Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 39 (1) 2011

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 2: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of the Neolithic in the Upper and Middle Kama Region Paleolithic Art of the Carpathian-Dniester Region Raw Materials and Paste from Wheel-Thrown Ceramics from the Gnezdovo Burial Ground The Origins of Lead Archaeological Artifacts Using Mass Spectrometry Analysis Kelteminar Arrowheads from the Altai Dagger from the Late Bronze Age Settlement on the Lyuskus River The Archekas Celt and the Issue of the Seima-Turbino Period in the Kuznetsk Basin and in the Achins Bone Anthropomorphic Sculpture from the Ust-Polui Sanctuary Images in Bronze from the Sarovka Ritual Complex: Reconstructing Semantics Information-Theoretical Database Management System in the Context of Monuments Dating to the Pre-Sc Ritual Complexes of the Bolshoye Storozhevoye Fortifi ed Settlement in the Middle Don Area Erlik Khan in the Traditional Worldview of the Khakas Copper Casting in the Daily Life and Ritual Practices of Komi Old Believers Dogs in the Traditional Worldview of the Chuvash People A Proximal Pedal Phalanx of a Paleolithic Hominin from Denisova Cave, Altai Secular Dental Changes in the Populations of the Armenian Highland: Evolutionary and Ecological Asp A Nonmetric Cranial Study of the Andronovo Series from the Altai   

Information-Theoretical Database Management System in the Context of Monuments Dating to the Pre-Scythian Period Situated on the Lower Don

S.S. Vostrikov and S.I. Lukyashko.

The article reviews and evaluates top studies by Russian archaeologists focusing on creating databases of archaeological sources. The authors offer their own version of an information-theoretical database management system applied in the context of monuments dated to the pre-Scythian period situated on the lower Don. Each stage of application design is described in detail including a description of the subject area, selecting information objects, analyzing information, determining relationships between information objects and constructing a logical information model of the subject area. The article provides an overview of databases, informational models and other technologies, the correct use of which is essential to the contemporary archaeologist.

Keywords: Archaeology, burial mounds, burials, burial ritual, pre-Scythian period, early Scythians, information technologies, databases.