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AD MEMORIAM
A. N. Kirpichnikov, T. B. Senichenkova, I. V. Stasjuk (St.-Petersburg, Russia)About Evgenii A. Ryabinin (19.05.1948 — 18.12.2010) Free!17N. M. Terebikhin (Arkhangelsk, Russia)To the Friend’s Memory Free!21L. M. Vseviov (St.-Petersburg, Russia)The List of E. A. Ryabinin’s Researches Free!25
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
T. B. Senichenkova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Some More Notes on Staraya Ladoga Antiquities33N. Yu. Skripinskaya (St.-Petersburg, Russia)New Investigation оf “Earth fortress” Structure in Staraya Ladoga (following records of archaeological excavation by E. A. Ryabinin in 1981 and 1982)43E. A. Ryabinin (†), I. V. Stasjuk (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Bolshie Ozertitzi Cemetery on Izora Highland. Excavations of 1992 Year51I. V. Stasjuk (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Population of the Izhora Highland in I — Early II Millennium AD63L. D. Makarov (Izhevsk, Russia)Forming of the Russian Population in the Vyatka Region: Historical Background89
WORLDS. CULTURES. CHRONOLOGY
M. M. Kazanski (Paris, France)About the Origins of Scramasax111E. Iu. Zverev, C. T. Tcaciuc (Kishinev, Moldova)To the Question of Periodization of Cemeteries Căprăria, Limbari, Brăneşti in the Dniester-Prut Interfl uve125Yu. M. Lesman (St.-Petersburg, Russia)The Chronology of the Korela Cemeteries: Looking from Novgorod149L. V. Pokrovskaya (Moscow, Russia)A Topography of Hollow Rattling Horse-Shaped Amulets in Medieval Novgorod159
ARCHAEOLOGY OF REPRESENTATIONS
T. B. Nikitina, D. Yu. Efremova (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia)Reflection of the Mari Ancestor Worship in Funeral Rites in Cemeteries in the Vetluga-Vyatka Region in 9th—11th Centuries179R. Spirģis (Riga, Latvia)Finds of “Smolensk” Type Zoomorphic Pendants on the Territory of Latvia and a New Interpretation195M. S. Pavlova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)“Sitting” Burials of Izhora Highland221S. V. Beletsky (St.-Petersburg, Russia), B. G. Vasilev (Staraya Ladoga, Russia),
A. N. Kirpichnikov, A. Yu. Chernov (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Pottery Stamp from Staraya Ladoga229A. A. Romanchuk, S. S. Croitor (Kishinev, Moldova)The Tutelary Saints of Medieval Moldova’s Churches (on the Territory of the Prut-Dniester237
JEWELLER’S CRAFT
E. R. Mikhaylova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Metal Plate Furnishings from Pskov Long Barrows: the Sets and the Development of Their Ornamentation261V. N. Kuznetsova (St.-Petersburg, Russia)The Cored Ornithomorphic Medieval Pendants of the Volga and Kama Region277V. I. Kulakov (Moscow, Russia)Pendant with a Heraldic Figure from Burial К31, Kleine Kaup Cemetery (Sambia Peninsula)287S. S. Ryabtseva (Kishinev, Moldova)Jewelry Decorations in the System of Nobility Costume of the Carpathian-Danube Region297
PAST TECHNOLOGIES
V. I. Zavyalov, N. N. Terekhova (Moscow, Russia)The Scandinavian Tradition of Northern Rus’ Blacksmith Craft (to the question of the three-layer technology)309A. V. Kurbatov (St.-Petersburg, Russia)Leather Industry in the Towns of Medieval Rus’: Modern Studies319
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
A. I. Saksa (St.-Petersburg, Russia), J.-P. Taavitsainen (Turku, Finland)A. M. Tallgren and Russian Archaeology. Experience of Cooperation between Russian and Western Archaeologists Free!353
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
List of AbbreviationsList Free!359Requirements to contributions to Stratum plusRequirements Free!361