800–1000 AD), Recently Found at Ob Ugrian Sanctuaries p. 110 - 119.

E.V. Barsukov and M.P. Chernaya. “Mountains” on the Draft of the Land of Fort Narym by S.U. Remezov p. 120 - 128.

O.B. Naumova and I.V. Oktyabrskaya. From the History of Ethnographic Studies in the Yenisei Region: F.A. Fjelstrup’s Siberian Materials p. 129 - 141.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

V.G. Moiseyev, A.V. Zubova, G.G. Boeskorov, K. Takase, A.D. Stepanov, T.A. Chikisheva, V.M. Dyakonov, A.N. Alekseyev, M.V. Shchelchkova, M.D. Tomshin, and E.A. Kerbs. A Metric Analysis of a Human Cranium from the Khatystyr Cave, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) p. 142 - 152.

PERSONALIA

Mikhail Vasilyevich Shunkov is 70 p. 153 - 155.

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