CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. INTRODUCTION 5
5. I. THE LAKE BAIKAL REGION: PAST CLASSIFICATIONS 7
6. II. THE BASIS FOR A CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SIBERIAN NEOLITHIC 9
7. III. A BRIEF CHARACTERIZATION OF THE THREE MAJOR TYPES OF BURIALS IN THE ANGARA VALLEY 10
8. IV. SIGNIFICANCE OF BODY ORIENTATION IN THE ANGARA VALLEY BURIALS 12
9. V. ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF THE ANGARA BURIALS 13
10. VI. CORRELATION OF NEOLITHIC HABITATION AND BURIAL SITES 18
11. VII. THE CHRONOLOGY: RETROSPECT AND PROPOSITION 25
12. VIII. THE ORIGIN OF THE BAIKAL NEOLITHIC AND THE POSITION OF THE KHINA PERIOD 34
13. IX. THE ISAKOVO PERIOD 39
14. X. THE SEROVO PERIOD 45
15. XI. THE KITOI PERIOD 60
16. XII. THE MIDDLE LENA VALLEY 70
17. XIII. THE LOWER LENA VALLEY 88
18. XIV. THE ARCTIC COAST OF EASTERN SIBERIA 91
19. XV. SUMMARY AND PROBLEMS 94
20. ADDENDUM 98
21. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 100
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 101
23. INDEX 105