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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...of culture, their sides give ample opportunity to measure the depth of glazed ware. In the second examination, also, data were obtained in trenches dug in the summer of 1904 by Dr. Barthold. The surface is so complex and the systems of gullies are so numerous that without the map of Afrosiab it will be impossible to designate here the loci of observations. Therefore, a general statement of findings must do, with a number of illustrative measurements. In neighboring gullies on the east side of the high middle ground that extends towards the citadelf were noted: (1) Depth of culture, 15 feet 7 inches; depth of glazed ware, 3 feet. (2) Depth of culture, 9 feet 7 inches; depth of glazed ware, 3 feet 2 inches. (3) Depth of culture, 35 feet +; depth of glazed ware, 4 feet 11 inches. Near the east wall: Depth of culture, 9 feet +; depth of glazed ware, 5 feet. On the west side of the middle ground: (1) Depth of culture, 21 feet; depth of glazed ware, 3.3 feet. (2) Depth of culture, 25.5 feet; depth of glazed ware, 2 feet 10 inches. (3) Depth of culture, 13 feet 5 inches; depth of glazed ware, 3.5 feet. Dr. Barthold's shallow trench at the west of the citadel does not show the bottom of culture. Along its sides the lowest fragments of glazed ware noted were from 2.75 feet to 3.5 feet deep. The culture, which from the bottom up contains broken unglazed pottery (often in large quantities), shows great variations in depth. Glazed ware, on the other hand, shows but slight variations in its extreme depth at different points. But all fragments found at a depth of more than 3 feet or so were isolated in culture containing many fragments of unglazed ware; and it should be added that, compared with the quantity of unglazed pottery, glazed ware was nowhere found in abundance...
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