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AD MEMORIAM
M. E. Tkachuk (Kishinev, Moldova)Gheorghiy Borisovich Fyodorov (1917 — 1992) Free!7
OUR ARCHIVE • MONOGRAPH IN THE JOURNAL
G. B. FyodorovEthno-genesis of the Vlachs, Moldovans’ Ancestors, According to the Archaeological Data (Historiographical Aspect) Free!14
NON-SLAVIC ORIGINS
M. B. Shchukin (St.-Petersburg, Russia)The Forgotten Bastarnae Free!75
30 YEARS OF VARANGIAN DISCUSSION (1965 — 1995)
L. S. Klejn (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Normanism — antinormanism: the end of the argument Free!91G. S. Lebedev (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Varangica of the Issue-Oriented Seminars Conducted by Leo Klejn. A Thirty-Years Journey Towards the Unknown City on the Road ‘From the Varangians to the Greeks’ Free!102E. N. Nosov (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Modern Findings Related To the Varangian Issue and Russian Historiographic Traditions Free!112H. Stang (Oslo, Norway)The Naming of Russia (Heruls version) Free!119V. I. Kulakov (Moscow, Russia)The Baltic Version of Vikings’ Movement Free!148J. Callmer (Lund, Sweden — Berlin, Germany)The Earliest Archaeology of the Rus’ Free!153A. Stalsberg (Trondheim, Norway)Trade Utensils of Female Burials of the Viking Age. (Subjective Interpretation) Free!158N. I. Platonova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Treaties of Russia and Byzantine and the Social Upper Layer of the Russian Society of the X Century Free!164S. V. Tomsinski (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Scandinavian Findings from Uglich Kremlin and the Legend of Uglich Foundation Free!169
THEOREMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
M. A. Stegantsev (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Linkages between coming in and going out of mass archaeological material. Examples of their use Free!179A. L. Shpak (Kishinev, Moldova)The Mathematical Misanthropy. An Explanatory Note, or a Biased Comment by a Dilettante Free!208
INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
V. I. Kulakov (Moscow, Russia)Irzekapinis Free!211N. P. Telnov, R. A. Rabinovich (Kishinev, Moldova)The Settlement of Scoc. The Results of the Investigations in 1988 Free!274
FROM BYZANTINE TO THE STEPPE
O. A. Scheglova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Female Adornment from the Hoards of the “Antiquities of Antes”: Gothic Influence or Gothic Heritage? Free!287N. P. Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova)Eastern-Slavonic Antiquities of the VIII-X c. of the Region Between the Rivers Dniester and Prut Free!313P. P. Birnea (Kishinev, Moldova)On the Urbanisation Process in the Dniester Region in the Early Middle Age Period Free!328S. S. Ryabtseva (St.-Petersburg, Russia — Kishinev, Moldova)“Twins” or “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”? On Similarities and Differences Between “Wolyn’” and “Kama” Earrings Free!338R. A. Rabinovich (Kishinev, Moldova)Illusory Berlad: About Authenticity Of a Distortion Free!357N. D. Russev (Kishinev, Moldova)Moldavia in «Dark Ages»: Materials for Understanding Cultural and Historical Processes Free!379L. S. Geraskova (Kiev, Ukraine— Bucarest, Romania)The New Data in Study of Monumental Sculpture of Medieval Nomads Free!408V. G. Kotov (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)About an Archaeological Illustration to the Bashkirian Epos “Aldar and Zuhra” Free!431
MODERN ANTIQUITY
A. O. Dobroljubski (Odessa, Ukraine)Odessa: Archaeology of Name Free!445
CULTURAL PROVOCATION
R. A. Rabinovich (Kishinev, Moldova)Welcome to Complain About the «Digging the Sacred Text», or Why This Article is Published Free!465S. E. Ehrlich (St.-Petersburg, Russia)The Russia of Wizards — 2 («Digging» the Sacred Text) Free!469
NEW OLD BOOKS
L. A. Mosionjnic (Kishinev, Moldova)Eternal Returns of the Myth Free!500
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
List of abbreviationsList Free!515