Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya

Aims & Scope

The journal is a good opportunity for a wide circle of archaeologists, historians, ethnologists and interdisciplinary researchers to participate in discussions and publish their works.

The journal focuses on reconstruction and interpretation of cultural-historical processes on the vast spaces in the Volga region, the Ural and the North-Caspian region, which used to be, at times, a cross-point between Europe and Asia, not just geographically, but also culturally.

These territories used to generate large-scale changes in the most remote geographic areas.

A growing international attention to this exceptional macro-region of the ancient Eurasia makes the Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya journal a reputable platform, where specialists from different countries – from Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova to Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia – to exchange their opinions and ideas.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Non-Ferrous Metal of Early Alakul (Petrovka) Culture of Bronze Age in Central Kazakhstan

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Anna D., Sergey V., Valeriy G., Igor A., Alexey I., Evgeniy A.

• Modern Analog Assemblages of Phytoliths Under Various Plant Communities of the Middle Volga and their Applicability for Archaeological Reconstructions

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Mikhail S., Bruk R., Yulia A.

• Origins of the Physical Appearance of the Sintashta Circle of Cultures People of the Bronze Age: theoretical and practical aspects

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Alexander A., Egor P.

• The time of Appearance and Spread of the Neolithic Pottery Traditions in the Volga Region

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Irina, Aleksandr

• From the Epipaleolithic to the Middle Ages. Preliminary Research Results of the “Alebastroviy Zavod Rockshelter” in the Elbrus Region

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Lyubov V., Vladimir B., Alexey D., Ekaterina V., Roman S.

• New data on the city and the environs of Saksin

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Dmitry

• UAV Lidar for Investigation Archaeology Sites in European Part of Russian Federation

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Vasily V.

• The “Thorny” Path of the Archаeologist or How Historiographical Myths are Born. Review of Monograph: A.P. Zykov, P.A. Kosintsev, V.V. Trepavlov. City Sibir – the Ancient Settlement of Isker (historical and archaeological research). Moscow: “Vostochnaya literatura” Publ., 2017. 559 p.

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Aleksandr A.

• Byzantine Glazed Ceramics in the Cities of the Northern Black Sea Region in the Golden Horde Period (Second Half of the 13th to the Late 14th Century)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Sergei, Andrey

• New Isotopic Data on the Diet of the Saka Period Population from Central Kazakhstan

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Arman Z., Svetlana V., Daniyar B., Islam K., Paula J.