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remains of two Valiums and a ditch can be seen. All the remaining 

 part of tlic platform was excavated in 1935. Traces of a charred 

 wooden wall surrounding the (jorodishchc were found, as were holes 

 from the pillars of buildings built above ground. The cultural stratum, 

 which was 50-80 cm. deep, yielded articles which dated from the 

 second-fourth centuries. In the upper level, a large bronze buckle 

 encrusted with red enamel was found. 



Sonochta gorodislichc. — Excavations during 1934-1935 covered 

 this entire site. The cultural stratum, which never exceeded 35.0 

 cm., contained remains of buildings in the form of charred beams, 

 pits k'ft by supports, broken stone hearths and the remains of a wooden 

 wall which had surrounded the gorodislichc. It was possible to recon- 

 struct the character of the defense works as a result of the satisfactory 

 degree of preservation of the wattling which supj^orted them. 



Ustc scUshche. — During 1934 this site, located on the right bank 

 of the Volga at the junction of the Iti, near Uste, 12 kilometers up- 

 stream from lAroslav, was examined. Built on a small promontory 

 ari.«ing from the flood terrace of the Volga, it had been heavily eroded 

 by the river, to a point where hardly any trace remained. Excavation 

 of the remainder uncovered a stratum, 80 cm. in depth, which con- 

 tained the remains of a wooden house destroyed by fire. The house 

 had a hearth which had been dug out of the ground. From articles 

 found, this scUshcJic was attributed to the fifth-sixth centuries .\. D. 



Kilino scUshchc. — During 1936 studies were made on the remains 

 of a site located on the right bank of the Volga near Kilino, about 

 25 kilometers downstream fr(»m Myskin. P>uilt on the bank of the 

 river barely above the water line, it had been heavily eroded by flood 

 waters. The cultural stratum, 50-80 cm. deep, yielded but a limited 

 number of objects dating from the seventh-eighth centuries of our era. 



CENTR.\L ASI.\ 

 Uzbek S.S.R., 1937-1939 " 



Archeological investigations were carried out mainly by the Uzbek- 

 istan Committee for the Preservation anrl Study of .\ncient Monu- 

 ments (UZKOMSTARIS) with the collaboration of the All-Union 

 and local organizations. 



Tcrmcz Expedition. — This expedition conducted excavations among 

 the ruins of the Old City of Tcrmcz and the ancient site of Airtam, 

 which is situated 17 kilometers cast of Termez, on the right bank of 



-' Received by Henry Field from VOKS on February 3. 104 1. World War II 

 delayed publication. Minor editorial revisions have been made. 



