CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. Who Were the Chagyrskaya Neanderthals? The Possibility of Their Dispersal Across Central Asia and Southern Siberia p. 3 - 19.

A.M. Kuznetsov and S.A. Kogai. The “Makarovo” Component of Sosnovyi Bor, Southern Angara, Revisited p. 20 - 28.

D.A. Ivanova. Archaeological Collections from the Jomon Period in the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) p. 29 - 36.

A.N. Popov, J.G. Marcos, I.S. Zhushchikhovskaya, A.A. Lazina, B.V. Lazin, Y. Kanomata, A.N. Fedorets, and T.A. Emelyanova. Revisiting the Correlation Between the Valdivia and San Pedro Ceramic Complexes (Based on Technological Characteristics) p. 37 - 46.

K.A. Babina, S.V. Shnaider, А.А. Bragina, and Е.V. Parkhomchuk. Testing the Sample Preparation Method and Oxygen Isotopic Analysis of Tooth Enamel for the Reconstruction of the Birth Seasonality of Ovicaprines (the Case of Teeth from Istykskaya Cave, Eastern Pamir) p. 47 - 54.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A.V. Epimakhov and I.P. Alaeva. Radiocarbon Chronology of the Bronze Age Fedorovka Culture (New Data Relevant to an Earlier Problem) p. 55 - 64.

A.P. Borodovsky. Metal Spearheads from the Bronze Age—New Finds in the Omsk Region p. 65 - 73.

D.A. Artemyev, M.N. Ankushev, I.S. Stepanov, N.B. Vinogradov, I.P. Alaeva, P.S. Ankusheva, L.N. Koryakova, and A.M. Naumov. The Geochemistry of Unalloyed Copper Metallurgical Group Indicates Copper Ore Sources in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of the Urals p. 74 - 83.

N.N. Seregin, A.A. Tishkin, S.S. Matrenin, T.S. Parshikova, and S.S. Tur. New Data on Armed Confl icts in the Altai During the Rouran Period: The Choburak I Cemetery p. 84 - 91.

N.V. Leshchenko and Y.G. Nikitin. New Findings Relating to Bone Processing from Chernyatino-2, Primorye p. 92 - 99.

I.V. Zhurbin. Boundaries, Structure, and Integrity of the Occupation Layer at the Gordinskoye I (Guryakar) Fortified Settlement, Udmurtia (9th–13th Centuries), According to Multispectral Imaging p. 100 - 107.

Y.N. Garkusha, A.V. Novikov, and A.V. Baulo. Miniature Anthropomorphic Sculptures from Ust-Voikary: Chronology, Context, Semantics p. 108 - 118.

ETHNOLOGY

A.Y. Mainicheva. Russian Orthodox Churches “Under the Bells”: Semantic Features and Origin of the Worldview p. 119 - 125.

V.A. Burnakov. The Tree-Clan-Individual Concept in Traditional Khakas Culture (Late 19th to Mid-20th Century) p. 126 - 135.

E.F. Andalas, T.K.S. Dewi, I.B.P. Manuaba, and Itaristanti. The Oral Panji Story Rendered by the Javanese Mask Puppet Show p. 136 - 142.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.G. Kozintsev. The Origin of the Karasuk People: Craniometric Evidence p. 143 - 153.

PERSONALIA

“I am a Chinese Archaeologist”: On the 70th Anniversary of Academician Wang Wei p. 154 - 156.

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