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 -
| 0323 |
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 |
Citation Information
OCR Text
with the clay. Further, this occurrence *en masse* of the remains of cereals shows
that these grains were cultivated; otherwise it would not have been possible to
have used such quantities of straw and chaff.
The state of preservation of the plant remains permits the further inference
that the piece has been exposed to fire. The carbonaceous substance is burnt.
The piece offers no evidence as to whether the burning was accidental or not.
Lastly, it is to be remarked that the seeds of some weeds were contained in the
brick and have left their impressions in cavities.
APPENDIX.*
*Potsherd from North Kurgan, West Shaft I, 23 to 24 feet below the plain.*—This
consists of a light-yellow clay. Casts of glumes of wheat are rare; those of the
stalks are somewhat more frequent. Barley, on the other hand, is especially well
represented in numerous remains of beards.
*Potsherd from North Kurgan, West Digging.*—This shows very few casts of
glumes of wheat, also very few of the stalks and beards. Only a very little chaff
was used in mixing the clay of this pot.
*Potsherd from North Kurgan, North Digging.*—Glumes of wheat and beards
of barley are present in great abundance; both in about equal proportion. The
separate parts of the glumes and beards are best preserved in this specimen.
Remains of wheat and barley are present in all three of these potsherds.
The barley belongs, at least in part, to *Hordeum distichum*. The species of the
wheat can not be accurately determined.
1
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
11
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
22
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
32
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
42
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
52
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
63
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
73
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
84
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
94
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
105
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
119
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
130
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
141
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
153
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
163
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
175
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
187
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
199
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
211
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
225
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
237
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
250
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
262
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
272
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
282
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
294
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
304
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
317
.
.
.
321
322
323
324
325
.
328
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
338
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
348
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
358
.
.
.
.
|
364
Copyright (C) 2003-2026
National Institute of Informatics
and
The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.
