Yearbook of the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences in which synopses of the latest archaeological research are published alongside reports on retrieved artefacts and joint international projects.  Contents of this issue include:   The oldest sites of the Early Palaeolithic in the southwest of the Russian Plain; Palaeolithic Workshops in the Lower Don Basin; Mesolithic burials of Eastern Prionezhye; New excavations of Chalcolithic settlements in the lower reaches of the Danube; Ancient farmers of South Margiana, southeast of Turkmenistan; Flat Tashtyk mask from the collection of the State Historical Museum; Excavations of the Zat-Khimyam temple in western Hadramaut; Early paintings of the Sogdian temple of Jartepa II of C5th; A Scandinavian equal-shouldered brooch of the Walst type; Medieval Arctic: archaeological discoveries of recent years; New sphragistic finds from Staraya Ladoga; New data on the Mousterian burials of the Near East; The Final Palaeolithic of Siberia; Tools of labour and the beginning of agriculture in the Middle East; Problems of cultural interaction between Russia and Scandinavia in the VIII-XI centuries.  Paperback.  268 pages.  All articles are in Russian, but all articles also have a comprehensive summary in English.  Captions to all illustrations are also dual language.  Minor external signs of wear, otherwise good clean condition.  Cat No N120