Arkaim. Through the pages of the ancient history of the Southern Urals. Chelyabinsk: Krokus Publishing House, 2004. – 348 pp. Collection of articles “Arkaim. Through the pages of the ancient history of the Southern Urals." The specialized natural landscape and historical and archaeological museum-reserve "Arkaim" and Chelyabinsk State University continue the popular science series of articles devoted to the ancient history of the region. The book presents articles containing the results of many years of research conducted in the Arkaim museum-reserve. The collection is intended for a wide range of readers: teachers, students, schoolchildren, researchers, everyone interested in the history of culture and nature of the steppe Trans-Urals.

Gennady Borisovich Zdanovich. INSTEAD OF INTRODUCTION Alexander Mikhailovich Kislenko. What is Arkaim? Svetlana Yakovlevna Zdanovich, Ilya Eduardovich Lyubchansky. Historical sketch of the Karagan Valley: antiquity, the Middle Ages Gennady Borisovich Zdanovich. Arkaim and the “Land of Cities”: dialogue of cultures Opening of the “Land of Cities” Development of space. Reality and mythFortificationArkaim. Planning decision and living space Household and society Museum complex Past, present, future... Dmitry Gennadievich Zdanovich, Andrey Kuzmich Kirillov. Arkaim: archaeoastronomical research and picture of the world Gennady Borisovich Zdanovich. Tomb of the “Teacher” or Image of a mountain in the culture of the “Country of Cities”Mountain and fortified centerTomb of the TeacherMountain and mound. Death as an act of creationMore in the myths about IndreIya Mikhailovna Batanina, Ninel Viktorovna Levit. New on the map “Country of Cities” Evgeny Aleksandrovich Chibilev, Leonid Leonidovich Gaiduchenko, Lyudmila Nikolaevna Plekhanova. Nature of the Arkaim Valley Iya Mikhailovna Batanina. Natural features of the “Country of Cities” Fyodor Nikolaevich Petrov. Geometric ornaments and symbols of the “Country of Cities” as a universal language for describing the world Elena Vladislavovna Kupriyanova. Ceramics “Countries of Cities”: the life of a vessel Leonid Leonidovich Gaiduchenko. Porridge Arkaima Elena Vladislavovna Kupriyanova. Worlds of Sintashta culture: men, women, children The world of men and the world of women The world of children Alexander Iosifovich Levit, Nina Petrovna Mironycheva-Tokareva. Landscape map of the Arkaim Nature ReserveValeria Aleksandrovna Gashek. On the history of studying the avian fauna of the southern regions of the Chelyabinsk region Nina Petrovna Mironycheva-Tokareva, Alexander Ivanovich Levit. Degradation of pasture lands in the southern steppe zone of the Chelyabinsk region Elena Leonidovna Polyakova. Alley menhirs in the historical park of the Arkaim Museum-Reserve and monuments of the megalithic cult of the Southern Trans-Urals Alexander Dmitrievich Tairov, Anna Albertovna Tairova. Early Iron Age on the territory of the Southern Urals (based on materials from the Temir mound) Sergei Gennadievich Botalov. Two thousand years of the great migrationAndrey Aleksandrovich Rybalko, Olga Vladimirovna Novikova. Ethnocultural and political history of the Southern Urals in the Middle Ages and in modern times Oksana Yuryevna Kormishaeva. Traditional calendar of the Orenburg Cossacks Elena Aleksandrovna Shchetinkina. Notes from Arkaim Gennady Borisovich Zdanovich, Fyodor Nikolaevich Petrov. Arkaim: Research of the past in search of the future APPENDIX. ADVERTISING AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES OF THE ARKAIM MUSEUM-RESERVE. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE ARKAIM MUSEUM-RESERVE Maria Valerievna Galiullina. Reconstruction of ancient production technologies: Arkaim Furnace Museum