The article critically considers the renewed version of F. Curta’s “Making of Slavs” hypothesis. The author tried to demonstrate that the theoretical grounds of the discussed hypothesis and its argumentation cause serious objections. F. Curta’s hypothesis still does not appear more convincing, even in its new version. However, his text is read with interest and also awakens the thought and imagination of the readers.

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More than seven years ago A. A. Romanchuk (2008;, basing on the analysis of archaeological and linguistic data, suggested the localization of the Dene-Sino-Caucasian Motherland in the Eastern Eurasia. The -East-Eurasian hypothesis‖ of Dene-Sino-Caucasian Motherland found new confirmations from the analysis of physical anthropogy's data: odontology (Romanchuk 2012) and craniology (Romanchuk 2013).To continue the verification of -East-Eurasian hypothesis‖, this paper considers the spatial distribution of some (East-Eurasian by origin) haplogroups of Y-chromosome -R and Q (as well as some others -haplogroup L, first of all). The analysis has demonstrated strong correlation between R and Q haplogroups and Dene-Sino-Caucasian peoples: Sino-Tibetan, Na-Dene, North Caucasian, Burushasky, and Basque. Evidently, the spread of R (and Q) haplogroups from Central Asia into the Western Asia, which occurred in the final of Late Pleistocene -Early Holocene was closely related with Sino-Caucasian peoples. Some of these Sino-Caucasian peoples, probably closely related to Proto-North Caucasians, became for Proto-Indo-Europeans the source of R haplogroup.Thus, to sum up: we think that the analysis of R and Q haplogroups' spatial distribution proves the -East-Eurasian hypothesis‖ of the Dene-Sino-Caucasian Motherland. Although, we suppose that the main goal of this paper, as well as of those all previous, is to stimulate the broad interdisciplinary discussion of the issue.

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Starting from some ideas of H. Wolflin, O. Spengler pointed out an interesting problem of correlation between the evolution of art and social evolution. Regardless of the realness of their observations and conclusions, the idea of searching and analyzing such correlations seems to be very fruitful, and especially in the context of preliterate culture surviving due to archeology. This paper, drawing on the empirical archaeological data related to so called Incised and Stamped Pottery Cultures (ISPC) of Early Hallstatt period (XII-IX centuries BC) of Carpathian-Dniester region, aims to consider and verify the ideas of H. Wolflin and O. Spengler. For this purpose, and basing on the previously established by the author fivephase evolution scheme of ISPC of Carpathian-Dniester region (including such a key component of ISPC as Sakharna-Soloncheni culture), the dynamic of fine pottery ornamentation of these societies is analyzed. The analysis demonstrates that the evolution of pottery ornamentation of ISPC started from a minimal number of ornamental patterns and moved towards increasing their number. The parallel tendency was the increasing of the ornamented square of pots. These processes, as well as the innovativeness and openness to external influences, peaked in the fourth phase of Sakharna-Soloncheni culture; this phase was also the time of its greatest prosperity.