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ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONCEPTS
V. E. Maslov (Moscow, Russian Federation), K. B. Kolesnichenko (Stavropol, Russian Federation)Deer Imagery on Scythian-Period Ceramics from Central Ciscaucasia15Yu. G. Kokorina (Moscow, Russian Federation)Statistical Patterns in the Organization of Scythian Weapon Decor39T. V. Egorova, D. V. Zhuravlev (Moscow, Russian Federation)Medallions on “Calena Cups” from the Northern Black Sea Region: A Preliminary Analysis of Images49V. P. Glebov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation), I. A. Gordin (Azov, Russian Federation), A. V. Dedyulkin, Yu. V. Popov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)A New Votive Hoard Featuring a Hellenistic Helmet from the Left Bank of the Lower Don73
ECO-SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
N. A. Berseneva (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Women in Early Nomadic Society in the Southern Urals: Priestess, Amazon, Housewife? Reconstructing Social Roles91N. Yu. Limberis (Krasnodar, Russian Federation), I. I. Marchenko (†)Funeral Rites of Equestrian Burials at the Prikubansky Burial Ground103K. S. Korshun (Simferopol, Crimea)Сhildren’s Burials in the Late Scythian Settlements of the North-Western Crimea131N. A. Plasteeva, P. A. Kosintsev (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)Were there “Purebred” Horses in the Scythian Period?149N. N. Spasskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation), M. A. Bakushev (Majkop, Russian Federation), K. A. Dneprovsky (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. F. Shevchenko (Majkop, Russian Federation), O. I. Frizen (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. Yu. Limberis (Krasnodar, Russian Federation), I. I. Marchenko (†), V. R. Erlikh (Moscow, Russian Federation)Morphological Characteristics of Maeotian Horses159
“EPISTULAE EX PONTO”
A. V. Kovalchuk (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Collection of the Ceramic Stamps from the Museum of I. K. Surutschan181
THINGS. FORM. FUNCTIONS
A. P. Borodovsky, P. V. Volkov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation).Portable Grinding Slab from the Paleometal Age Settlement of Manzherok-3 on the Katun River193V. N. Myshkin (Samara, Russian Federation)Straight Rod-Shaped Two-Hole Cheek-Pieces Used by Nomads in the Southern Urals in the Second Half of the 6th—4th Centuries BC203S. B. Valchak (Moscow, Russian Federation), K. A. Krutogolovenko (Krasnodar, Russian Federation), E. A. Kudriavtsev (Stavropol, Russian Federation)Burials with Horn Pommels from the Grushevskoye Settlement Cemetery225
CHANGING OF CULTURES AND CULTURAL CATASTROPHS
N. N. Golovchenko, R. V. Belousov (Barnaul, Russian Federation)The Polyculturalism of the Early Iron Age in the Upper Ob Basin: Materials from the Burial Ground Kamen-2249Yu. D. Razuvaev (Voronezh, Russian Federation)Middle Don Settlements of the Scythian Era: Finality and Continuity?281E. P. Kitov (Moscow, Russian Federation)On the Possibility of Continuity of the Sauromatian-Sarmatian Population of Northern Eurasia According to Anthropological Data293A. M. Seitov (Kostanay, Kazakhstan)On the Eastern Frontier of Sarmatian Culture (Based on Materials from the Tobol-Torgay and Ishym Basin Steppes)315
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
S. A. Fidelski, S. N. Razumov, D. F. Patkevich (Tiraspol, Moldova), A. V. Kochnev, P. A. Kosintsev (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), A. N. Usachuk (Moscow, Russian Federation), V. S. Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova)Scythian Barrow 1 of the Doly Cemetery near Butory Village in the Lower Dniester333A. A. Shevchenko, S. A. Volodin (Moscow, Russian Federation)Investigation of a Scythian-Time Burial Mound in the Middle Don Basin345I. V. Rukavishnikova (Moscow, Russian Federation), D. V. Beilin (Kerch, Crimea)The Hellenistic Period Site of Batyrsky 1: Military Burial Complexes369N. P. Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova), S. N. Razumov, D. F. Patkevich (Tiraspol, Moldova), M. V. Ivashchenko (Saratov, Russian Federation), P. A. Kosintsev, A. V. Kochnev (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), V. S. Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova)A New Scythian Cemetery of the 3rd—2nd Centuries BC on the Left Bank of the Lower Dniester: Part III (Barrow 6)395
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