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SOCIETY AS MIRRORED BY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES
Social stuctures and models
N. B. Burdo (Kiev, Ukraine)Structure and Social Models of the Cucuteni A — Trypillia BI Culture17N. L. Morgunova, A. A. Fayzullin (Orenburg, Russian Federation)The Social Structure of the Yamnaуa (Pit-Grave) Culture of the Volga-Ural Interfluve35L. Nikolova (Salt Lake City, USA)Dubene and Troy: Gold and Prosperity in the Third Millennium Cal. BCE in Eurasia61N. I. Shishlina, E. S. Azarov, T. D. Dyatlova (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. V. Roslyakova (Samara, Russian Federation), O. P. Bachura (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), J. van der Plicht (Groningen, Netherlands), P. I. Kalinin (Pushchino, Russian Federation), I. A. Idrisov (Makhachkala, Russian Federation), A. V. Borisov (Pushchino, Russian)Innovative Seasonal Migrations and Subsistence System of the Mobile Pastoralists of the Desert-Steppe Zone of Eurasia: role of social groups69A. V. Epimakhov (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Social Structures in Frontier Conditions: case-study for the Bronze Age in the Trans-Urals91
Sociology of settlments
N. S. Kotova (Kiev, Ukraine), P. Stadler (Vienna, Austria)Sites in Brunn-am-Gebirge and the Problem of the Hierarchy of the Oldest Linear Pottery Culture Settlements109O. V. Tuboltsev (Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine), S. B. Radchenko (Kiev, Ukraine)Generalka 2 and Causewayed Enclosures: examples of the polar worldview reflection of ancient Europe population119I. V. Chechushkov (Pittsburg, USA), A. S. Yakimov (Tyumen, Russian Federation),
O. P. Bachura (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), Yan Chuen Ng (Pittsburg, USA),
E. N. Goncharova (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)Social Organization of the Sintashta-Petrovka Groups of the Late Bronze Age and a Cause for Origin of Social Elites (Based on Materials of the Settlement of Kamenny Ambar)149
Sociology of burials
S. V. Vasilyev (Moscow, Russian Federation), R. V. Smolyaninov (Lipetsk, Russian Federation), S. B. Borutskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. N. Bessudnov (Lipetsk, Russian Federation)Neolithic-Eneolithic Population of the Upper Don Region and its Burial Customs (by the materials of the burial ground Ksizovo 6)167M. B. Mednicova (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. A. Museibli (Baku, Azerbaijan),
S. N. Korenevskiy (Moscow, Russian Federation)Infant Burials of the Leila-tepe Culture of the Chalcolithic Age on the Settlement Galaeri in Azerbaijan: an effort of bioarchaeological study197N. A. Berseneva (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Social Dimensions of the Cremation Burial Rite in Bronze Age Societies of the Southern Ural Region211E. P. Kitov (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. A. Khokhlov (Samara, Russian Federation),
P. S. Medvedeva (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Paleoanthropological Data as a Source of Reconstruction of the Process of Social Formation and Social Stratifi cation (based on the Sintashta and Potapovo sites of the Bronze Age)225M. A. Balabanova (Volgograd, Russian Federation)Children’s Burials of Srubnaya Culture as an Object of Interdisciplinary Study245
Social symbols
A. V. Kolesnik (Dontesk, Ukraine)Evolution of Views by the Hoards of Flint Objects in the South of the Dnieper-Don Interfl uve: from hidden treasures to cult objects259N. B. Vinogradov (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)The Symbols of the Axe in Socio-Religious Practice among the Population of the Late Bronze Age of South Transurals273
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
A. I. Korolev, A. F. Kochkina, D. A. Stashenkov, A. A. Khokhlov, N. V. Roslyakova (Samara, Russian Federation)The Unique Burial of the Ekaterinovsky Cape Early Eneolithic Cemetery in the Middle Volga Region285V. V. Titov, V. F. Kashibadze, K. V. Dyuzhova, G. V. Kovaleva, S. V. Kurshakov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation), P. D. Frolov, A. S. Tesakov (Moscow, Russian Federation)Paleoecological Features of Eneolithic of the Lower Don Region (by Materials of Multilevel Site Razdorskoe I)303N. V. Ryndina (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. D. Degtyareva (Tyumen, Russian Federation)Non-ferrous Metal of the Yamnaya Cultural-Historical Area from Sites of Ukraine: morphology and production technology317V. A. Borzunov (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)Variants of Reconstruction and Development Trends of Stone and Bronze Age Stationary Dwellings in the Taiga Zone of Western Siberia347
DISCUSSIONS
L. S. Klejn (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Yamnaya Migration and Theoretical Search Free!379
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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