The proposed collection is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the outstanding archaeologist, the largest specialist in the study of Mesolithic antiquities - the Bronze Age, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Arsen Tigranovich Sinyuk. The collection contains articles and publications that consider materials from various archaeological eras. Many of them are devoted to the analysis of sources from archaeological sites of the Upper Podonye and adjacent territories. The main part of the collections is first introduced into scientific circulation.