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0138 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2
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The rich material sent to me
consisted of a very large quantity of s
sorting was attended with great
preserving of the bones had bee
possible both to form a picture of
from different culture-strata at An
examination of some skulls and extrem
be classified according to derivatio
from Merv: (1) from the South K
(2) material from the North Ka
classified according to the system est
the lowest levels: Culture I, from
transition to the strata: Culture II, from
from —+0 to +35 feet: Culture
level of the kurgan. This classific
tion had to be justified, although
for physiological reasons, in favor of th
of the Eneolithic, — as to +35 fe
in introducing this change, I beli
amounted to the extent of dividing
from —10 to +35 feet.

Also the general explanation f
animals presented among the bones
For if it is evident that the
is very shown not only by the num
numerous traces of teeth and claw
the fauna of which I shall treat
p. 41). If the unfortunately poor c
fully treated, it would be difficult
the total minimum number of ind
allowed to permit us to see what
the Eneolithic. We see, therefore, only
Culture I: its remains count 59 p
very rare, but up. 25 per cent.
Culture II: 11 per cent.

In culture III there are about
which is as follows: Equus: 45 per
of the rest: Aurochs, 7 per cent.