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PROCEEDINGS OF CONFERENCE «ON THE THRES HOLD OF CIVI LIZATION AND STATE HOOD (BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND OTHER SOURCES)» NOVEMBER 2014
Gulyaev V. I. Introduction. . . . . 7 [pdf]
Bondarenko D. M. State: the nature of the phenomenon. . . . . 13 [pdf]
Korniyenko T. V. Socio-cultural changes in North Mesopotamian communities in the Epipalaeolithic epoch and pre-pottery Neolithic as a stage on the path to civilization. . . . . 26 [pdf]
Munchayev R. M., Amirov Sh. N. Tell Hazna I. Between the first and second urban revolutions in the Khabur steppe of North Mesopotamia. . . . . 35 [pdf]
Avilova L. I. On metal ingots from Anatolian hoards (Bronze Age). . . . . 49 [pdf]
Antonova Ye. V. On the rituals of the creators of the «Oxus civilization». . . . . 68 [pdf]
Dmitriyev S. V. Domestication in China: an attempt to generalize data. . . . . 82 [pdf]
Afanasyev G. Ye. On the self-identification of the Khazar Khaganate in the 9th century (based on data of the defence system. . . . . 98 [pdf]

PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS
Makarov N. A., Fedorina A. N. Phenomenon of «large settlements» in North-Eastern Rus in the 10th and 11th centuries. . . . . . 115 [pdf]
Maslennikov A. A. On Bosporan chronography and Bosporan archaeology (Comparative-relative chronology of fortified settlements in the European Bosporus in the period of «mature» Hellenism). . . . . 132 [pdf]
Berezin Ya. B., Maslov V. Ye. Burials with kromleh at the northern foothill of mount Mashuk. . . . . 151 [pdf]
Vnukov S. Yu. Duration of the period Classical wine amphorae were used. . . . . 161 [pdf]
Khrapunov I. N., Kazansky M. M. Burial 114 at the Neizats cemetery (the foothills of the Crimea Mountains) and antiquities of the nomads of the North Pontic region in the second half of the 5th – first half of the 6th cc.. . . . . 170 [pdf]
Gippius A. A., Sedov Vl. V. A graffito inscription on the wall of St. Nicolas in Dvorishche cathedral (Novgorod). . . . . 195 [pdf]
Shcherbakov V. L. Technology used for manufacturing working axes in the centre of North-Eastern Rus. . . . . 203 [pdf]
Zavyalov V. I., Terekhova N. N. On the question of the development of iron industry in the middle reaches of the Yenisei River (technological aspect). . . . . 212 [pdf]
Kovalev A. A. Xinzhuangtou M30 – a burial of a noble representative of the Loufans – one of the Pazyryk culture peoples in the service of the Yan kingdom (mid-3rd century BC). . . . . 229 [pdf]

BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Mednikova M. B. Bioarchaeology of Neanderthal burials in the territory of France and the Crimea. . . . . 243 [pdf]
Shishlina N. I., Larionova Yu. O., Erlikh V. R., Kovalev D. S., van der Plicht J. Maikop grave from the Sinyukha burial ground: results of stable isotope study. . . . . 262 [pdf]
Kazarnitsky A. A., Turkina I. S. Burial pit shape and skeleton positions: experiment to analyse the variability by methods of geometric morphometry. . . . . 277 [pdf]
Tarasova A. A. assessment of the degree of kinships in the population of medieval Yaroslavl based on anthropological. . . . . 288 [pdf]
Gorbanenko S. A. Palaeobotanical materials of the Prague culture. . . . . 299 [pdf]

ABBREVIATIONS. . . . . 319 [pdf]
SUBMISSION GUIDE. . . . . 321 [pdf]
COLOUR PLATES. . . . . 325 [pdf]