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AD MEMORIAM
S. I. Covalenco (Kishinev, Moldova)I. A. Borziac: A chronicle of fieldworks at the multilayered Upper Palaeolithic site of Cosăuţi (Moldova) in 1978—1999 Free!17
ANTHROPOGENESIS
S. V. Vasilyev, E. V. Veselovskaya, S. B. Borutskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)Anthropological Reconstruction of Homo naledi29
HUNTING-GATHERING SOCIETIES IN PREHISTORIC AND MODERN TIMES
V. N. Stepanchuk (Kiev, Ukraine)On the Social Structure of the Neanderthal Society (with special reference to the Middle Palaeolithic of the Crimea)43T. V. Kornienko (Voronezh, Russian Federation)On the Peculiarities of Power Structures and Principles of Social Interaction in the Hunter-Gatherer Communities of Northern Mesopotamia at the Threshold of the Neolithic59O. Yu. Artemova (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Pure Hunter is the Poor Hunter? (“Moral economy” and some problems of social evolution)77
PLANIGRAPHY, REFITTING AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
O. N. Kononenko (Kiev, Ukraine)Spatial Distribution of Stone Artefacts on the Radomyshl I Site and the Revision of Its Place in Paleosocial Reconstructions105N. E. Belousova, A. Yu. Fedorchenko, V. S. Slavinskiy (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)Raw Material Unit Analysis as a Method of Studying the Structure of Cultural Deposits and Reconstruction of Mobility and Life Support Systems125
ARCHAEOLOGY OF SYMBOLS
M. N. Zheltova, M. N. Zheltov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)On the Possible Upper Palaeolithic Sources of the World Tree Image147A. I. Lebedintsev (Magadan, Russian Federation)“Figured objects” from the Stone Age Sites of North-Eastern Siberia: a critical review155E. M. Kolpakov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Elk-head Rods (Axes) of Northern Europe163L. V. Zotkina, G. D. Pavlenok (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation), V. I. Tashak (Ulan-Ude,
Russian Federation)Technology of Ostrich Eggshell Bead Production in the Final Palaeolithic of Western Transbaikalia181L. V. Lbova, N. A. Kulik, P. V. Volkov, A. V. Barkov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation),
M. Vanhaeren (Bordeaux, France), D. V. Marchenko, V. S. Kovalev (Novosibirsk,
Russian Federation)Technology of Working with “Exotic” Mineral Resources in the Upper Palaeolithic of South Siberia (based on the materials of Malaya Syia)199
BETWEEN THE WOLF AND THE DOG
V. Ya. Sergin (Moscow, Russian Federation)On the Place and Time of Wolf Domestication: current state of the problem215P. A. Nikolskiy, M. V. Sotnikova, A. A. Nikol’skii (Moscow, Russian Federation),
V. V. Pitulko (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Predomestication and Wolf-Human Relationships in the Arctic Siberia of 30,000 Years Ago: Evidence from the Yana Palaeolithic Site231
PALAEOLITHIC OF EASTERN EUROPE
Yu. E. Demidenko (Kiev, Ukraine)Gravettian in the Great North Black Sea Region in the Context of East European Upper Palaeolithic265P. M. Vasyl’yev (Kiev, Ukraine)Pogon: the Possibilities of Reconstruction and the Prospects for Future Research285I. V. Fedyunin (Voronezh, Russian Federation)Late Valdai Industries of the Kostenki- Borshchevo Area and the Final Palaeolithic of the Forest-Steppe Part of the Don Basin305
PALAEOLITHIC OF EASTERN SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
V. I. Tashak (Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation)Levallois Technique in the Palaeolithic of Transbaikalia327S. A. Gladyshev, A. V. Tabarev (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)Microlithic Technology in the Early Upper Palaeolithic of Mongolia339E. V. Akimova, V. M. Kharevich, I. V. Stasyuk (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation)Late Karginian-Early Sartanian Stone Industries in Derbina Bay (Krasnoyarsk Reservoir)353A. M. Kuznetsov, E. O. Rogovskoy (Irkutsk, Russian Federation)The Earliest Barbed Points of Baikal Siberia369A. V. Polyakov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), P. B. Amzarakov (Abakan, Russian
Federation), S. A. Vasil’ev (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), Yu. V. Ryzhov
(Irkutsk, Russian Federation), T. V. Korneva, T. V. Sapelko, G. F. Baryshnikov,
N. D. Burova, E. Yu. Girya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), G. Yu. Yamskikh
(Krasnoyarsk,The Final Palaeolithic Site of Irba 2 in the Piedmonts of Sayan Mountains (preliminary results of investigations)383
REVIEWS
S. P. Shchavelev (Kursk, Russian Federation)The task of preparing a textbook on the history of Russian archaeology remains pending (Review: Skripkin A.S. History of national archaeology: a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students. Series “Universities of Russia”. Moscow: Urait, 2017, 1 Free!405
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