Iss. 239

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“ON THE THRESHOLD OF CIVILIZATION AND STATEHOOD (BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND OTHER SOURCES)” TRANSACTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE (MOSCOW, 2014)
Kradin N. N. Key factors behind the origin of the state. . . . . 7 [pdf]
Tishkin A. A., Seregin N. N. Altai nomadic peoples`social systems in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: Main results of the studies based on archaeological material. . . . . 28 [pdf]
Vdovchenkov E. V. The level of complexity of Sarmatian societies in the Don Region based on cross-cultural methods. . . . . 43 [pdf]
Garbuzov G. P., Luk`yashko S. I., Raev B. A. Archaeological data on the problem of formation of inter-community hierarchy in the Kuban River region in I–III cc. AD (Raising the problem). . . . . 54 [pdf]
Melnik V. I. Uneven cultural development and stages of changes in cultures of East European steppes and Near East civilizations in 3000–2000 BC. . . . . 61 [pdf]
Rukavishnikova I. V., Mokroborodov V. V., Gorin A. N., Gladchenkov A. A. Gazkala: A new site of the earliest civilization of the Bactria–Margiana archaeological complex (BMAC) in Central Asia. . . . . 72 [pdf]
Korenevsky S. N. On the threshold of the statehood. Image of the bird of prey in the Bronze Age art of the ancient Near East and the Caucasus and the myth on the Tree of Life. . . . . 86 [pdf]
Savchenko I. A. From the Archaic Period to the Classic Period: Eastern Lowlands of the Maya civilization (North-East of Guatemala) in 1000 BC. . . . . 101 [pdf]
Safronov A. V. Development of the Early Maya state in Uaxactunc. . . . . 112 [pdf]
Levanova (Ostrirova) E. S. Social-political development of the Muisca culture (Columbia) in the light of archaeological data. . . . . 131 [pdf]
Fakhri A. I. On specifics features of iconography of the ruler`s throne in the Maya monumental sculpture of the second half of I millennium AD from Piedras Negras (Guatemala). . . . . 140 [pdf]

TO WARDS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF STONE AND BRONZE AGES DEPARTMENT, IA RAN
Gavrilov K. N., Gey A. N. Department of Stone and Bronze Ages of the Institute of Archaeology. . . . . 148 [pdf]
Mishina T. N. Askoi from the Early Bronze Age settlements at Tell Yunatsite (Bulgaria). . . . . 150 [pdf]
Balabina V. I. Cucuteni-Tripolye kitchenware featuring symbolic figures of animals. . . . . 170 [pdf]
Avilova L. I. Ring-shaped pendants of the Balkan-Carpathian region and Anatolia and the transition to the Early Bronze Age. . . . . 184 [pdf]
Korenevsky S. N., Kizilov A. S. General information on production of Maikop-Novosvobodnaya ceramics and modeling of turntable marks. . . . . 195 [pdf]
Ryndina N. V., Ravich I. G. New data on production technology of bronze hoes in the North Caucasus Maikop culture. . . . . 211 [pdf]
Gey A. N., Kleshchenko A. A. Studies of arpachinsky III burial ground in the lower don region. . . . . 224 [pdf]
Shchelinsky V. Ye., Tesakov A. S., Titov V. V., Simakova A. N., Frolov P. D., Kurshakov S. V. Early Pleistocene short-term camp Kermek in West Ciscaucasia (preliminary results of complex studies). . . . . 240 [pdf]
Seleznev A. B. Flint tools from layer 32 of Lower Paleolithic Mukhkai I camp. . . . . 258 [pdf]
Zhilin M. G. Bone arrowheads in the Late Mesolithic in the Upper Volga region. . . . . 271 [pdf]
Oshibkina S. V. On interpretation of symbolic images from early Holocene sites in the North of Eastern Europe. . . . . 287 [pdf]
Sorokin A. N. Purgasovo culture: thirty years of studies. . . . . 301 [pdf]
Leonova Ye. V., Mednikova M. B. Anthropological finds in the Mesolithic layers of the Dvoynaya cave (North-Western Caucasus). . . . . 326 [pdf]

PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS
Afanasyev G. Ye. Alekseyevskoye hillfort as a Saltovo-Mayatskaya culture site. . . . . 339 [pdf]
Vladimirov S. I. Axes from the Mayatsky archaeological assemblage. . . . . 358 [pdf]
Beilekchi Val. V. The Muroma fire-steels. . . . . 369 [pdf]
Islanova I. V. Fortified sites of the Pskov Long Barrows culture in the Msta River basin. . . . . 384 [pdf]
Tsetlin Yu. B. The concept of “quality” for analyzing the pot capacity. . . . . 393 [pdf]

ABBREVIATIONS. . . . . 409 [pdf]
SUBMISSION GUIDE. . . . . 412 [pdf]
COLOUR PLATES. . . . . 413 [pdf]