CONTENTS

PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE

A.P. Derevianko. The Origin of Anatomically Modern Humans (Homo sapiens) in Africa p. 3 - 27.

A.K. Agadjanian, M.V. Shunkov, and M.B. Kozlikin. The Structure of Bioresources Exploited by Paleolithic Humans in the Anui River Basin, Altai p. 28 - 35.

D.E. Kichigin and A.V. Kharinsky. An Early Neolithic Burial with a Miniature Fish-Shaped Bait on the Shore of Lake Baikal p. 36 - 42.

THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

E.K. Stolyarova, V.G. Chernenko, V.G. Yurkov, S.M. Sakania, and G.V. Trebeleva. A Glass Intaglio Depicting Harpocrates (Zeus Kasios) from Markula, Abkhazia p. 43 - 52.

L.V. Dmitrieva and A.D. Chistova. Artifacts from the Necropolises of Chersonesos as a Historical and Cultural Source: An Interpretation of Cultural Meanings p. 53 - 59.

N.G. Artemieva. A Road Station in the Upper Capital of the Eastern Xia State p. 60 - 66.

A.I. Poselyanin and O.A. Mitko. A Mongolian Age Iron Shield from the Khakass-Minusinsk Region p. 67 - 76.

ETHNOLOGY

B.M. Babajanov, A.M. Djumashev, and A.T. Saparniyazov. From the History of the Late 19th–Early 20th Century Ural Cossacks in the Aral Sea region: Confessional Markers as Ethnic Attributes p. 77 - 84.

I.V. Salnikova. Large Baptismal Crosses (“Cossack Crosses”) as a Source for Reconstructing Migration Routes to Western Siberia p. 85 - 94.

A.P. Borodovsky and A.A. Anikin. Tombstones of the 19th and Early 20th Century at Rural Cemeteries on the Northern Upper Ob p. 95 - 104.

A.V. Kenig and A.V. Baulo. Ob Ugrian Sanctuaries on Lake Balbanty p. 105 - 112.

Y.E. Berezkin. Eurasian-American Ethnoastronomic Parallels in the Context of New Data from India p. 113 - 122.

T.Q. Viet. The Cúng Yêu Tinh Funerary Rite Among the Bố Y People in Vietnam: Finishing the Unfi nished p. 123 - 129.

ANTHROPOLOGY AND PALEOGENETICS

T.A. Chikisheva and D.V. Pozdnyakov. Cranial Affinities of the Altai Mountains Population During the Xiongnu-Sarmatian Age p. 130 - 144.

A.G. Kozintsev The Origin of the Modern Populations of Western Siberia, Based on Craniometric Data. Part I: Classification and Ties with Medieval Groups p. 145 - 155.

PERSONALIA

East Meets West: Professor Lin Meicun and his Silk Road (Marking his 70th Birthday) p. 156 - 157.

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