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| Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 |
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| No.19, Terrace B. | |
| No.23, Terrace B. | |
| No.28, Terrace C. |
Citation Information
492 SKELETONS EXCAVATED IN SOUTH KURGAN.
Skeleton No. 19 (a).—The first one of the skeletons found in terrace B was at + 27 feet above datum. It proved to be the remains of a child lying contracted, with the main axis running northeast and southwest. Lying on the right side, the hands were spread in front of the face and the knees drawn up to an angle of 90° with the trunk. From among the bones of the left wrist was taken one small, cylindrical, yellowish-white stone bead (S.K. 244). (See fig. 546.)
Skeleton No. 21 (j3).—Skeleton No. 2 i, a few feet south and west of No. 19, was again that of a child lying contracted on the right side. It was also at an altitude of + 27 feet. The left hand was beneath the chin, with that elbow close in to the trunk. The right arm was slightly deranged. The position of the leg bones was traceable as contracted, but they were for the most part mere channels in the hard-packed earth. Below the body was a thin horizontal layer of ashes and charcoal.
Fig. 546.—No. 19, Terrace B. Fig. 547.—No. 23, Terrace B.
Fig. 548.—No. 28, Terrace C.
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Skeleton No. 22 (r) .—Nearly due east from the last skeleton and about 8 feet from it we came upon the next burial at a level of + 25 feet. The body was that of a child lying contracted on the left side, with the main axis of the trunk northeast and southwest. The position of many of the bones could be traced by their decayed remains, but little else could be learned. There remained no vestige of the left leg and foot or of the right lower arm and hand.
Skeleton No. 23 (;) .—At a level of + 25 feet, northwest from the site of skeleton No. 2 I, we found the contracted remains of a child (the fourth in this terrace). They lay on the left side, with the right knee drawn slightly closer to the trunk
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