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0376 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1
トルキスタンの調査 1904年 : vol.1
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[Figure] 430 メルヴ・オアシスの概略地図Sketch Map of the Merv Oasis.

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doi: 10.20676/00000178
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THE KURGANS.

In spite of great diversity the kurgans as a whole are modeled upon a single
plan. All have flat tops, all are symmetrical in vertical section, and most are
rectangular in plan. They vary greatly in size, however, the heights ranging
from 15 to 80 feet, and the diameter from 65 to 480 feet. In age, too, and in the
amount of weathering to which they have been subjected, there are equally impor-
tant differences. The older kurgans, which generally are also the smaller, are so
far reduced in size and height that their sides have a slope of only 15° or 20°, and
can be climbed on horseback almost anywhere. The newer ones, on the other