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“ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS”
Yu. G. Kokorina (Moscow, Russian Federation)I. E. Zabelin’s Research in Materials Science (based on archival materials)15A. B. Tarasenko, D. D. Jolshin, I. V. Antipov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)The Sources of the Natural Stone for the Building Activities in Novgorod in the Early 12th Century27D. D. Jolshin (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), D. E. Yakovlev (Moscow, Russian Federation)Bricks from the Twelfth-Century Churches in Pskov45O. D. Fais-Leutskaia (Moscow, Russian Federation)Stone, Wood, Metal in the Everyday Usage of Sardinia: Traditions of Application and Keys to Interpretation61A. A. Novik (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Stone as a Force Among the Albanians of the Balkans: Mythological Beliefs, Construction Practices and Ethno-Legal Collisions73D. S. Serezhnikova, A. Yu. Sergeev, P. G. Gaidukov (Moscow, Russian Federation)Spoiled Grain or Burnt Malt? The Discovery of a Bulk Grain Assemblage at the Ioannovsky Excavation Site in 202287Ju. V. Buchatskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)The Beggfredla (A Bamberg Hand Hoe). On the Cultural Biography of a Tool107
GAMES OF MATERIALS
N. A. Birkina, E. S. Kovalenko, A. V. Mandrykina, P. V. Guryeva, O. A. Kondratev, E. Yu. Tereschenko, E. B. Yatsishina (Moscow, Russian Federation)Comprehensive Analysis of Metal Composition and Technological Aspects of Manufacturing of Heraldic Plates Originating from the Middle Oka Region119V. V. Morozov (Moscow, Russian Federation), V. V. Stavitsky (Penza, Russian Federation), А. L. Smirnov (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. V. Lyganov (Kazan, Russian Federation), V. I. Danilevskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)Novoe Biksenteevo Hoards: Typology and X-ray Fluorescence Analysis141E. K. Stolyarova, G. V. Trebeleva (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Chemical Composition of Glass as a Method of Attribution of the Markul Settlement Glass Finds155I. I. Elkina (Moscow, Russian Federation), D. N. Polovyanenko, E. V. Karpova, S. V. Baranova, Yu. V. Sryvkina (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation), A. N. Babenko (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Türk (Budapest, Hungary), V. S. Sinika (Moscow, Russian Federation)Fabric and Leather Item from a Hungarian Burial on the Left Bank of the Lower Dniester169E. A. Shinakov, S. V. Kuznetsov, V. O. Piskunov (Bryansk, Russian Federation)Temporal Rings of Severians, Radimichi, Vyatichi in the North-West of Chernigov Land: Correlation in the Light of Chemical Analysis187N. V. Grigoreva, M. A. Kulkova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Glassmaking in the Late 10th—11th Centuries in Staraya Ladoga: Interdisciplinary Studies199D. V. Abramov, O. V. Danilov (Vladimir, Russian Federation)Features of Pigments in Glazes of Ceramic Tiles from the Golden Gate in Vladimir211A. A. Maslennikov (Moscow, Russian Federation), T. N. Smekalova, V. A. Sidorenko (Simferopol, Crimea)Alloys and Manufacturing Technology of Medieval Jewelry from Burial Grounds of the Crimean Azov Region: X-Ray Fluorescence Studies221
DISCOVERIES — INTERPRETATIONS — RECONSTRUCTIONS
N. N. Seregin, S. S. Matrenin (Barnaul, Russian Federation), N. F. Stepanova (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)Single Burial of a Human Skull with Original Grave Goods from the Gorny-10 Necropolis: New Data on the Burial Rituals of the Population of the Northern Foothills of Altai at the Beginning of the Early Middle Ages241O. V. Dyakova (Vladivostok, Russian Federation)The Structure of the Ancestral Graves of the Mohaes and Manchu-Xibо (Based on the Materials of the Monastyrka-3 Necropolis in Primorye)255S. Doncheva (Shumen, Bulgaria)Reconstructions of Early Medieval Riding Horse Harness (Based on Finds from Bulgarian Production Centers in the Vicinity of Preslav)271A. A. Chubur, V. N. Gurуanov (Bryansk, Russian Federation)The Cuman Statues in Museums of the Central Russian Upland: Decorations of Estates, Hoaxes, and Finds287E. Yu. Kononovich, A. Yu. Kononovich (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Fibulae Dear to the Heart: Jewelry of the 17th Century Ingermanlanders Based on Data from the Novaya Burya 4 Burial Ground301
FROM BYZANTIUM TO THE STEPPE: HISTORICAL ESSAYS
Z. K. Suraganova (Astana, Kazakhstan)The Kumys Ritual in the Political Culture of the Genghis Khan Empire: Preconditions, Causes of Emergence, and Loss311Yu. V. Seleznev (Voronezh, Russian Federation)“The Temptation of Late Chronicles” or the Devaluation of a Historical Source: A Modern Methodological Dilemma Using the Example of the Discussion on the Fate of Prince Oleg of Ryazan325A. A. Porsin (Astana, Kazakhstan)Jochid Possessions in Ghazna and the Struggle for Power in the Ordu Ulus at the Turn of the 13th—14th Centuries333S. Sh. Kubaev, Sh. P. Toshova, M. M. Khatamova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)Traces of a Lost Book Culture: A New Interpretation of the Architectural Mysteries of Khwarezm347L. A. Aliyeva (Baku, Azerbaijan)Factors Leading to the Sedentarization of the Turkic Tribes of the Middle East: the Case of Azerbaijan363
DISCUSSIONS
A. A. Romanchuk (Kishinev, Moldova)When the Slavs became the Slavs? The Evolution of Proto-Slavic Communicative Space in the Light of Interdisciplinary Synthesis375S. G. Botalov (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Paradoxes in Archaeology (based on materials from the Uelga burial ground)399
PALEOGENETIC STUDIES AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
I. E. Alborova, Kh. Kh. Mustafi n, O. Yu. Chechyotkina, I. V. Belotserkovskaya, E. V. Veselovskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. N. Gavrilov (Shilovo, Russian Federation)The Results of Genetic and Anthropological Studies of the Ryazan-Oka People405S. V. Vasilyev (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. V. Novikov (Kostroma, Russian Federation), S. B. Borutskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation), O. V. Novikova (Kostroma, Russian Federation)A Comprehensive Paleoanthropological Study of the Unusual Burial Rite Necropolis of Orthodox Kostroma (15th—16th Centuries)433
AD MEMORIAM
A. A. Romanchuk (Kishinev, Moldova)“Immense Faith in People…”: In Loving Memory of Sergei Covalenco — Man and Scholar Free!443V. B. Tzoi (Kishinev, Moldova)My Friend Sergei Covalenco Free!443
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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