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AD MEMORIAM
I. V. Manzura (Kishinev, Moldova)Snared by the Funeral Pyre…15
WORLDS OF PRIMEVAL CULTURE
The Other World
M. A. Lebedev (Moscow, Russian Federation)Non-Standard Old Kingdom Burials in the Context of Egyptian Ideas about the Afterlife19S. E. Malykh (Moscow, Russian Federation)Tens, Hundreds, Thousands: On the Question of the Rationality of the Ancient Egyptian Burial Rites and Funerary Cult33S. N. Korenevskiy, M. B. Mednicova (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. I. Yudin (Saratov, Russian Federation)Burials from Chekon 2018 Settlement of the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya Community (Preliminary Report)47O. N. Korochkova (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)Burials of Moulders in the Urals and Western Siberia63
The World of Rituals
S. A. Zintchenko (Moscow, Russian Federation)On Another Possible Function of Bucraniums in Ritual Practices of the Cultures of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Western Asia83R. A. Lytvynenko (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)Ungulate’s Hide in the Bronze Age Kurgans: Sacrifice or Psychopomp105
The World of Magic
V. N. Karmanov (Syktyvkar, Russian Federation)Just Beauty or Magic Too? Flint figurines and Their Place in Prehistoric Culture of the North139J. Ch. Chapman, B. Gaydarska, E. Watson (Durham, Great Britain)“What Have our Figurines Ever Done for us?” Magic and Agency in Balkan-Carpathian Prehistory159M. V. Sablin, P. V. Kim (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Silver Vessels from the Maykop Barrow (Oshad): Realistic Drawings with the Magical Overtones193
The World of Concepts
L. V. Zotkina (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation), I. V. Abolonkova (Kemerovo, Russian Federation), S. Alisher kyzy (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation), N. N. Sayfulloev (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)Eastern Pamir Rock Art: Analogies and Concepts about the Age of these Drawings203D. A. Baitileu (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Zh. K. Taimagambetov (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan), T. B. Mamirov (Almaty, Kazakhstan)Spatial Organization and Cave Paintings of Toleubulak Large Grotto in Mugodzhar219N. R. Mykhailova, O. O. Yanevich (Kyiv, Ukraine)Ritual on the Rock. Reflection of Totemic Rites of the Deer Cult in the Rock Art of Northern Eurasia233V. I. Molodin, D. V. Cheremisin, Yu. N. Nenakhova, D. A. Nenakhov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation), N. Batbold (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)The Chemurchek Anthropomorphs247O. Ye. Kisly (Simferopol, Crimea)Vessel with an Irregular Ornament from the Volga Region as a Record of the Initial Concepts of Proto-Aryans about the Essence of the World and Human265
The World of Symbols
L. I. Avilova (Moscow, Russian Federation)…Thou Settest a Crown of Pure Gold on His Head279D. V. Panchenko (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Calendars of the Trundholm Sun Chariot303
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
P. Biagi, D. V. Kiosak (Venice, Italy), S. V. Ivanova (Kyiv, Ukraine)Early Metal Ages Burial Grounds Chronology and Cultural Transmission: Some Examples from Southern Europe323S. V. Kuzminykh (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. D. Degtyareva (Tyumen, Russian Federation), L. B. Orlovskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)Northern Periphery of the Circumpontian Metallurgical Province: Metal, Alloys, Technology347K. N. Solodovnikov (Tyumen, Russian Federation), M. Erdene (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)The Phenomenon of Tall Stature of the People of Afanasyevo Culture in Altai and Khangai: Environmental Influence or Eastern European Heritage?373D. A. Topal, М. Sîrbu (Kishinev, Moldova)Hoard of Fragmented Artifacts from the Late Bronze Age near Răzeni Village395
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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