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Head height. — Great. No comparison possible, as various methods 

 were used in 1901 and 1898. 



Cephalic index. — Ranges from brachycephalic to hyperbrachyce- 

 phalic; decreasing from Karategin to Darvaz; approaching mesoce- 

 phalic in the Piandzh Valley ; and increasing southward, from Vanch 

 to the southwestern Pamirs, where it becomes hyperbrachycephalic. 

 This also agrees with figures obtained by Joyce. 



Three cephalic index groups were distinguished by Ginzburg; 

 Karategin and the southwestern Pamirs having the largest percentage 

 of hyperbrachycephals ; in Darvaz, mesocephaly predominates, the 

 brachycephals being second; in Shugnan and Rushan brachycephals 

 predominate, and are followed by hyperbrachycephals. Dolichocephals 

 are numerically strongest in Darvaz and Rushan (10 percent). 



Face height. — Greatest in Karategin; decreases in Darvaz. 



Face breadth. — Medium to narrow ; least in Karategin. 



Facial index. — Varies within the range of leptoprosopy ; broadest 

 in Darvaz. 



Ginzburg distinguishes four typical regional groups : 



1. Darvas. — Short in stature; lowest cephalic index, bordering on 

 mesocephaly (because of sharp decrease of head breadth) ; low and 

 relatively broad face ; shorter and wider nose. 



2. Shugnan. — Tall in stature; high cephalic index; high, fairly 

 broad face ; long, narrow nose. 



3. Southwestern Pamirs (Goran, Ishkashim, Vakhan). — Stature 

 much less than in Shugnan; highest cephalic index; face and nose 

 long and narrow; pigmentation as in Shugnan. 



4. Karategin (and, partly, Matcha). — Stature slightly higher than 

 Darvaz; cephalic index as great as in Shugnan because of increase 

 of breadth; high, medium broad face of narrow form; darkest pig- 

 mentation of eyes and hair. 



These groups correspond with Ginzburg's other data and those 

 described by Joyce. 



Ginzburg does not agree with Joyce's definition of the Rushan type 

 as "the pure original type" and considers it to be a transitional stage 

 between the Mountain Tajiks and the tribes of the western Pamirs. 



Bogoiavlenskii also measured some Tajiks and Arabs in the lAkh- 

 Su Valley. 



The Tajiks are tall (168.0), with a higher cephalic index than in 

 central Darvaz, a narrow face and a narrow, long nose, and intensive 

 head and beard pigmentation. The Arabs from lAkh-Su Valley have 

 practically become assimilated with the Tajiks both in language and 

 in culture. Physically, they are shorter (165.6), with a longer and 



