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THE LOST CENTURY
A. S. Skripkin (Volgograd, Russian Federation)The Fall of Scythia. The Sarmatian Faktor17V. P. Kopylov, A. N. Kovalenko (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)To the Causes of Destabilization of the Situation in the River Thanais Mouth Region in the Third Quarter of the 4th — First Third of the 3rd c. BC33I. A. Snytko (Nikolaev, Ukraine)Decree in Honor of the Citizen Protogenes in the Context of the History of Olbia Polis in the 3rd Century BC (historical and archaeological aspect)45S. S. Ivanov (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)On the Problem of Cultural Gap at the Turn of Saka and Wusun Periods in Tien-Shan Region67P. I. Shulga (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)Ethno-Cultural Situation in the East of the Scythian World in the 3rd Century BC87Yu. P. Zaytsev, S. G. Koltukhov (Simferopol, Crimea)Barrow with Collective Graves 3rd—1st Centuries BC from Ak-Kaya/Besh-Oba Necropolis in Crimea99N. P. Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova), S. N. Razumov, V. S. Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova)Fire Flints in the Funeral Practice of Scythians (based on materials from Glinoe cemetery on the Lower Dniester)129
THE THIRD BC… PHENOMENON OF THE “ODD COMPLEXES”
V. P. Glebov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)About Variants of the Funeral Practice of “Ritual Hoards” of 3rd—1st Centuries BC145A. V. Dedyulkin (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)Attic Type Helmets with Visor and the Votive Hoards of the 3rd—1st Centuries BC163E. V. Vdovchenkov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)Nomadic Sacrificially-Memorial Complexes (“Odd Complexes”) 3rd—1st centuries BC: Social Interpretation of the Phenomenon197E. G. Karnauh (Kiev, Ukraine), V. S. Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova), M. I. Serdjuk (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)Scythian Hoard from Debaltsevo217
“EPISTULAE EX PONTO”
V. I. Kac (Saratov, Russian Federation)S. V. Polin’s Investigations in the Field of Ceramic Epigraphy of the Heraclea Pontica241T. V. Egorova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Black Glazed Pottery Decorated in the Style of “West Slope” from Panticapaeum259I. V. Bruyako (Odessa, Ukraine), A. G. Zaginailo (†), A. N. Kolesnichenko (Odessa, Ukraine)The Necropolis of Nikonion of Ancient Greek Period (materials to study)277S. Yu. Monachov (Saratov, Russian Federation)Complex of Transport Amphorae from District U7 of the Panskoye I Settlement309
HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
E. V. Rtveladze (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)The Embassies to Alexander the Great to Bactria and Marakanda from the Kings of Western and Eastern Chorasmia, Pharasmanes and Phrataphernes343S. A. Kozlov (Tyumen, Russian Federation)“The Scepter-bearers” of the Scythian Elite351E. O. Kitov, A. O. Kitova (Moscow, Russian Federation), Ye. Oralbay (Almaty, Kazakhstan)The Post-mortem Ritual Manipulation of Human Bones (Evidence of Mummification) Practiced by Population of Central Asia in the Early Iron Age.369
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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