INDEX

Preface 5
Klejn L.S. (Russia, Saint-Petersburg)
Concepts of time and archaeology. Structural and semiotic investigation
11
Antonova Ye.V. (Moscow, Russia)
Burials as source of reconstruction of ritual and mythological complexes of preliterate societies
65
Serikov Yu.B. (Nizhniy Tagil, Russia)
On semantics of some attributes of shamans of Stone Age
73
Tkachuk T.M. (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine)
Sign System of Bylche Zolotoye of Verteba I: Experience of practical semiotics
85
Potyomkina Tam.M. (Moscow, Russia)
System of sacral space organization of steppe bronze burial grounds (on materials of excavations of Dashti-Kozy in Central Asia)
109
Ivanova S.V. (Odessa, Ukraine)
Sign and denotat: Semantic loading of ornamental patterns in Yamnaia and Catacomb cultures (possible variant of interpretation)
143
Kuzin-Losev V.I. (Donetsk, Ukraine)
Area of senses, signs and symbols of Catacomb cultural-historical community
153
Polidovich Yu.B. (Donetsk, Ukraine)
On certain semiotic aspects of vessel function in funeral ceremonies of Prescythian time
197
Ostroverkhov A.S. (Ilyichevsk, Ukraine)
Monuments of animal style from Olvia and Nikonii regions (end of VI - III cc BC)
219
Rostunov V.L. (Vladikavkaz, Russia)
On semantics of "Big Maikop Barrows" in Central Caucasus (by evidence of Barrow 3 at Brut village in North Ossetia)
267
Tishkin A.A., Leonova I.Yu. (Barnaul, Russia)
Funeral practice of Altai Bijkenian culture's carriers: Semantics of archaeological complex
279
Masumoto T. (Sakai, Japan)
Chinese bronze mirrors (semiotic aspect)
295
Dode Z.V. (Stavropol, Russia)
Archaeological costume as representation of historical and cultural reality: on method of research
305
Korol D.A. (Kiev, Ukraine)
Motifs of "horseman" and "welcoming goddess" on burial stones of Scandinavia and Black Sea North Littoral
331
Sergeyeva M.S. (Kiev, Ukraine)
Studying decoration of big golden pectorals from Central Panama
345
Nikitinskii I.F. (Vologda, Russia)
On Tree of Life of Tiunovskoye shrine
369
Pasynkov S.V. (Ryasan, Russia)
Rhomb as symbol of Moon in Indo-European, Slavonic and Christian traditions
379
List of abbreviations 393
Contributing Authors 395