National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
|
|
Color Thumbnail -
Table of Contents -
Page Number -
Biliographic Information (Metadata) -
Caption -
Color Image -
Gray HighRes. Image -
Facing Pages -
Graphics -
| 0166 |
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1 |
Captions
| [Figure] 36 |
Plan of Upper Digging. |
Citation Information
OCR Text
declivity near terrace B, where the lowest culture-strata were found to the level
of — 22 feet; and lastly by shaft D, which began at — 5 feet in the outer digging,
and was sunk to a depth of — 31 feet, exposing culture-strata to a depth of — 23 feet.
These shafts, as well as some others at the northeast corner of the kurgan,
were intended chiefly for physiographic purposes; but the culture material which
was raised from them was of archeological value, even though it furnished only
a meager basis for understanding the character of the lowest culture-strata.
EXCAVATIONS AND FINDS AT DIFFERENT LOCALITIES.
Upper digging (figs. 36, 37, and 38).—The excavation laid out on the summit
at +52 feet, datum being the level of the plain, was sufficiently extensive in area
to permit the work to descend to a considerable depth. In this digging the succes-
sion of superimposed layers can be best seen on the western wall (see fig. 37).
In the upper layers, about 5 feet thick, there came to light a great quantity
of fragments of a
common, wheel-
made, light-colored
pottery (group 1).
Among these there
was found, a little
below the surface,
a single small gray
pot 6.5 cm. high
(plate 9, fig. 5).
At the same time
there was observed
a fragment of a
heavily rusted iron
knife (Special
Finds Catalogue,
South Kurgan, 2),
and several small
unworked stones were found, but not in any position that would indicate an inten-
tional arrangement. Above the level of +48 feet, which marks the upper limit
of a stratum extending through the hill, there appeared in the southern end of the
west wall several layers of débris, consisting of stones, ashes, charcoal, and earth.
These lay between two earth cores, apparently the remains of walls of indetermin-
able length and thickness, and the whole recalling the stratification of the North
Kurgan. The strata evidently mark the position of houses on the summit of the
hill. Deeper, between +44 feet 8 inches and +43.5 feet, a reddish-brown layer,
rising slightly toward the north, extended through the whole excavation—presum-
ably a deposit of burnt earth brought together by the rains. Below this, again,
the usual yellowish earth reached to about the mean level of +41 feet. Here
began a layer of débris mixed with considerable ashes and charcoal; but in the
1
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
11
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
21
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
31
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
41
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
51
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
61
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
74
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
85
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
95
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
106
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
117
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
127
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
137
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
148
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
158
.
.
.
.
163
165
166
167
169
171
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
183
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
197
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
210
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
224
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
237
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
252
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
266
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
280
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
294
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
308
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
319
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
329
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
344
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
357
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
367
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
377
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
391
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
401
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
411
.
.
.
.
|
.
418
Copyright (C) 2003-2026
National Institute of Informatics
and
The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.
