CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. The Peopling of Tajikistan by Homo sapiens denisovan p. 3 - 28.

D.V. Marchenko, A.S. Samandrosova, A.M. Klementiev, E.P. Rybin, D. Bazargur, Y. Tserendagva, B. Gunchinsuren, J.W. Olsen, and A.M. Khatsenovich. Raptorial Birds as Taphonomic Agents for Small Mammal Remains in Pleistocene Deposits at Tsagaan Agui Cave, Mongolia p. 29 - 38.

V.M. Kharevich, A.V. Kharevich, S.V. Markin, and K.A. Kolobova. A New Approach to the Study of Flaking Sequence Integrity Based on the Chagyrskaya Cave Assemblage, Northwestern Altai p. 39 - 49.

K.A. Kolobova, I.E. Tyugashev, A.V. Kharevich, V.M. Kharevich, A.S. Koliasnikova, M.V. Seletsky, P.V. Chistyakov, S.V. Markin, and A.P. Derevianko. Industry of Okladnikov Cave Layer 3 in the Context of the Sibiryachikha Complexes of the Altai Mountains p. 50 - 58.

A.V. Vishnevsky, N.E. Belousova, A.Y. Fedorchenko, V.A. Mikhienko, M.B. Kozlikin, and M.V. Shunkov. Rocks and Their Sources in the Upper Paleolithic of the Altai: Relevance to Bifacial Technologies p. 59 - 74.

I.I. Razgildeeva, Е.V. Akimova, А.V. Barkov, Е.I. Demonterova, and А.М. Klementiev. The Afontova Gora IV (Ovrazhnaya) Site: An Analysis of a Complex with “Ocher” in the Structure of the Paleolithic Layer p. 75 - 84.

T.A. Chikisheva, M.S. Kishkurno, Z.V. Marchenko, and A.E. Grishin. Human Remains from a Neolithic Burial at Krokhalevka-5 on the Upper Ob: Physical Type and Origin p. 85 - 97.

A.P. Okladnikov and V.E. Medvedev. Excavations of a Neolithic Dwelling at Pod Lipami, Primorye, in 1976 p. 98 - 105.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

E.S. Bogdanov. Clay-Plaster “Masks” from Mound-Vault Skalnaya 5, Khakassia p. 106 - 116.

E.V. Balkov, Y.G. Karin, O.A. Pozdnyakova, I.O. Shaparenko, Z.V. Marchenko, A.E. Grishin, and D.I. Fadeev. The First Results of Remote Sensing Studies of Mounds with “Mustaches” in Northern Kulunda, Southwestern Siberia p. 117 - 124.

S.G. Skobelev, D.D. Vasiliev , and V.Y. Butanaev . An Old Mongolian Inscription near the Second (Small) Sulfate Lake in Northern Khakassia as Evidence of Cultural Contacts in the Region in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age p. 125 - 130.

ETHNOLOGY

E.F. Fursova. The World of Migrants from Ryazan in the Post-Reform Period: Methods of Studying Migration and Local Adaptation in the Altai p. 131 - 140.

Z.I. Kurbanova, I.V. Oktyabrskaya, and Z.K. Suraganova. Textiles as Product and Symbol. Ritual Gift Exchange Among the Karakalpaks and its Central Asian Parallels p. 141 - 151.

PERSONALIA

The Shining Star of Academician Chen. To the 60th Anniversary of Academician Chen Xingcan p. 152 - 153.

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