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Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 |
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loess steppe near the kurgan Karaul Tepe, between Balyakandose and Rojevat,
that kurgans are seen from it. As Kavast junction with the Tashkent Railroad
is approached they become numerous, and from there on to Samarkand abound,
because the area is all loess. The following sketch outlines are typical ones selected
from a larger number. As their forms are in general rounded, it would seem that
few of these kurgans are not so recent as those for instance on the Murg-ab delta;
and it seems possible, since it is a region of uptilted piedmonts, there may be
examples of great antiquity among them, though only one (Kara Tepe, western)
of those examined was free from glazed ware on the surface.
Four of these—Kara Tepe (western), Eeman Tepe, and two river-cut mounds
at Millitinskaya—deserve special mention; the first two because of their great size,
the second two (fig. 485) because of their physiography.
KARA TEPE (WESTERN).
Kara Tepe (western) lies a few hundred feet south of the railroad, a little over
1.5 miles west of Obruchevo Station. Its citadel rises over 70 feet above its
northern base and about 65 feet above the general level of the plain, and stands in
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