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0344 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 / Page 344 (Color Image)

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[Figure] 546 No.19, Terrace B.
[Figure] 547 No.23, Terrace B.
[Figure] 548 No.28, Terrace C.

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doi: 10.20676/00000178
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Skeleton No. 22 (γ).—Nearly due east from the last skeleton and about 8 feet from it we came upon the next burial at a level of +25 feet. The body was that of a child lying contracted on the left side, with the main axis of the trunk northeast and southwest. The position of many of the bones could be traced by their decayed remains, but little else could be learned. There remained no vestige of the left leg and foot or of the right lower arm and hand.

Skeleton No. 23 (ζ).—At a level of +25 feet, northwest from the site of skeleton No. 21, we found the contracted remains of a child (the fourth in this terrace). They lay on the left side, with the right knee drawn slightly closer to the trunk