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Explorations in Turkestan 1903 : vol.1 |
CONTENTS.
ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-GBOGRAPHICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN
TURKESTAN.
Page.
Introduction 3
Itinerary 3
Outline sketch of the region 5
Evidences of former occupation 7
Tumuli (or kurgans) 7
Ancient towns 9
Ruins near Atrek River 9
Ancient Mery io
Ruins of Paikent io
Samarkand io
Review of the field 12
Results in 'physical geography 16
Recommendations 18
Town sites 18
Tumuli 18
Summary 19
A JOURNEY ACROSS TURKESTAN.
Itinerary . 23
Nature of observations 23
The Caspian region • 24
The Tertiary and Quaternary Caspian 24
The Bosporus 26
The south coast of the Black Sea 26
The Quaternary Caspian shorelines near Baku 28
The Quaternary shorelines near Krasnovodsk and Jebel 33
The plains of Southern Turkestan 36
The Quaternary ATalo-Caspian in the Kara Kum 37
The piedmont plains 40
The Akhal-tekin oases 41
The Kopet Dagh 46
The Firuza Basin 47
The Serani Valley 49
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The Selsuparali Basin 5o
The terraces of Duruigar Valley 52
The desert plains 54
The aggrading rivers of the plains 55
Loess deposits 58
Loess near Samarkand 58
Loess near Jizak 59
Loess in Fergana 6o
Loess in Semi.ryetshensk 61
Loess in (western) Kugart Valley . 63
The Tian Shan Mountains 64
Preparation for the mountain journey 64
Route over the mountains 67
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