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CHAPTER XV. OASEs.—Continued.

The oasis as a geological problem.—Continued.

Physiographic classification of oases    301-303

I. Delta oases    3O1

1. Of rivers    301

2. Of small streams    301

II. River-bank and flood-plain oases    302

   III. High-valley oases    302

IV. Spring and well oases    302

   V. Lake-shore oases    302-303
Relations between erosion and burial in the obliteration of kurgans (oasis culture deposits) 303-307

The ancient Alai Valley route from Bactra to Kashgar     307-310

Objective criteria of ancient long-used routes    307

The three controlling factors of trade routes     307-308

Advantages of the Alai Valley route     308-310

Oases of the Zerafshan    310-316

River-bank (type II) oases of the lower Zerafshan    310-311

Afrosiab    31I

High-valley (type III) oases of the upper Zerafshan    311-316

Hissar    316-317

Abandoned oases of Fergana     317-320

Kara Tepe (Western)     317-318

Eeman Tepe    318

River-cut mounds of Millitinskaya    318-320

Anau    320-33o

Peculiarities of Anau as an oasis of type Ib    32o

The building of a tilting delta    321

Erosion cycles of the Anau Su in the mountains    322

Recent decrease of surface drainage    322-324

Shape of the Anau Delta and its surface irregularities wrought by man's débris of occupa-

tion and his control of alluvial depositions    324-327

The ancient and the modern dunes of Kara Kum and the interbedding of the delta mar-

gins with them    327-328

Analysis of shaft sections of the deposits from man, water, and wind    328-330

Physiographic reconstruction of the past in Anau    33o

   Oases of the Murg-ab Delta 330-337

The river Murg-ab and the type peculiarities of the Merv oases, past and present    330-333

Irregularities of the delta surface wrought by man's débris of occupation and his control

of alluvial depositions    333

The great mound of Odontche Tepe    334

Analysis of shafts at Ghiaur Kara. The deposits from man, water, and wind    334-336

The stratigraphie order [(I) loess, (2) dune-sand, (3) alluvium] explained by climatic

change to dry and recession of the delta    336-337

PART VI. ANIMAL REMAINS FROM THE EXCAVATIONS AT ANAU, AND THE HORSE OP ANAU IN ITS RELATION TO THE RACES OP DOMESTIC HORSES. J. ULRICH DUERST.

CHAPTER XVI. INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTION OP MATERIAL    341-343

CHAPTER XVII    345-354

Carnivora    345-354

Foxes of Anau I and II    345-346

Wolf of Anau I anatomically compared.    346-347

Domestic Dog of Anau II anatomically compared with prehistoric and recent domestic

   and wild dogs .    348-354

Probably imported into Anau    35o

Rodentia    354

Remains of mouse    354