Author: Alexander Akulov

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CAES editorial team awaits for your contributions for CAES Vol. 10, № 2, that is going to be published in early June 2024. The deadline for submission of papers is May 20, 2024.

Editor’s foreword  Articles New data on the etymology of the Ainu word kamuy Alexander Akulov, Tresi Nonno Previously it was shown that Ainu is a relative to the Sino-Tibetan family. The Ainu word kamuy is a compound of two roots: ka and muy. The component ka correlates with the Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kăŋH – “tie”, and *Kat […]

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Cultural Anthropology and Ethnosemiotics

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CAES editorial team awaits for your contributions for CAES Vol. 9, № 4, that is going to be published in the second half of December 2023. The deadline for submission of papers is December 1.

Editor’s foreword Think pieces Some refinements of the interpretation of the spell against samauna disease from the London Medical Papyrus Alexander Akulov In the London Medical papyrus there are two spells in the Kaftiw/Minoan language. The spell against samauna disease is a spell in the Kaftiw/Minoan language: this spell comes immediately after the spell that […]

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Think pieces The etymology of the hydronym Okhta Alexander Akulov Okhta [ohta] is a river in the southern part of the Karelian Isthmus. This hydronym is generally supposed to have originated from Uralic languages, however, really it has no trustworthy Uralic etymology. The hydronym can be explained through the language of the people who lived […]

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The CAES editorial team awaits for your contributions for CAES Vol. 9, № 2 that is going to be published in late May – early June 2023. The deadline for submission of papers is May 22, 2023.

Think pieces: On the etymology of the hydronym Oredezh Alexander Akulov The hydronym Oredezh has neither Uralic nor Indo-European etymology, but can be explained through the language of the people who lived in the region in the Neolithic period. Those people spoke a language that was a juncture between Yeniseian languages, Caucasian languages, Hattic, and […]

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The CAES editorial team is waiting for your contributions for CAES Vol. 9, № 1 which will be published in late February – early March 2023. The deadline for submission of papers is February 15, 2023.

Editor’s foreword Articles: How often the Neolithic people of Okhta 1 could visit those of Sarnate and Šventoji 43: some preliminary notes on seafaring of Paja Ul Deˀŋ Alexander Akulov There are two routes from the mouth of Paleo-Okhta to the region of Sarnate Šventoji : a short and a long. The short one is […]

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The CAES editorial team waits for your contributions for CAES Vol. 8, № 4 that is going to be published in the middle of December 2022. The deadline for submission of papers is December 5.

Editor’s foreword Articles: How closely the Neolithic people of the site of Okhta 1 were related to the Neolithic people of the sites of Sarnate and Šventoji 43? Alexander Akulov The Pit-Comb Ware from the Neolithic site Okhta 1 is much alike that from the Neolithic sites located on the territories of the Baltic states. […]

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Editor’s foreword Articles: Dating of the Neolithic site of Toksovo by the comparison of frequencies of ornamental imprints on potsherds Alexander Akulov The Neolithic site of Toksovo was discovered in 1926 but has never been properly dated, however, an assemblage of potsherds was picked on it (the site is located in the southern part of […]

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CAES editorial team waits for your articles for CAES Vol. 8, № 2 that is going to be published in early June 2022. The deadline for submission is May 17, 2022.

Think pieces: A conclusion about the structure of the winter settlements of Paja Ul Deˀŋ after experiments on making stone axes in the winter period Alexander Akulov Manufacturing of stone axes/adzes was a matter of vital importance for Paja Ul Deˀŋ. In winter boulders are covered with a thin layer of ice, and therefore, before […]

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CAES editorial team waits for your contributions for CAES Vol. 8, N 1 that is going to be published in early March 2022. The deadline for submission is February 15.

Editor’s foreword Think pieces: Social aspects of Neolithic technology of firing pottery in bonfires Alexander Akulov Firing pottery was one of the most complicated Neolithic technologies since it requires certain natural conditions to be met and the existence of an organized group that could successfully make firing. Such group/team consists of a person that can […]

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Editor’s foreword Think pieces: The bear stones of Olkhovka Alexander Akulov The complex of sacral stones of Olkhovka is usually dated to the Iron Age and to the Middle Ages. However, there are some facts indicating that the stones could be used by the Neolithic people yet. Finnish/Karelian name of Olkhovka was Lapinlahti (literally: “Sami […]

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CAES editorial team calls for your papers for CAES Vol. 7, № 3 that is going to be published in late September 2021.

Think pieces: Estimating the degree of resemblance of assemblages of stone axes/adzes Alexander Akulov To estimate the index of resemblance of two collections of stone axes/adzes, it is necessary to compare the following characteristics: 1) the total numbers of items of the compared collections, 2) the distributions of the material of which the items were […]

CAES editorial team waits for your papers for CAES Vol. 7, № 2, that is going to be published in late May – early June 2021. The deadline for submission is May 15.