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Table of dimensions (in millimeters).

Horn-cores. | Length. | Circum-ference at base. | Longi-tudinal diameter at base. | Transverse diameter at base.

North Kurgan, Anau:
Ovis vignei arkal Lydekker:
−10 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 259 | 180 | 62 | 45
−15 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | .... | 200 | 70 | 53
+26 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | .... | 170 | 67 | 43

Probably domesticated, small-horned specimen, form-
ing connection with the real Ovis palustris:
+8 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | .... | 150 | 57 | 40
+20 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110 | 94 | 32 | 20
+25 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 130 | 120 | 41 | 26
+26 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 106 | 93 | 32 | 22
| 117 | 112 | 42 | 27

Ovis aries palustris Rütimeyer:
+8 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 | 73 | 25 | 16
| 97 | 72 | 27 | 14
| 114 | 73 | 25 | 14
+33 feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75 | 72 | 25 | 14

Types of Ovis aries palustris:
England:
Lea Valley (coll. Corner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 85 | 70 | 24 | 14
Londonwall, Roman times (coll. Corner) . . . . . | 120 | 105 | 32 | 21
| 105 | 85 | 36 | 16
Lea alluvium, The Mills, London . . . . . . . . . . . . | 70 | 54 | 15 | 15
Germany:
Naegelstedt neolithic, Prehistoric Museum, | 130 | 100 | 37 | 22
Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110 | 102 | 39 | 21
Schlossberg, La Tène . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 100 | 75 | 26 | 15
France:
Grotte du Pontil, Nat. Hist. Mus. . . . . . . . . . . . . | 120 | 100 | 40 | 20
Pile-dwellings of Paladru, Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75 | 80 | 23 | 16
Switzerland:
Schaffis neolithic, Bern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 78 | 100 | 37 | 18
Nalps, recent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 80 | 75 | 22 | 19

It may be objected, however, that the turbary sheep might have been imported
from elsewhere in the culture period II, and that the different large-horned domestic
sheep were only the products of crossing with the wild sheep or with some other
large-horned domestic sheep, such being found in the pile-dwellings of the Lake
of Bienne, as Ovis aries studeri, or as products of the crossing of the wild Medi-
terranean mouflon on Ovis palustris. The decision between these two possibilities
would not be fully possible had not Professor Pumpelly conducted the excavation
of the bones with the greatest care throughout. It is of the greatest importance
to us that we know exactly the depth from which each fragment of bone was
taken; and it follows that we are able to make the following statement concerning
the position in the stratified series, and consequently the relative time of appearance:

Ovis vignei arkal Lydekker occurs practically throughout all the strata; the
best-preserved piece comes from the lowest layer at −20 feet, the second at −15
feet, other small pieces of horn-cores at +18 feet, and a good piece
again at +26 feet. Therefore, this animal was hunted and eaten by the inhabi-
tants of the North Kurgan down to the copper period.