Masson V.M., Merpert N.Ya., Munchaev R.M., Chernysh E.K. Eneolithic USSR, 1982. In Russian

В. М. Массон, Н. Я. Мерперт, Р. М. Мунчаев, Е. К. Черныш
Энеолит СССР.
Серия: Археология СССР.
Отв. редакторы В. М. Массон, Н. Я. Мерперт.
Художник Б.И. Астафьев.
Москва: Наука, 1982.
359 с., 4 л. ил.: ил.; твердый переплет, энциклопедический формат.
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Masson V.M., Merpert N.Ya., Munchaev R.M., Chernysh E.K.
Eneolithic USSR (Eneolit SSSR).
Series: Archaeology of the USSR.
Editors-in-Chief V.M. Masson, N.Ya. Merpert.
Artist B.I. Astafyev.
Moscow: Nauka, 1982.
359 pp., 4 plates ill.: ill.; hardcover, encyclopedic format.

This 1982 volume is a landmark synthesis of the Eneolithic (Chalcolithic) period across the USSR, part of the authoritative “Archaeology of the USSR” series by the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences. It provides a comprehensive overview of the Copper Age from the Balkans and Caucasus to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Siberia.
Authored by leading Soviet archaeologists — Vadim M. Masson (Central Asia and Near East prehistory), Nikolai Ya. Merpert (steppe Eneolithic and Yamnaya origins), Rauf M. Munchaev (Caucasus Eneolithic), and Ekaterina K. Chernysh (Tripolye-Cucuteni culture) — and edited by Masson and Merpert, the book integrates excavation data, ceramic and metal typologies, settlements, burials, and economy, highlighting regional variants and links to Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age cultures, including Proto-Indo-European debates.