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Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1 |
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The Mosque at Anau. |
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The shafts sunk within the North Kurgan ("east" and "west galleries," as well as
north digging II) penetrated the underlying natural alluvial formation at a depth
of 20 feet below the level of the plain. But North Kurgan west shaft 1, over 200
feet west of the kurgan, after sinking through 7 feet of irrigation sediments, passed
through culture in place, with standing walls and pottery of the earliest strata of
the kurgan, to the depth of 28 feet below the surface of the plain. It was, there-
fore, clear that the settlement had started on an eminence raised somewhat above
the surrounding country. It was found that the North Kurgan stood on a loess-
like formation with interbedded alluvial strata characteristic of the delta structure.
The indications were clear that the delta-plain had been dissected before the kurgan
settlements were started. At the South Kurgan, shafts A and C, sunk through
the culture-strata and into the underlying natural formation, found the base of
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