NO. 13 SOVIET ANTHROPOLOGY FIELD I6I 



slightly greater percentage of long noses. Xa.sal length of Kirghiz 

 varies by regions, being greater than tiiat of Tajiks in Tien Shan; 

 equal, in Ferghana ; less, in Issyk-Kul and Pamirs. 



Nasal breadth (M = 34.40) is medium to small. It is slightly 

 greater in Karategin, smaller in southwestern Darvaz than in central 

 and eastern Darvaz. As an exception, widest nostrils have been 

 observed in Vanch. 



Among the Jews, na.sal breadth is generally less than in Karategin 

 and eastern and central Darvaz ; it approaches that of southwestern 

 I )arvaz. Uzbeks have similar, or greater, nasal breadth, Turkomans 

 have greater ; the greatest nasal breadth has been observed among 

 the Kirghiz. 



Nasal index is fairly low (M = 59.44). Tajiks are mostly leptor- 

 rhine (65.80 percent) ; hyperleptorrhines are 25.97 percent; mesor- 

 rhines, 8.01 percent. 



The highest nasal indices were found in extreme southwestern 

 Darvaz, although in general little variation was found between Karate- 

 gin and Darvaz. 



Owing to difTcrcnces of method, it has not been possible to compare 

 the data with those obtained by other investigators. However, it is 

 possible to state that the Kirghiz have the highest, and Jews the 

 lowest, nasal indices. 



Ear measurements (L = 6i.07, = 33.20, Index = 65.5i ). P'orm: 

 oval, 60.09 percent; elliptical, 15.42 percent; pear-shaped, 13.60 per- 

 cent ; triangular and heart-shaped, 7.94 percent. Ear lobe, medium ; 

 adhering lobe more common in southwestern Darvaz. 



PEOPLES OF UZBEKISTAN 



Oshanin -° observed that in 1923 a large portion of the population 

 of Khwarazm called themselves "Sarts" and considered themselves 

 distinct from the Uzbeks. Originally this term signified traders or 

 merchants. At the present time both groups, the Uzbeks and the 

 "Sarts," are called Uzbeks.'" While no attempt has been made in this 

 study to describe the difTcrcnces of physical type between the Khwar- 

 azmian "Uzbeks" and the Tashkent "Sarts," Oshanin states that the 

 modern settled Khwarazmians, known as "Uzbeks," do not differ 



*' Oshanin, L. V., Tysiadiclctniia davnost dolichotscfalii u tiirknicn i vosnio- 

 zhync put! ee proiskliozhdcniia. Izvcstia, SREDAZKOMST.\RIS, No. I, 

 pp. 131- 132, 1926. 



''° Tlie most recent invaders of this area were the Turko-Mongol conquerors 

 during the sixteenth century. 



