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PEOPLE AND THINGS IN THE IRON AGE
S. S. Ivanov (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)“Where the Vigorous Sickle Walked and the Spike Fell…”: Bronze Sickles of the Saka Period from Tien Shan Region15S. S. Lysenko (Kyiv, Ukraine)Reconstructing Some Elements of Adornment Spread in the North Black Sea Region During the Scythian Era29Yu. G. Kokorina, Iu. A. Likhter (Moscow, Russian Federation)Characteristics of Scythian Weapon Ornamentation as a Reflection of Peaceful Contacts between Cultures (possibility of using database technology)51O. V. Anikeeva (Moscow, Russian Federation)Attribution of Beads from the Cemetery Filippovka 2 in the Southern Urals65
SOCIOLOGY OF THE OTHERWORLD
S. B. Valchak (Moscow, Russian Federation)Burials of the Beginning of the Early Iron Age in the Mounds of Southern Eastern Europe (Metastructure of Sites)83A. S. Zheludkov (Lipetsk, Russian Federation), T. A. Puzanova (Moscow, Russian Federation),
A. A. Kulichkov (Tambov, Russian Federation), S. V. Vasilyev, S. B. Borutskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)Pre-Scythian Burials at the Volkhonskiye Vyselki Barrow on the Upper Don115T. M. Kuznetsova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Steppe Scythian Sites of the 7th—3rd Centuries BC in the Northern Black Sea Area (on the classification of funerary structures)127A. A. Kadieva, S. V. Demidenko (Moscow, Russian Federation)Burials of Horsemen of the Scythian Time at the Zayukovo-3 Burial Ground145A. M. Seitov (Almaty, Kazakhstan)“Sauromato”: Early Sarmatian Differently Oriented Burials (Formulation of the Problem)165A. N. Kovalenko (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)Some Special Features in the Burial Rite of the Population at the Mouth of the Don River in the 5th — First Third of the 3rd Century BC187
“EPISTULAE EX PONTO”
T. V. Egorova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Traditional Set of Black-Glazed Vessels in Greek Burial Complexes of the Asian Bosporus of the Late 6th — Late 4th Centuries BC (Based on the Materials from the Volna 1 Necropolis)213N. Yu. Limberis, I. I. Marchenko (Krasnodar, Russian Federation)Gray-clay Kantharoi of the Maeotians: Imitations of Greek Forms and their Modifications233
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
V. S. Sinika, S. N. Razumov (Tiraspol, Moldova), N. P. Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova),
E. F. Taschi (Tiraspol, Moldova)Scythian Barrow of the Second Half of the 6th Century BC on the Left Bank of the Lower Dniester245I. V. Bruyako (Odessa, Ukraine)Notes on the Interpretation of Some Non-standard Archaeological Objects257E. E. Antonov (Moscow, Russian Federation)Late Scythian Settlements and Houses in North-West Crimea: “Internal Evolution” and Mechanisms of Antique Impact273
ARCHAEOLOGY OF IDEAS
A. V. Dedyulkin (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation), S. V. Smirnov (Moscow, Russian Federation)God, Hero, King? Imagery of ‘Pearson Wearing Helmet’ on the Coins of Seleukos I291A. Cesaretti (Rome, Italy), D. A. Topal (Kishinev, Moldova), R. Dan (Rome, Italy)Iconography and Chronology of the Ceremonial Akinakes from Filippovka-I Burial Ground309
HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND PERSONALITIES
V. N. Saenko (Kyiv, Ukraine), I. V. Belozerova, S. V. Kuzminykh (Moscow, Russian Federation)“I Would Be Very Grateful to You if You Don’t Refuse to Sometimes Help with Advice”: Letters from V. I. Goshkevich to V. A. Gorodtsov Free!331A. Gass (Berlin, Germany)“Archaeology is one of the most exciting sciences”. Toward the 65th birth anniversary of Hermann Parzinger Free!355S. S. Kazarov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)In Memoriam of Pierre Cabanes (30.12.1930—13.06.2023) Free!361
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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