INDEX

Preface 5
Klejn L.S. (Russia, Saint-Petersburg)
Cognitive archaeology and its theories: Survey of recent literature
7
Gardin J.-C. (France, Paris)
Semiotic approaches of reasoning in archaeology: Contribution to 'bridge' issue
21
Stoliar A.D. (Russia, Saint-Petersburg)
Problem of historical humanization of prehistoric archaeology of stone epochs
51
Winchkler Giovanna (Argentina, Buenos Aires)
Discussing on semiotic foundation of archaeological dictionary
71
Bauer A.A. (USA, Philadelphia)
Pragmatic semiotic model for interpretation of material culture
79
Bednarik R.G. (Australia, Sidney)
Lower and Middle Palaeolithic origins of semiotics
89
Klejn L.S. (Russia, Saint-Petersburg)
Stained classics
107
Kechagia H. (Greece, Thessalonica)
Silhouettes in Rock Art
115
Stoliar A.D. (Russia, Saint-Petersburg)
Archives of archaeological evidence of genesis of primitive (archaic) consciousness
129
Gheorghiu D. (Romania, Bucharest)
Rhetoric of landscape in Cucuteni-Tripolye culture
143
Gheorghiu D. (Romania, Bucharest)
Semiotics of magic thinking: Human body and clay figurines in Chalcolithic funerary rituals
153
Antonova Ye.V. (Russia, Moscow)
Archaeological evidences of family and kin protectors transformation into gods of complex structure societies
159
Whittaker Helene (Norway, Tromso)
Board games and gaming-pieces in funerary contexts: Cross-cultural approach
171
Stefanovic S. (Serbia, Belgrade)
Animal canines as possible symbol of rank in early Bronze Age Mokrin
201
Litvinenko R.€. (Ukraine, Donetsk)
Elucidation of space-semantic structures in funeral rite of Babino Culture
215
Studzitskaia S.V. (Russia, Moscow)
On semantics of elk and snake images on Seima-Turbino bronze daggers of "princely type"
237
Usachuk A.N., Polidovich Yu.B. (Ukraine, Donetsk)
Unique animal images on pottery tools of late Bronze Age
249
Kuzin-Losev V.I. (Ukraine, Donetsk)
Steppes of Eastern Europe during bronze age: Concept of history and culture
269
Bolshov S.V. (Russia, Ioshkar Ola)
Semantics of Abashevo ornament (by materials on barrows of Middle Volga reaches)
291
Sirbu V. (Romania, Braila)
Thracians: Iconography and imagery
303
Cheremisin D.V. (Russia, Novosibirsk)
On language of animal style art in Pazyryk funeral complexes
325
Polidovich Yu.B. (Ukraine, Donetsk)
Predator and its victim: Expression of life and death circulation by means of Scythian zoomorphous code
355
Volnaia G.N. (Russia, Vladikavkaz)
Motives of Scythian-Siberian animal style in "scenes of hunting" on Caucasian bronze open-work belts and clasps
399
Ostroverkhov A.S. (Ukraine, Ilyichevsk)
Paradigms of ancient glass (Essay on discursive semiotics)
411
Byers A.M. (Canada, Montreal)
Symbolic pragmatics of Ohio Hopewell mortuary practices: Post-mortem sacrifice and world renewal
469
List of abbreviations 505
Contributing Authors 507