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| Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1 |
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| Plan of Terrace III. | |
| Vertical Section and Projections of Finds, Terrace III. |
Citation Information
EXCAVATIONS AND FINDS AT THE NORTH KURGAN. 97
technique and form to the older ceramic group y, and are particularly valuable on account of the remains of painting which they bear. To the same layer (+ 24.75 feet) is to be referred the broken pot of ordinary technique and probably also the erect stone mortar whose lip stood at + 25 feet io inches. Whatever occurs below this must equally belong to the older culture; therefore the four skeleton graves, together with their burial gifts of copper and bead ornaments, are of especial value as being the first burials of the older culture to be found.
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The cnly question that could arise
fragments found in +20.5 No.4.
the succession of z KGs+270
layers may not inval-
idate c
their evidence.
In terrace II, as well 0+16
as in terraces I, Iv,
and v, the upper layer +18 CD
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abounded in frag-
ments of the red and gray monochrome ware of group x, and fragments of the y group were relatively rare. As we dug deeper the relation between these two varieties changed, until at last they were reversed. The red monochrome war e occurred only in isolated cases below + 26
feet. Still, it is re-
markable that in terrace II this isolated occurrence of the
group x reaches some- 0 5 10 FEET
what deeper than in ' ' ' ' ` I '
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Fig. 32.—Plan of Terrace III.
Hearth
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15 FEET
Fig. 33.—Vertical Section and Projection of Finds, Terrace
terraces I and IV, and III.
the group disappears wholly only below + 22 feet 5 inches. This circumstance might be explained by the accidental falling of fragments during the excavation ; but it is also possible that in ancient times they by chance became buried deeper here than elsewhere. A third explanation would be that the skeletons at + 22 feet 5 inches were younger than the pithoi in situ. In this case the skeleton graves with their burial gifts would have to be assigned to the younger
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