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'New World' Link to Arctic Find
From BBC, a 30,000-old site found in Arctic Siberia may have been home to the first Americans' ancestors.
1995 Excavations at Pokrovka, Russia
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.
Archaeology of the Hsiung-nu in Russia
New discoveries and some problems. Article by S. Minyaev.
Bibliography of Khazar Studies- Archaeology
A bibliography of papers, articles, and books in several languages including English and Russian pertaining to Khazar archaeology.
Excavations at Daghestan
Article in the ARF Newsletter reporting in the excavations on the Caspian Sea at Daghestan.
Hsiung-nu: Huns of Asia
From the Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences. Archaeological investigations into the material and economic culture of the Huns.
Hyperborea
Provides an overview of the Afanasievo, Okunevo, Tagar, Tashtyk, Chaatas, Andronovo, and Karassuk cultures in the Northern Steppes. [Russian and English]
Ice Maiden Triggers Mother of All Disputes in Sibe
From Telegraph, local officials, urged on by the increasingly militant electorate want a 2,500-year-old mummy, found by Russian archaeologists 11 years ago and being studied in the Siberian capital of Novosibirsk, to be reinterred without delay.
Joint Scandinavian-Russian Azov Archaeological Exc
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
Megaliths in Russia
Images of Russian megaliths.
Middle and Late Pleistocene investigations of Mysh
Myshtulagty Lagat is the first stratified Paleolithic cave from north-central Caucasus.
Prehistoric Megaliths in the Western Caucasus
Russia's Megaliths, unearthing the lost prehistoric tombs of Caucasian warlords in the Zhane Valley.
Rock Art in Russian Far East and in Siberia
TRACCE Online Bulletin: paper with illustrations and bibiography.
Rock Carvings of Russian Karelia
The project started in 2002 and is a part of a wider study concerned with understanding the art of prehistoric fisher-gatherer-hunters in Northern Europe.
Russian Archaeology
Journal review in Athena Review of Rossiiskaia Arkheologiia.
Sailing-ship dating back to beginning of St Peters
From Pravda, Participants in the undersea archaeological expedition of the Memory of Baltic society completed their work in the Vyborg bay near St Petersburg.
Sintashta-Arcaim Culture
Within the last decade, two additional, and yet more ancient cultures, Petrovka and Sintashta, were discovered in Eurasia that have several characteristics in common.
St. George Russian-American Archaeological Program
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.
The Golden Deer of Eurasia
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.
The Khazar Fortress of Sarkel
Site located near the Don River, constructed in the 830s CE by a joint team of Greek and Khazar architects. Images, maps, and articles.
The Paleolithic Archaeology of Weasel Cave
A report on a site located in Ossetia, Russia presented by Nazim Hidjrati, Larry Kimball, and Todd Koetje at the 1996 Paleoanthropology meetings.
The Slavonic Antiquity
Collection of archaeological and other topical papers on Ancient Slavonic Culture.
The Solovetsky Archipelago
Evaluation and prospects of the Solovetsky Islands in the north of Russia.
Viking Ship in Russian Waters
From Archaeology, wreck of a 9-10th century Viking ship belonging to the Viking tribe, Varenghi, found near Vyborg, Russia.