Vladivostok

Alexander N. Popov (Director, Anthropology Museum, Far Eastern State University): collections access. Sergei Trofimov: logistics. Lena Trofimova: logistics. Yaroslav V. Kuzmin (Pacific Institute of Geography [now with Institute of Geophysics, Novosibirsk]): carbon-14 dating information.

There are dozens of other Russians, whose names are unknown or not remembered, but without their help we could never have carried out this study. They range from the charming female conductors of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, shop keepers, maids, students, waitresses, dacha vegetable vendors, minibus and taxi drivers, and on and on. Spasibo!

Note on photograph identifications

All images are cataloged using a coded system; for example: CGT neg. IHPP 2-15-84:21. The first letters in capitals are the initials of the photographer. The second term - neg. or color - indicates a black-on-white negative or an original Kodachrome slide. The next letters, either in capitals or a geographic name, indicate where the photograph was taken. The next three numbers indicate date as month-day-year. The last number is the frame exposed. Thus, the above example means: Christy G. Turner, black-on-white, Institute of History, Philosophy and Philology, February 15, 1984: fTame 21.

Initials of institutions, mostly units of the Russian Academy of Sciences, refer to:

FESU, Far East State University, Vladivostok

IAE, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (formerly IHPP)

IEL, Institute of Ethnography, Leningrad

IHPP, Institute of History, Philosophy and Philology, Academgorodok, Novosibirsk

KSPU, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University, Krasnoyarsk

LPR, Laboratory of Plastic Reconstruction, Moscow

MBSC, Mongolian and Buriat Scientific Center, Ulan-Ude

PIPM, Paleontology Institute, Paleontology Museum, Moscow

TU, Tomsk University, Tomsk

“Odyssey” refers to illustrations that help establish context, locality, people, travel, and related considerations.