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LETTERS FROM THE PONTUS
I. V. Bruyako (Odessa, Ukraine), V. A. Goroncharovskij (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)A Ritual and Memorial Complex from the Final La Tène Period at the Kartal Site15N. Yu. Limberis (Krasnodar, Russian Federation), I. I. Marchenko (†)Cataphract Burials from a Burial Ground near the Village of Leninokhabl33A. A. Voloshinov (Bakhchysarai, Crimea), V. V. Masyakin, A. E. Solomonenko (Simferopol, Crimea)An Early Migration-Period Crypt at the Suvlu-Kaya Cemetery (Bakhchisaray)53I. N. Khrapunov, A. A. Stoianova (Simferopol, Crimea)Gender Status of Individuals Buried with Grave Goods in the Late Roman Polychrome Style95A. A. Trufanov (Simferopol, Crimea)Metallic Lunula Pendants from the Burials of Ust’-Alma Necropolis (South-Western Crimea)113A. V. Mastykova, I. A. Saprykina, N. I. Sudarev (Moscow, Russian Federation)Aphrodite or a Local Great Goddess? Gold Medallions Depicting a Female Deity from the Roman-Period Burial Ground of Frontovoye 3129D. A. Kostromichyov (Sevastopol, Crimea), T. N. Smekalova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Roman Metal in a Greek City: X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Early Roman Oval-Trapezoidal Buckles from Tauric Chersonesos153L. A. Golofast, D. V. Zhuravlev, O. S. Rumiantseva (Moscow, Russian Federation)From the Levant to a Moscow Museum: Mould-Blown Flasks in the State Historical Museum: Archaeological Attribution and Collection History171
THE WORLD OF NOMADS: FROM THE VOLGA TO HINDUSTAN
S. V. Pankova, V. S. Busova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), N. P. Makarov (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation), S. V. Shnaider, S. V. Baranova (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)Fur Hats from the Oglakhty Cemetery in Khakassia (2nd—3rd centuries AD)189E. P. Kitov (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Emergence and Spread of Circular Artificial Deformation of the Skull in Central Asia and the Volga-Ural Region in the First Half of the 1st millennium AD213S. A. Yatsenko (Moscow, Russian Federation), V. L. Denisenko (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Anthropomorphic Images and Tamga-Signs in the Art of Nomads of the Northern Hindustan and Western Tibet in the Early Iron Age229M. V. Krivosheev (Volgograd, Russian Federation), A. V. Borisov (Pushchino, Russian Federation)The Volga-Ural Region at the End of the Early Iron Age: Historical, Cultural, and Paleoecological Reconstructions249
BETWEEN STEPPE AND FOREST
N. A. Birkina (Moscow, Russian Federation)On the Possible Origins of Jewellery-Making Traditions among the Population of the Upper Oka Region in the First Centuries AD265A. M. Vorontsov (Tula, Russian Federation)The Early Series of Oka Brooches with a Knob on the Foot279V. V. Рriymak (Sumy, Ukraine), D.G. Sapozhnikov (†)A Hand Mill of the Kyiv Culture from the Latyshevka-2 Settlement in the Seym Basin301O. A. Radyush, A. V. Nikitina (Moscow, Russian Federation)Early Kolochin Sites of the 5th–6th Centuries AD (Based on Materials from the Desna, Seim, and Upper Oka Basins)315
FOREST HYPERBOREA
A. V. Engovatova (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. A. Kanapin (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), Kh. Kh. Mustafin, I. E. Alborova, A. M. Vorontsov (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. A. Samsonova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), Ya. R. Slepova, K. A. Petrova, O. Yu. Chechetkina, M. B. Mednikova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Mysteries of a Destroyed Settlement: the First Human Genome from the Dyakovo Settlement of Shcherbinka357N. A. Krenke (Moscow, Russian Federation)A Hypothesis on ‘Barbarian Kingdoms’ in the Forest Zone of Eastern Europe in the 5th Century AD (Upper Dnieper — Volga-Oka Interfluve — Northwest Region)379S. V. Belskiy (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Middle Iron Age Antiquities in Ladoga Karelia: The Current State of Research393M. M. Kazanski (Paris, France)Baltic Influence in the Forest Zone of Eastern Europe During the Great Migration Period and the Baltic Fluvial South — North River Route407A. D. Nazarov (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)Fur Trade and Sasanian Iran425
“ARGENT SONNANT ET TRÉBUCHANT”
S. V. Yartsev, E. V. Shushunova, Zhang Qilin (Tula, Russian Federation)Some Episodes of the Bosporan-Roman War of 45—49 in the Context of Numismatics433M. G. Abramzon (Magnitogorsk, Russian Federation), E. V. Petrova (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Two Hoards from Southwestern Crimea, Containing “Limes” Denarii and Antoniniani445
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