NO. 13 SOVIET ANTHROPOLOGY — FIELD 145 



V. K. lAscvicli measured in detail 150 Karatcgin Tajiks (Garm) 

 and 202 Tajiks from Matcha during an expedition in 1930. This 

 material, cited after a report of Oshanin at the Decemher 1932 meet- 

 ing of the anthropological section of the lAIC, is not known. We have 

 also learned that at the end of 1932 lAsevich investigated the blood 

 groups of 831 Tajiks from Karatcgin, 1,570 Tajiks from Isfara, and 

 309 Tajiks from Matcha. 



Other yet unpublished anthropological material is known to have 

 been collected by P. K. Arkhibaev in the Kurgan Tiubin and the 

 KuHab regions of the Tajik S.S.R. 



Head length (IM = 182.80) is medium, with regular distribution of 

 variants, and slight preponderance of greater lengths. 



Greatest length is found in Karatcgin ; shortest in southwestern 

 Darvaz. There is little dilTcrcnce between Plains and Mountain Tajiks 

 in this respect. 



A comparable length is observed among Ferghana (lArkho) and 

 Angren (lArkho) and Tashkent (Shishlov) Uzbeks; also among 

 Shakhrasiab and Karshi Uzbeks (Oshanin). The greatest deviation 

 from this length is found among the Mangyt clan of Uzbeks and the 

 Uzbeks from Khwarazm (Khoresm). Samarkand and Karshi Arabs 

 have a similar head length, as well as Central Asian Jews (Oshanin 

 and W'eissenbcrg). Pamir Kirghiz (Joyce) have a similar length, 

 probably because of geographical proximity. The Issyk-Kul, Fer- 

 ghana, and Tien Shan Kirghiz have a much greater length. 



Turkomans have a much greater length, and this is their most 

 pronounced difference from Tajiks. Persians have also greater length. 

 .\ similar and, occasionally, greatly exceeding length is found among 

 Afghans and Hindus (Risley). 



Head breadth (M = 152.55) is also medium, although greater 

 breadth is found much more frequently than greater length. Karatcgin 

 region gives a greater breadth tlian Darvaz. Mountain Tajiks' 

 breadth is less than that of Ferghana Tajiks (lArkho) and Plains 

 Tajiks (Joyce), with the exccjition of Karatcgin and Muminabad 

 Tajiks. Bukhara and Pskem \'alley Tajiks vary within the .«iame 

 range. Tajiks from western Pamirs also have smaller breadth. 



The head breadth of the Tajiks approaches that of Jews. Khwarazm 

 Uzbeks, Shakhrasiab, and Karshi Uzl)cks (Oshanin), Tashkent Uz- 

 beks ("Sarts") (Shishlov), and Mang>t clan (lArkho). Ferghana 

 and Angren Uzbeks (I.Xrkho) have greater breadth. Pamir Kirghiz 

 have similar breadth, while those of I-'erghana. Tien Shan, and Issyk- 

 Kul have greater breadth. Arabs (Samarkand) have similar or greater 

 breadth than Mountain Tajiks. Variety of breadth, greater and 



