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Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 |
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No.16, East Gallery. |
| [Figure] 544 |
No.17, East Gallery. |
| [Figure] 545 |
No.18, North Digging I. |
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*Skeleton No. 14.*—The next remains in terrace II lay also at +22.5 feet. They
were those of a child and lay contracted on the right side with the left knee drawn
up slightly higher than the right. The left upper arm lay parallel with the main
axis (southeast and northwest) with elbow bent so as to bring that hand on a level
with the pelvis. The right arm lay extended under the body and parallel to it.
As in nearly every other case, the cranium was crushed by the weight of the earth.
(See fig. 542.)
In connection with this burial were taken out three bits of spirally wound
tubes of copper and two plain lead tubes and one flint edge. Air-dried bricks
were traceable along the main axis before and behind the body, and the whole
was on a layer of ashes and charcoal with fire-reddened earth beneath.
*Skeleton No. 16.*—Skeleton 16 next came to light, far below any human remains
we had yet found. It was in the east gallery off from General Komorof's trench,
at a level of 8 feet below datum on the plain. It was that of a young child and
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