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0144 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1
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[Figure] 23 Plan of Terrace I.

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86   THE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN ANAU.

and later lengthened by an additional one, terrace amr. This excavation fully confirmed the observations made in terraces I to III. Here too, burials alternate in

horizontal layers with the 'débris of the clay walls of houses.   .

There were also important finds during the examinations in depth that were made for physiographic purposes. The layers on the periphery of the hill were examined on the south side by means of a shaft (south shaft) sunk to a depth of —7 feet. On the northeast side of the hill three successive trenches were laid

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Fig. 23.—Plan of Terrace I.

out in the direction of the longitudinal axis . of the shaft (north diggings, I to III) s Of these the first two are of importance in connection with the culture problems. In north digging I the work was stopped for practical reasons at a depth of - i 3 feet. In north ditch II, on the other :hand,.: a depth of — 24.5 feet was reached; and here, as in, the galleries, the undisturbed natural surface of the plain was reached. North digging iv and the west shafts are also important in checking the observations made elsewhere (cf. Pumpelly's. report) .

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