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Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang : vol.1 |
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Grave at Yukken-gol, Quruq-tagh. Drawing from a photo by Dr. E. Norin. |
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strongly decayed remains of a human skeleton with the head eastwards, and at
its feet some fragments of a sheep's skull. The iron objects marked in the list below
were recovered from here. They are all very much decayed and broken. There was
a horse's bit with a joint at the centre and a ring at each end, an oval ring with a
projecting hook i. e. probably a buckle of the nomad style, and some indeterminable
fragments.
It is impossible to date these fragments with any certainty. It seems likely, how-
ever, that they belong to the first millenium A. D.
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Another grave found by Norin is shown in Fig. 41. It is situated at Yukken-gol
600 m. due east of his camp 29 (cf. Norin's map Sheet Shindi). It consists of a rect-
angle, about 4 × 6 m., of slabs placed edgewise, and reminds one of certain stone
graves in Inner Mongolia.
It is still too early to ascribe the Quruq-tagh graves to definite periods. They have
probably been constructed in various ages and also by different peoples. Those
coming inte the question are Huns, Avars, Turks, and Mongols. At all events these
tombs must be anterior to the time when Islam asserted itself among the Turks and
before Lamaism came to govern the minds and customs of the Mongols.
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF OBJECTS FROM QURUQ-TAGH SITES
Shindi. From a ruined "tash öi."
K. 13438: 1. Potsherd from the projecting rim of
a fairly large jar. Reddish-brown,
hard-burnt ware. Diam. of mouth has been 22.5
cm.
K. 13438: 2-4. Three potsherds from fairly large
vessels. About the same ware as
—: 1 but with yellow surface.
K. 13438: 5-6. Various small bones, teeth, coal etc.
Söget-bulaq.
K. 13440: 1. Bronze pendant? with two circular
loops (one broken off) at one end.
The whole object is possibly a stylized animal re-
presentation. L. 55 mm. Pl. 15: 3.
K. 13440: 2-3. Two potsherds of coarse red-brown
ware. Found inside the fortress.
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