IV CONTENTS 



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Peoples of Uzbekistan i6i 



Reasons for supposing nomads dolichocephalic i68 



Comparison with historical, ethnological, and philological data. 173 

 Linguistic and anthropological characteristics of Turkomans.. 174 



Uzbeks of Khwarazm 183 



Kazakhs of the Altai 184 



Pigmentation 185 



Beard development 187 



Head form 188 



Browridges 188 



Facial form 189 



Nose 189 



Lips 190 



Ears 190 



Summary 190 



Western Kazakhs 195 



Pigmentation 197 



Stature 199 



Cephalic index 200 



Head breadth 200 



Facial index 201 



Nasal index 201 



Conclusions 203 



Turkomans of Khwarazm and the North Caucasus 204 



A study of the Turkish peoples, 1924-1934 207 



Paleoanthropology of the Lower Volga area 213 



Craniology of the Tatars of the Golden Horde 216 



Conclusions 220 



Craniology of the Kalmyks 222 



The Ulchi ( Nani ) cranial type 226 



Two types of Yakut crania 227 



Craniology of the Orochis of the Maritime area 228 



Craniology of the Aleuts 230 



Conclusions 234 



Origin of the Mongol 235 



Origin of the Eskimo 2^6 



Observations on the tibia 237 



Head form and growth in utero 237 



A study of blood groups in the Caucasus 238 



Isoagglutination of the Turkomans 241 



The Tardenoisian skeleton from Fatma-Koba, Crimea 242 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Plate i. Akhshtyr cave, Abkhazia 245 



Plate 2. Mzymta Gorge, Abkhazia 245 



Plate 3. Dr. and Mrs. S. N. Zamiatnin and Dr. A. E. Jessen outside 



Akhshtyr cave, Abkhazia 245 



Plate 4. Cross section of Akhshtyr cave, Abkhazia 245 



Plate 5. Dr. M. E. Masson and Dr. L. V. Oshanin examining skulls 



from Khwarazm, Uzbekistan 245 



