b8203bpPART 1 ANCIENT METALLURGY GENERAL ISSUESppInternal and external impulses for the development of ancient Chinese metallurgyppGrigoriev S.pp ppIron sources and technologies during the Early Iron Age in the Northern Pontic regionppKulkova M., Kashuba M., Kulkov A., Ryabkova T. Vetrova M., Zanoci A., Bubnova O.pp ppLead isotope analysis of the Bronze Age metal from the steppe of the Cis- and Trans-UralsppKiseleva D., Soloshenko N., Okuneva T., Shagalov E., Tkachev V., Bogdanov S., Ankushev M., Koryakova L., Vinogradov N.pp ppPART 2 ANCIENT METALLURGY CASE STUDIESpMetalworking and metallurgical slag in the Tokskoe Late Bronze Age settlement pppAnkushev M., Faizullin I., Artemyev D., Blinov I.pp ppArrowheads from Two Sarmatian Burials of the One Mound Metal Composition and Shape RelationppBlinov I., Tairov A.pp ppThe ancient Bronzes of Bashkiria findings on the composition of non-ferrous metal obtained at the burial grounds of the Bronze AgeppBakhshiev I., Kamaleev E.pp ppMineral Comp