CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. The Peopling of Mongolia by Homo sapiens denisovan p. 3 - 24.

I.V. Schmidt. The Earliest Snake Images in the Middle Irtysh Region p. 25 - 33.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V.I. Molodin. The Ukok Plateau, an Archaeological Gem of the Altai: 35 Years Later p. 34 - 44.

R.I. Bravina and V.M. Dyakonov. An Unusual Bronze Figurine from the Samartai Museum, Yakutia: The “Thingin-Itself” and Semantic Content p. 45 - 53.

R.V. Davydov, Y.S. Gubar, and L.V. Zotkina. Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Pigments from the Boyary I Rock Art Site, Khakassia p. 54 - 62.

D.A. Sevostyanov and A.I. Pankina. On the Identifi cation of Anonymous Artists in Rock Art p. 63 - 69.

P.I. Shulga, Y.N. Garkusha, A.E. Grishin, and Z.V. Marchenko. Cremation Burials at Ust-Zelinda-2, the Northern Angara Region: Typology and Chronology of Artifacts p. 70 - 79.

D.V. Selin, A.A. Maksimova, and A.V. Gusev. Early Iron Age Ceramics from the Ust-Polui Ritual and Production Center: Aspects of Technology p. 80 - 88.

R.K. Nepop, A.R. Agatova, V.S. Myglan, V.V. Barinov, M.O. Filatova, and A.V. Petrozhitskiy. On Dating Archaeological Sites Evidencing Ferrous Metallurgy in the Southeastern Altai, based on Radiocarbon and Dendrochronological Analyses of Charcoal p. 89 - 98.

N.Y. Petrova, N.A. Dubova, and S.Z. Rakhimzhanova. The Relationship Between Archaic Construction Methods in Pottery and Architecture in Central Asia p. 99 - 107.

ETHNOLOGY

K. Wiradnyana, A. Sebayang, D. Parhusip, D. Hidayati, and M.I. Mahmud. The Siungkap-Ungkapon Ritual in the Batak Toba Community: Archaeological and Agricultural Aspects p. 108 - 114.

Y.E. Berezkin. The Northwest Coast of North America as the Main Route from Beringia to the New World: The Evidence of Mythology p. 115 - 125.

O.N. Shelegina and G.M. Zaporozhchenko. Ethno-Cultural Aspects of Siberian Regional Identity (Late 20th to the First Decades of the 21st Century) p. 126 - 133.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

A.V. Zubova, V.G. Moiseyev, A.M. Kulkov, and S.A. Kulakov. An Upper Second Molar from Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Population Affi nities of the Middle Paleolithic Hominins of the Caucasus p. 134 - 143.

D.S. Adamov, A.Y. Potanina, Y.V. Bogunov, M.K. Zhabagin, and E.V. Balanovska. Genetic Portraits of the Yakut Regional Populations (Based on Y-Chromosome Polymorphism Data) p. 144 - 154.

PERSONALIA

Walking the Paths of the Past. To the 80th Birthday of Professor V.V. Bobrov p. 155 - 156.

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