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 |



