Science: Archaeology: Regional: Europe: Russia

The Metropolitan Museum presents some 200 examples of early nomadic Eurasian art, ornately carved and covered in gold, discovered in excavation on the Russian Steppes.

A report on a site located in Ossetia, Russia presented by Nazim Hidjrati, Larry Kimball, and Todd Koetje at the 1996 Paleoanthropology meetings.

Within the last decade, two additional, and yet more ancient cultures, Petrovka and Sintashta, were discovered in Eurasia that have several characteristics in common.

Collection of archaeological and other topical papers on Ancient Slavonic Culture.

TRACCE Online Bulletin: paper with illustrations and bibiography.

From Archaeology, wreck of a 9-10th century Viking ship belonging to the Viking tribe, Varenghi, found near Vyborg, Russia.

Collaborative investigation by Appalachian State University and North Ossetian State University of the paleolithic site of Weasel Cave in the Caucasus Mountains of North Ossetia.

Evaluation and prospects of the Solovetsky Islands in the north of Russia.

A bibliography of papers, articles, and books in several languages including English and Russian pertaining to Khazar archaeology.

Site located near the Don River, constructed in the 830s CE by a joint team of Greek and Khazar architects. Images, maps, and articles.

Article in the ARF Newsletter reporting in the excavations on the Caspian Sea at Daghestan.

Illustrated outline of the Kazakh/American Research Project led by Jeannine Davis-Kimball and Leonid T. Yablonsky, which uncovered burials dating from the 6th century BCE to the 3rd century CE.

New discoveries and some problems. Article by S. Minyaev.

From Pravda, Participants in the undersea archaeological expedition of the Memory of Baltic society completed their work in the Vyborg bay near St Petersburg.

From BBC, a 30,000-old site found in Arctic Siberia may have been home to the first Americans' ancestors.

The expedition was conceived, sponsored and led by Thor Heyerdahl and the first season of excavation took place from 10 April to 10 June 2001